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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Brucklay on March 20, 2013, 09:25:10 am

Title: Lambs - Bit earlier than expected - All good - Now Pics
Post by: Brucklay on March 20, 2013, 09:25:10 am

All wrapped up and off to feed the sheep in the snow, get there to happily see Little Miss (the one I was keeping an eye on) on her feet and walking towards the feed troughs - SHOCK - followed by 2 lambs. I'm so stupid - must have got my dates wrong as I wasn't expecting anything till next week!!


Although I didn't get the lambing shed built that I was hoping for, do have 7 pens set up and ready so back to put the dog in and then walked her down to the shed.


They are perfect, she's a shetland put to Castlemilk and the female lamb looks like a Castlemilk and the male lamb looks like a lovely patterned shetland.


Just so pleased they are healthy and mum is looking pretty good too - hands still shaking!!

Title: Re: Lambs - Bit earlier than expected - All good
Post by: SallyintNorth on March 20, 2013, 09:43:29 am

Oh, great news  :thumbsup:   And a great cross too  :love: :sheep:

Piccies will, of course, be required at your earliest convenience  :eyelashes:

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Post by: Fowlman on March 20, 2013, 09:48:15 am

Good news  :thumbsup:  Will be interesting to see how they progress as it sounds a nice cross.

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Post by: goosepimple on March 20, 2013, 10:13:21 am

That's great Brucklay, esp after your goat trauma, love to see pics.  :thumbsup:

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Post by: lachlanandmarcus on March 20, 2013, 10:35:42 am

Hurrah Brucklay that's great news!!! However we do require pictures!!!!! :innocent:

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Post by: Brucklay on March 20, 2013, 12:23:34 pm

Thank you all - we all know of the ups and downs - it's great when it's an up  :excited: :excited:


Here they are

Title: Re: Lambs - Bit earlier than expected - All good - Now Pics
Post by: Fleecewife on March 20, 2013, 12:30:23 pm

Oh good - I like happy stories  ;D   The dark one looks as if it has a shetland type fleece and the paler one more of a primitive fleece with the beginnings of a mane.  Nice healthy lambs and dam  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Blackbird on March 20, 2013, 12:57:24 pm

All 3 absolutely gorgeous!  :love:

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Post by: SallyintNorth on March 20, 2013, 01:13:54 pm

Brilliant  :thumbsup:

You'll keep the ewe lamb on for breeding? 

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Post by: colliewoman on March 20, 2013, 01:45:19 pm

 :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
Best cross ever ;D


They will steal your heart in an instant, I bet they already have :love:

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Post by: Victorian Farmer on March 20, 2013, 01:59:24 pm

Fantastic result glad alls well

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Post by: wellies on March 20, 2013, 02:07:15 pm

congratulations,, they look beautiful  :love:

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Post by: sabrina on March 20, 2013, 02:25:59 pm

Lovely, and so glad they arrived safely. :sheep: :thumbsup:

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Post by: Rosemary on March 20, 2013, 02:34:13 pm

Congratulations  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Mammyshaz on March 20, 2013, 03:58:00 pm

Congratulations, they are lovely. And a good mix of coloured fleece  :knit:  :love:

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Post by: Anke on March 20, 2013, 08:06:20 pm

Nice surprise! But that's Shetlands for you - lamb without trouble in all conditions! I like the colour & fleece of the dark one!

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Post by: Pedwardine on March 20, 2013, 09:24:37 pm

Gotta to say mum is stunning as are her lambs.  :-*