More new lambs...

...Pictures to follow but Minwawe Marshmello had twin ewe lambs yesterday and Minwawe Pearl had a ewe and a ram today.  Neville is the proud papa and one is spotted and one is solid (maybe a few white hairs on the top of the head) in each pair.

Update...

Hershey my Corriedale/Dorset/Finn cross had her twins in Thursday morning.  They are 1/2 Shetland and are a ram and a ewe.  We had a tense few days but she has resigned herself to the fact that she has to feed them.  Unlike last year, she accepts them as hers and isn't trying to harm them, but would rather not care for them either.  She will not be bred here again if I can help it.  She had her first lambs at age 3 and prefers the role as Aunt that she had settled into at that point.  If anyone is interested in her for their fiber flock she gives a wonderful 12 pound grey fleece every year, and is available for sale after weaning.

Other updates (which will be outdated by the time I post this I am sure):

-10 Shetland ewes left to lamb.
- 6 ewes (4 Shetland) have all lambed with twins.  We have 4 ewe and 8 ram lambs.
- The puppies are beginning to walk, open their eyes.  Rose is still as super star mom.
- Picture  update below-

Cheviot/Shetland cross ram lambs.

 Sprinkles' lambs

Puppies!

 Girls pictured above and the boys below.

New Shetland Lambs

What do you get when you cross a fawn katmoget (Mapleton Zeus) with a black and white HST?

 A solid black ewe lamb and a katmoget ram lamb.  He is really dark...I think black based and grey under all that brown but not sure yet.  Mapleton Violet had her twins last night during my last barn check of the night.

 And when you cross the same ram with a black and white flecket?  A fawn katmoget ram and a moorit ewe lamb.  Mapleton Destiny, a first time mom, had her twins this morning and is a little overwhelmed at the moment.  I am going to keep an eye on them...the little ewe in particular.  Dessie's bag is HUGE and she is being squirmish about nursing them.

 But before Dessie had her twins, Minwawe Sprinkles twined just after dawn and she was also bred to Zeus.  Just when I thought Zeus might not carry spots, this little cutie made me have hope...

 Fawn (spotted I think) katmoget ewe lamb and a fawn katmoget ram lamb.

 Before you say anything, the ewe lamb might just have to stay here with us.  This year is going to be really difficult.  I am very pleased with my current flock and am very excited about what I see so far in terms of the lamb crop.  However I am about at my max in terms of numbers, so we will really have some difficult decisions to make.  If you see something that interests you in terms of lambs or adults, let us know, maybe it would make our decision making easier.  All the adult rams will be offered for sale by the end of breeding season as well, so if you have a favorite speak up.  A few may be available earlier if I decide to keep one of their sons.  As much as I love Neville, I might just give him most of the ewes this fall and then let him join another flock late fall.  I would then keep an F2 son of his in his stay.

FIRST OUTING let the LAMB RACES begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meeting relatives..."hi Grandma Marshmello"

 Exploring new places...

 Looking handsome...

 Tasting new things...

Still waiting for Shetland friends to be born...

More pictures now that they are dry...

Pictures as Promised

Swiftriver Neville's twin SPOTTED ram lambs out of Peep.  I tried to dip cords give them some Nutridrench and Peep BIT me!  She is a very protective mom.  I guess because she was convinced the lambs Spooky had yesterday were hers and I took them from her.  She was NOT going to let that happen again.

 F2 Ram Lambs

Spooky's crossbred ram lambs

 Naptime for the Puppies - 7 girls and 4 boys

 

GUESS WHO CARRIES SPOTS?

NEVILLE!  Peep gave me twin ram lambs: one morrit with a splash of white on his head and black and white (HST).   I have to check what the white on his head is technically but sokket all the way around.  Neither appears to be Ag but time will tell.  Camera is being charged and then pictures I promise.  F2 Heights Orion spotted ram lamb anyone? I have to go check on Opal...looks like Champ did his job after all.  Check back for updates soon.