It's that time of year!

[BCSnob]

I stepped out of the back door this morning on my way to work and heard the sound of a lamb calling to its mom. My wife texted me saying the ewe had not delivered her second lamb yet; so the cries I heard were from a new born.

We bred about 60 ewes.

[BCSnob]

Another set of twins were just born.

Our lambs are later this year because we put the rams in with the ewes a little later last fall (5 months gestation).

[Little_Kopit]

Last year, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTeysl1NNFE&feature=youtu.be compared to ? many this year on Feb. 28. *



*Have things on the go so might not be able to get on to post your last year's video, Mark, but it looks like this year is slower than last year..................hmmmmm, phase of the moon?

Love lambs.

:B

[BCSnob]

Another set of twins but still no luck with the little triplet

[BCSnob]

Twins and one more in labor. The little triplet will not suckle.

[BCSnob]

My wife tried getting the little one to nurse off mom with no success so she fed it again. Sometimes the smaller lambs are slow to figure out how to nurse off mom; the trick is to keep them alive long enough for them to figure it out and to help them figure it out before mom decides to reject the lamb. If a lamb does not small like the mothers milk the ewe will not allow the lamb to nurse off her. There is a short window just after birth when the lambs don't smell like the ewe's milk. During this time you can get a ewe to adopt another ewe's lamb. After that time is over there is very little chance a ewe will let another ewe's lamb nurse (taking her lambs' milk).

[Uppercrust]

Awesome photo!

[campn4walleye]

Happy birthday to EWE!:B

[RBak]

Despite the 5 inches of snow we acquired this morning, it's lambing time and my horse is shedding her winter coat like crazy. Spring IS coming - somewhere - sometime. I only wish it was here now. Thanks for posting the photos, Mark. They are beautiful.

Rita

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

Lambs = Spring!!!! Keep them coming 🙂

[summerhouse]

So much fun to be able to read and enjoy. Signs of spring coming too!
Thank you for continuing to share!

[Dog_Folks]

Thanks for posting the pictures.

There is something about new life, that inspires hope.

[dspencer]

BCSnob wrote:

BCSnob I must say I always enjoy reading your articles and looking at your pictures. More years ago than I care to remember :B, my uncle had a very beautiful farm and raised sheep. It brings back many fond memories. He lived a very full life and was very active and ran his farm till he had a stroke at the age of 70 and was gone within 48 hours of his stroke. He was as active and a hard worker at 70 as he was as a much younger man. Thank You for bringing back the memories.

Doug

[BCSnob]

[BCSnob]

We have a set of triplets. #2 had to be pulled. All are doing well.

Update: one of the triplets is small and is not strong enough or coordinated enough to nurse off mom yet. My wife is setting up a heat lamp to help this small lamb.

[Dog_Folks]

Please provide updates like you did last year. It was great reading.