by Oogie | Mar 1, 2016 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep
Pregnant Ewe The ewes aren’t due to lamb until the last week in April. However, they are really round now. I always tell people that our sheep are wider than they are tall when they are heavily pregnant but most folks don’t believe me. So here is the...
by Oogie | Dec 1, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep, Technology
We are again doing research with the USDA National Animal Germplasm Program. This year we are collecting blood samples as well as other data on the ewes to evaluate their ovulation status. The experiment calls for blood collections every hour so we have a lot to do....
by Oogie | Sep 23, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep
I use a variety of characteristics to evaluate our flock of Black Welsh Mountain sheep each year in the fall. I also look at their NSIP EBVs for important traits. We’ve sorted the rams and the ewes and yearlings and only have the lambs left to do. Every year...
by Oogie | Jul 1, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep, Poultry
We’ve had a lovely visit with our friend Alan. He’s a much better photographer than I am so I’ve included a few of his shots here. flickr photo shared by cogdogblog under a Creative Commons ( BY ) license Moving sheep flickr photo shared by...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 11, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep
We are well into the movement of sheep to manage the grazing. Currently we are running 4 separate groups of sheep, ewes with lambs, pregnant ewes, yearling ewes and all the rams. The yearlings are being used as lawnmowers all around the house. Pregnant ewes are being...
by OogieFarmBlog | May 2, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep
We are still lambing. So far only 8 ewes have lambed and we have 10 live lambs. We did lose a ewe and her twins to a really bad dystocia but those are the only losses we’ve had so far. Our AI girls are looking like they will pop if they move too fast. We are...