blessedfarmgirl
Loving the herd life
This year is my second year with sheep, and my second lambing season! I am very excited for our first sets of twins. I have 5 adult ewes who have all lambed once before, and 2 first timers, both born on my farm early this year. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly both of them grew, especially the ewe born in April, she is as big as my February ewe lamb, and had her first heat around the same time.
First up and due next Wednesday is Marian, my only ewe with some color. She's a great mom and lambed with no complications last year. She was our most wild ewe until recently, I'm not sure if it's the pregnancy hormones or if she's actually getting tame, but she's warming up to us really well. She was always the one hanging back about twenty feet when the others came to mob us, now she's eating out of our hands.
Then I have Eleanor, Lucy, Phoebe and Emily, all due sometime in January or February. I didn't see them get bred, so they are all guesses. Everyone is looking big already.
The ewe lambs, Heidi and Liesel, are due at the end of March/early April.
Last but not least, my only spring kids are due in mid March. I'm going to have a busy start to 2024!
I'll post pics as they come!
First up and due next Wednesday is Marian, my only ewe with some color. She's a great mom and lambed with no complications last year. She was our most wild ewe until recently, I'm not sure if it's the pregnancy hormones or if she's actually getting tame, but she's warming up to us really well. She was always the one hanging back about twenty feet when the others came to mob us, now she's eating out of our hands.
Then I have Eleanor, Lucy, Phoebe and Emily, all due sometime in January or February. I didn't see them get bred, so they are all guesses. Everyone is looking big already.
The ewe lambs, Heidi and Liesel, are due at the end of March/early April.
Last but not least, my only spring kids are due in mid March. I'm going to have a busy start to 2024!
I'll post pics as they come!
