Thought I'd "brag" on my girls, too! At YesterYear we have had 26
babies ( including 6 set of twins) in 23 days!! Baby "number 20" was
the broke leg ewes little girl!
Stephanie
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Boy everyone getting babies and my Ram seems more interested in the goats then
the Ewe. Go figure.
Brad
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Hello group.
We had an interesting birthing in the last two weeks. A young yearling ewe
had twins.one normal sized and the other about 1/3 of the sibling. We
were concerned for the small one, but in two weeks, he/she has grown and is
doing great. Mom clucks to it and takes good care. So fa
Well since everyone is speaking of lambs . We have had 113 live lambs born
since Jan 1 to 64 ewes total. Some of these are Jacobs but over half are
black bellies of some sort. We lost 7 others for various reasons. We are not
done lambing yet. But I hope they hold off for about another week beca
I have a question. I have a young ewe, not yet 1 yoa, who had her 1st lamb.
He is itty bitty, teeny, tiny. My twins born the same day are bigger than him.
He is nursing well and mom is being a good mom. I keep checking his tummy to
make sure he has a belly and watch him nurse. Tail goes cra
Brad,
Brad and Aimee Andrews wrote:
>
> Boy everyone getting babies and my Ram seems more interested in the goats
> then the Ewe. Go figure.
>
You are so funny!!If young Buddy doesn't produce...come and get a
new little guy, I'll trade you, if you'd like. My youngest twin ram is
about 3-1/
WOW!!
26 in 23 days!!
I know what you've been doing!!!
That's Great!!
Cecil
Piedmont, OK
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From: "Stephanie Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [blackbelly] lambs
>
> Thought I'd "brag" on my girls, too! At Y
Yep, had a few. Sounds like yours are doing better than mine. My flock was
sort of "rescued" from the previous owner, so they were really malnourished.
The first lambing was around Christmastime and it was a real pain. Every
lamb was small and mama did not have any milk for 3 days. The next
Many young mothers and/or first time mothers have
smaller babies. This applies to almost all species. It
is sort of like the Momma is practicing the pregnancy,
parturation and raising stuff. As long as Momma and
baby are both behaving normally, the baby continues to
gain and remain active, you are
