I'm sorry to hear about your other ewe... I've now heard three stories in the recent past about this happening, so I'm keeping a really close eye on my ewes.
Julian
At 09:48 PM 4/19/2005, you wrote:
Hi everybody,
We have a new lamb as of this afternoon. :o) We think it is a little ewe...with black legs and markings under it's chin. It has a big black spot around at least one eye...and many black spots on it's body. I was supprised cause the mother and father are both have black face and legs and beige wool. So a little spotted lamb was not what we were expecting.. Oh well it is darling and I guess it is in the genes somewhere. Both mother and dad are Dorsette/Suffolk cross from a herd of the same.
Does anyone know if this is usual? I would have thought they would be all black or black and beige.
Anyway we are happy to have it with us happy and doing fine so far.
We lost one ewe a couple weeks ago that had twins and one was decomposing in her...the other was dead also when we got it out. That was very sad so I am happy all went well even though there was only one, instead of twins, this time.
Annette
Alan and Annette Hake Menookhaw Mountain, Ravenden, Arkansas
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