Category: Animal Husbandry
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Building a Lamb Box and a Second Solar System
We’ve had a lot of cold and rain here, and we had some lambs born in the irrigation ditch. We made a small lamb box to put the coldest lamb in for a few hours. It worked well, and by the time the lamb got warm and climbed out, everything was fine. The hay in… Continue reading
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Lambs and Dogs
Here are the triplet lambs. They’re doing well, and Mom seems to be feeding them all so far. Winnie is also doing well in protecting her new sheep. Continue reading
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Lambing, Again
We finally have our first lambs of the second batch: a set of triplet ram lambs. We put them all in a wire panel jug for a few hours, just to be sure Mom could count to three. She did seem to lose track of one when we first moved her, but she seems to… Continue reading
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Lamb on a Rock
Here’s a photo of one of the new lambs resting on a rock in the pasture. Continue reading
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Winnie and the Lambs
Winnie has decided she’s the official lambing pasture guard dog, along with Kimball. She seems to take up a station near the youngest lambs, staying there until newer ones are born. She’s being very alert and watchful and doing a great job. Continue reading
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Mother’s Day Special!
The ewes are finally lambing! This Mother’s Day, we had three ewes lamb, resulting in five lambs. We got four ewe lambs and one ram lamb. All are doing well, although I had to assist two of the ewes. One had twins whose legs were back, and the other was a first-timer and didn’t dilate.… Continue reading
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One Less Coyote and Grazing Ewes
We were finally able to get a clear, safe shot on the coyote that’s been hanging around. We generally try to leave the coyotes alone. As long as they respect the fences and the dogs and don’t bother us or the sheep, we don’t bother them. The last time we had to kill one was… Continue reading
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Rambo
Rambo the bottle baby is doing great. He comes up for his bottle, then races back to his buddy and sheep mom. Ken is his dinner provider, though. He’s doing well for being flat when he first came out! Continue reading
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The Lambs
I do believe that we are now done lambing. There are still a bunch of ewes left to lamb, but none of them appear to have significant udders. The AI experiment seems to have really messed up their cycles, but if we knew how to make it all work, it wouldn’t be an experiment, would… Continue reading
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The Current Lamb Scoreboard
We’re getting close to the end of our possible lambing dates. I sure hope that a few more of these girls produce lambs! Continue reading