[blackbelly] lambs born

2006-02-17 Thread JULIE RIHA
Since everyone else is doing it, I might as well join in. Our lambing started January 31 with a set of twin boys. February 4th followed with another set of twins, girls. these are the sister-in-laws mixed breed. The twin boys, one is black with some white, the other blackbelly. Both with the

[blackbelly] Lambs Born

2006-02-16 Thread Nancy Richardson
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

Re: [blackbelly] Lambs Born

2006-02-16 Thread Johnson, Oneta
Subject: [blackbelly] Lambs Born 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

Re: [blackbelly] Lambs Born

2006-02-16 Thread Terry Wereb
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