Mesa delivered twins just after noon Sunday. A big boy, Lightning McQueen, and a little girl, Sally Carrera from Disney Pixar's "Cars." In the photo below, Sally is standing by her mother and Lightning is resting in Mom's shade. Blue is the sire to these two lambs. In this photo they are about 27 hours old.
Jetta was marked on my calendar to deliver this weekend. This was her first delivery. She had a big black boy - Flik and a brown/gray tiny mite girl - Princess Dot. These two are named from "A Bug's Life." Princess Dot is very small beside her big brother. I didn't weigh them but my guess is 5 pounds and 10 pounds. This is the largest size discrepancy I've seen in a few years. Jetta's babies are by Newman. In this photo they are about 16 hours old. I was in the house, bathed and in bed by midnight. So that's a wrap for lambing this year - YAY! Twenty-two lambs to eleven ewes. Nine sets of twins, 1 set of triplets and a single. Seven sets of twins were a boy and a girl, 2 sets of twins were 2 girls, the triplets were a girl and 2 boys and the single lamb was a boy. The final tally 12 girls and 10 boys.
Congratulations on not loosing any, so far! Wow!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, they are all so snorgleriffic! That's the only thing I can say to describe the new lambies! Wow, and the variety, it's just amazing! Your fields are looking so green. We're a lot behind this year, still snow in shady and low-lying parts, and just a touch of green on the horizon. Guess you're pretty busy with everything going on! Take care, I'll be keeping tabs! Ann
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures! I am picking up 6 navajo churro sheep in May for my fledgling spinners flock. Do you export rams to Canada? I tried to email you but wasnt able to get it to go through. My email is kimtreelane@gmail.com. Would love to hear from you!
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