And Esther winds up the 2012 lambing season

Esther finally got around to going into labor.  Not that it was obvious to me at all on the 11 PM check!  All was peaceful and everyone was lying down and cudding about then and by 2 AM we had a problem.  John came in from a middle of the night check and let me [...]

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Esther the Enigma

Is still an Enigma, but we are beginning to see what is really going on. I have been trying to figure out how Esther could still be pregnant if she got bred down in the field by the ram Reece (which she did).  I am a little slow, but I finally realized that even if [...]

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And Fern is next, finally!

We have been very sleep deprived for the last 3 weeks.  But the homestretch is now in sight.   Sunday morning’s activities with Fuzzy and her breech boys put a dent in my stamina and we really had no idea when Fern would go into labor, but she and her mother Fuzzy were initially bred the [...]

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Fuzzy’s ordeal

Saturday we had a very relaxing day.  Our friend Chris came over and we had some fun time with the lambs, and then just sat and chatted for awhile before going over to Hatchtown Farm‘s ram shearing late in the afternoon.  That was a wonderful time, handling those gorgeous and incredibly large fleeces!  Then we [...]

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Friday update

The week is over and waiting is still the name of the lamb game.  Yesterday morning we let Beezus and her twins out into the paddock.  It’s always a real pleasure to see the babies as they explore their new world.  By yesterday afternoon they had engaged BabyBea and were doing the twilight romp around [...]

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Beezus’ great moment

She did a great job and had her lambs last night while no one was watching!  Typical.  She likes her privacy and is not always thrilled to have people handling her and being around.  It is totally awesome that she had the lambs herself.  When I got out there at 10:30, both were up and [...]

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A Wrinkle in the flock force

We are still waiting for the rest of the girls to drop their lambs.  They were obviously marked  early on and then remarked, or everyone would have done their thing already.  It doesn’t mean that we can stop doing our around-the-clock checks, however, because you never know! In one of my recent posts I wrote [...]

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Lambs, not

More waiting again!  HoneyBea and her ewe lamb BabyBea are doing really well.  We docked and tagged the little one yesterday afternoon and found that she had gained over 2.25 lbs. since her birth.  So she is doing well.  All the other ewes are looking quite overloaded with lambs, but no one is showing any [...]

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First lamb up

We got an easy one for the first birth of the year.  HoneyBea surprised us with a beautfiul, large single ewe lamb last night (13.75 lbs).  She must have been born in close to record time, as John was out there around 9 and nothing was brewing.  I went out close to 11:30 and there [...]

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Expectantly expectant

And lambing still has yet to begin!  I think we are going to have a flood of lambs all in one day the way things are going. Sheesh!  We have had a number of pep talks, but so far no one is listening.  I really thought would one of them would have chosen a lovely [...]

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