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Weaning Day

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Weaning day has arrived! We did our bi-weekly ‘FAMACHA and worm if needed’ routine and weighed all the lambs. Weights ranged from 60 lbs for some of the smaller twins to 102 lbs for Feisty’s big single bruiser (Wensleydale-Coopworth-Lincoln cross).

We separated the lambs from the ewes. Snostorm was not too happy about us moving his lambs to a new paddock. He is standing guard and shaking his head most emphatically, “No!”

We moved the ewes five small paddocks away, but it was still a very noisy day. Many of them spent their time waiting by the fence and complaining loudly.

After a noisy, stressful night everyone should adjust and calm down tomorrow. Ahhh, peace and quiet to look forward to.

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What a treat! Our first white lambs from Blackberry. Her lambs have always had just beautiful fleeces so we are anxious to see how these white ones develop.

A ram 12 lbs 1 oz born first.

Then a very strange ‘butt-first’ delivery of a lovely little ewe. Thank goodness she weighed 4 lbs less than her big brother. She weighed in at 8 lbs 9 ozs

Fast and Furious

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2:30 a.m.
Little Gracie gives birth to a beautiful ewe lamb, 9 lbs 4 ozs

6:00 a.m.
Daisy adds another ewe lamb to the barn, 9 lbs 14 ozs

Later in the evening, Athena presents two ram lambs. The first one is a feisty little fellow, born with an ‘o-hawk’ and an attitude. Of course he has been named Owen (after former WVU full-back Owen Schmidt.) He weighed 8 lbs 4 ozs.

His brother born shortly after weighed 11 lbs 9 ozs

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Poor Hera has looked miserable for weeks now. We were speculating… could she be having triplets?

No… just twins, but two pretty big lambs – a white ram lamb weighing 11 lbs 2 ozs and a black ewe lamb weighing 10 lbs. They were born very vigorous and aggressive and had no problem figuring out how to nurse very quickly. They are Coopworth-Border Leicester X Wensleydale-Coopworth.