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The Boys Are Catching Up

Yesterday, Kit Kat gave birth to a big single black ewe lamb sired by Dougal. We are now at 30 lambs, 13 ram lambs and 17 ewe lambs.

A few statistics to date:
Out of 24 ewes exposed to rams, 22 have lambed with 1 left to go. (One looks like she is open)

We currently have 30 lambs on the ground.

Shetlands:
15 total, 8 ram lambs and 7 ewe lambs.

Polled (genetics): 2 ram lambs (1 moorit and 1 musket) and 1 ewe lamb(black). All sired by Lil'Country Light Foot.

Horned (genetics): 6 ram lambs (2 moorit spotted, 2 moorit and 2 black) and 6 ewe lambs (2 moorit, 1 black, 1 black HST, 1 fawn katmoget spotted and 1 moorit & white yuglet) All of these are sired by Gentry.

Crossbreds:
15 total, 5 ram lambs and 10 ewe lambs

NCC X BFL: 1 ewe lamb (black) and 1 ram lamb (white)

NCC Mule X BFL: (for 3/4 BFL lambs): 4 ewe lambs all white

Shetland X BFL: 5 ewe lambs (3 black, 2 white) and 4 ram lambs (3 black and 1 white)

Only 1 remaining ewe yet to lamb: Bred to a Shetland.

The only ewe not covered by our clean up ram Harrison looks to be open.

There will be a 2 week break until Snickers (fawn katmoget sired by polled ram) lambs. She is bred to Kimberwood Harrison (black gulmoget half polled ram).

1 Responses to “The Boys Are Catching Up”

  1. # Blogger Gail V

    Dear Kim,
    will you save me a polled ram?
    Moorit I suppose, would be best. . . spotted would be the jackpot!

    I might even want a crossbred Shetland/BFL ram.

    NO HORNS! What an idea!  

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