New Lambs

Charlee... on Easter I left Charlee in a jug while we went to my brothers in town. When we got home she had lambed and gave me a ewe and a ram. He has white around his face and will fade,ag, like his Mom


Charlees ewe is katmoget, my first ever. Very light almost white with brown points. She has Shirly Temple curls so should have a wavy crimped fleece like Charlee.

Oma lambed on the morning of April 6th she also had twins, one ram and one ewe lamb. I was here to see the birth but there is 'trouble in paradise' reminiscent of my lambing in 2008! Excuse me but OH SHIT! I'll talk more about Oma in another post. This little guy is a katmoget also. His sister was a dark brown.

Hattie's lambs were born on the evening of April 5th. She had a black ram and a black ag ewe lamb. The ewe lamb has a white spot on each side of her body right by her front elbows. So she is spotted, but by the time her color all fades she won't show her spots!

"I see a goat Mom."

November

This has been an amazing three mouths. Since I've missed so much time with my sheep I want to introduce Duncan and the six ewe's he bred last fall. I have Watsons girls on a previous post.
This is Stonehaven Duncan S16861 soon to be seven years old.

The first ewe is Hazel a long yearly and behind her is Kess.  Desert Peach Hazel has not been registered yet. I wait till after they lamb the first time to evaluate the ewe and her lambs first. Desert Peach Kess S29877  will be three this spring. Her sister who is two years old is Bella. They are totally different.

Desert Peach Charlee S26266 four years old. and Desert Peach Siskin S26267 coming four year old also. Gee's my sheep look all the same!

Then we have miss "long in the face" Yeesha  S26265 she will be five this spring.

Last but not least Desert Peach Oma "the big" S26272 she will be four this spring. I'll post December next.

Holy Moly!

Four ewe's lambed today before noon. This is Tess she had twins a ewe and a ram. The little ewe, and I mean LITTLE, bet she doesn't weigh more than three pounds, was having a hard time finding the teat. So when she was laying next to Mom I showed her an easier way. That got her going and she didn't stop nursing till her belly was full! I watched her be born at 1 AM. Brother was already here. I'm betting this ewe is a solid moorit.

Then at 7 AM I found Kess with a single ewe, right, check out her color! This must be what some of the other lambs would look like if they didn't have their spotted faces. Rich red moorit and light fringe on the inside of her legs, on her ears and face. Please help with a color name on this ewe lamb?

By the way Kess and Tess were named years apart. Wouldn't you know they would lamb within hours of each other.

After getting Kess set up in a jug I started feeding and couldn't find Charlee. I have a small old building up the hill from the barn and this is what I found. Don't they look just like Bellas lambs? Exact colors only the reverse, her ram is light splashy brown and her ewe lamb is the dark one. That makes five sets of twins with each set a ewe and a ram.

I thought I was done for the morning. Everyone was fed and the new Mom's were in their own jugs. I went back to the house for the camera to get some pictures of the new babies. Last on my list was Charlee up in the little house. WOW, Siskin was in there with her pushing to give birth to her lamb. I saw some feet so gave them a little pull to help her out and she gave birth to a ewe lamb!

Minutes later she was up and nursing. The lamb is wet and the little house doesn't have the best lighting but I'm betting this ewe is black, like in pure black. Mom is brown. Dad is brown. Grandma on Dads side is shaela. Can't wait to get her dry and in the sun. Is a sheep that has Ag and gives birth to a solid lamb an ag?

The little house was easily divided to make two jugs so little Charlee's ram would stay on his own side.


Watching lambs being born is cold, hard job...

Siskin and Charlee

This is Siskin and her ram lamb. Born on Saturday April 19th. A happy, healthy normal baby!! Siskin is not very big and this guy tiped the scales at 8 pounds. I needed to help get his big head delivered and Mom and baby are fine. Altho Siskin is a might tender. The lambs have had so many flashy colors this year. One of the reasons I bought their dad Newton. Plus the soft crimpy fleece!

This last weekend I had some more good news. At 5:30 at Sunday mornings barn check, Charlee had a ram lamb all dry and ready for life and it was 19 degress that morning. Another normal lamb! Second one in a long time. This little guy is a first. I have never had such a light colored lamb born here ever. He has brown spots and his legs are black and brown. I'd say he's a calico. Sweet little wooly guy from head to tail. Wow what a relief. I still flinch when these new lambs head for a fence or wall but they stop in time not to hit it, they see!!

The blind Bella twins are getting around better each day. I've opened the first ever "School for the Blind Lamb" here at Desert Peach. They are learning to go out the door of the barn and out to a patch of grass. Little girl (I'll name them soon) is bold and is starting to use her mom like a bumper car, bounce off her side go forward and then come back get her barrings and then off in the other direction only about four feet at a time. Little boy is very leary and will lay down if he isn't sure of his surroundings. He does a lot of laying down. Their movements and actions are very normal it's just the blindness that slows them down now.

I have one more feel good story but need pictures.