46U Cocoa has a lovely set of twins

46U is a Katahdin and her little ones are crosses from our Dorper ram Sisko. The little girl weighs 8 lbs and the boy 9 lbs.  Nice job Cocoa. Below a picture of the little family.

Below a closer look at the ram lamb. Nice sturdy little fellow it will be interesting to see how he turns out. This is Sisko's first year being used as a sire.

65Y Sadie and her ram lamb

65Y "Sadie" has a nice ram lamb, the little fellow weighs in at 8.2 lbs. Nice job Sadie! Sadie is a Dorper/Katahdin cross.

68Y and ram lamb

This is 68Y and her ram lamb. She is a first time mum and has a nice ram lamb that weighed in at 8.8 lbs. Good job 68Y

Lambing has started! 85Y has twins!

85Y gave birth to twins. They are a little early at only 143 days but they are feisty and look like they will be fine. 85Y is a triplet yearling out of 304T (Katahdin) and Buster (Dorper) and has her mothers great mothering abilities. She birthed these little ones with no problems and did everything right. Black and white is a ram lamb weight 5 lbs. Little white one is a ewe lamb weight 4.4 lbs. They are very tiny and teeth are not yet fully erupt but they are lively and sucking well. I will need to keep a close eye on them.

Sophie had a little girl!!

Here are pictures of Sophie's little girl she is just over an hour old in these pictures. Born today at noon. Cute as can be. She is trying out those legs with some hops and jumps. Landing can pose an issue and she lands on her face or butt. She is spunky and just keeps trying. I just love those long Nubian ears. She will make a fine addition to the milk goats to help produce for the lambs. While the majority of our sheep are great mums there is always the chance for issues. Last year we had bottle lambs due to weather (chilling) and due to triplets in a couple of mums that can only feed 2 and just couldn't keep up with triplets. This brought about the purchase of our first milk goat and now I will be keeping a couple or three girls around (they need each others company) and a buck to cure the bottle lamb milk replacer issue. This little girl is not related to our buck so she will work out just fine.

New Goats on the block

Here is a picture of Candy and Sophie. These are our 2 new dairy goats. Both were exposed and Sophie (black one) appears to be due soon as she is bagging up. Candy appears pregnant but only time will tell. They are only yearlings so I hope they grow a little more as they are a bit on the small side. Their owner said they were a bit wild but already they are coming up for a closer look and letting me touch their noses. They are very curious girls and I am sure they are going to be friendly given a little time.