The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Cheviot on April 25, 2014, 02:22:24 pm
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Hi,
Got the 1st of this years lambs today, a Cheviot with a pair and a Shetland had a pair, unfortunately one was dead.
For the last two years I have used a white Shetland tup, and every lamb born was white, except one, but this year we used a fawn katmoget tup in the hope he would throw some coloured lambs, well it seems I certainly got what I wished for.
Hopefully there will be pictures, as they are not showing up in the preview.
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I love that yuglet (panda) pattern :D I've got one with it this year too :thumbsup:
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Hi,
It's so cute, don't know yet if it is male or female, as I can't get near enough to see yet, it also has white on it's legs.
I'm going to join the Shetland sheep society, as I have a number of registered sheep, if that one is female would that make it a fawn katmoget yuglet sokket ??
Regards Sue
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Lovely looking little lamb :thumbsup:
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Lovely lamb, :fc: for more little lovelies for you.
Our katmoget ram has thrown 20 katmoget lambs in various shades mainly twins, 2 pure black twins, and 1 pure white. So is there a dominant gene in there? I also put 2 GFD ewes to him this year and both ewe lambs look like slim GFD with softer fleece. Sadly, they are destined to be rugs :( .
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Cheviot, I would say moorit katmoget yuglet.
No sokket there, that would involve (white) socks - I have one with four ankle socks and one with two knee socks ;D
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Well done Sue, wish my girls would hurry up and make the most of all the good weather. :thumbsup:
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What a gorgeous lamb :love:
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Ahhh, lovely :) :love: :sheep:
I love the mixed colours of my little flock. They're mostly crossbreeds, but I find looking at a flock of many colours lifts my spirits in a way that a homogenous flock doesn't. Same with hens and cattle. (Although I can appreciate the beauty of a herd or flock of strong healthy animals that all look very alike, too.)