Thursday, February 24, 2011

Lambing in Review

The Rams (2011 only)

AV Louis

Bred to two ewes. still waiting on second ewe.

KRK 977 Johann

Bred to four ewes.
Eight lambs (1,2,2,3). Eight survivors. Three ewe lambs, five rams.

KRK 1068 Judah Ben-Hur

Bred to three ewes.
Six lambs (2,2,2). Four survivors. One ewe lamb, five rams.

DWB 14M Leipzig

Bred to one ewe.
Three lambs (3). Three survivors. One ewe, two rams.

The Ewes

CKN 321 Aravis
Birth Info: Twin 2/1/06
2008 - 3/3
2009 - 2/2
2010 - 2/2
2011 - 1/2
Five years old. Nine lambs. Eight successful.

DWB 10A Parsley
Birth Info: Triplet 1/9/08
2009 - 2/2
2008 - 1/1
2011 -2/2
Three years old. Five lambs. Five successful.

VJ 4025 Athens
Birth Info: Twin 3/2/04
2005-2008 Records unknown
2010 - 4/
2011 - 1/1
Seven years old. One year with us. One successful.

KRK 42 Rosalind
Birth Info: Twin 2/17/03
2004-2009 Records Unknown
2010 - 3/3
2011 - 3/3
Eight years old. Two years with us. Six successful.

DWB 10M Dotty
Birth Info: Triplet 2/29/09
2010 - 2/2
2011 -3/3
Two years old. Five lambs. Five successful.

DWB10P Hagar
Birth Info: Twin 4/25/09
2011 -2/2
Will be two years old. Two lambs. Two successful.

003 Juliet (Commercial Katahdin)
Birth Info: Triplet 3/09
2011 -1/2
Two years old. Two lambs. One successful.

002 Ophelia (Commercial Katahdin)
Birth Info: Triplet 3/09
2011 -2/2
Two years old. Two lambs. Two successful.

Maggie (Dairy)
Birth Info: Triplet 5/7/07
2010 (first lambing) - 3/3
2011 -1/3
Will be four years old. Six lambs. Four successful.

KRK Mercy
Birth Info: Twin 7/10/09
Still waiting. :-)


2011
Current total:
9 ewes, 20 lambs. 16 surviving lambs.

Ram Lambs: 11
Ewe Lambs: 5

Posts on various lambing adventures when time permits. We were so blessed yesterday to get two sets of lively triplets! Everyone on the ground is doing well and we hope the ewes raise them all healthy through weaning.

Thanks for reading,
Drowsy Waters Farm

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Various Pictures and Lambing Updates

DWB Sylvius
Ram - Triplet - 10 days old
AV Louis x Maggie
Diary/Katahdin Cross

DWB Touchstone
Ram - Twin - 11 days old
KRK 1068 Ben-Hur x DWB 10A Parsley

DWB Benedict
Ram - Twin - 17 days old
KRK 1068 Ben-Hur x CKN 321 Aravis

KRK Rosalind
Still waiting...

DWB Portia
Ewe - Twin - 2 days old
KRK 977 Johann x DWB Hagar

Ophelia...

DWB Oliver
Ram - Twin - 4 days old
KRK 977 Johann x Ophelia

Rather unorthodox cuteness... But Ophelia is being a good first time mama and raising twins nicely.

DWB Narissa
Ewe - Triplet - 1 hour old!
KRK 977 Johann x DWB Dotty

KRK Mercy
Still waiting...

DWB Parsley with Jaques, one of her twin ram lambs.

Maggie...still alive, robust and healthy 10 days after we had to deal with our first prolapse.

DWB Gratiano
Ewe - Triplet - 1 hour old!
KRK 977 Johann x DWB Dotty

VJ 4025 Athens

Athens and here 18 day old ewe lamb by KRK 977 Johann.

DWB Antonio
Ewe - Twin - 2 days old
KRK 977 Johann x DWB Hagar

Antonio and Hagar who is proving herself to be an excellent mama!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Some Lambs from 2011


DWB Benedict
10 days old - Twin
KRK 1068 Ben-Hur x CKN 321 Aravis

Benedict
This was my first lamb from Ben-Hur. I must say, he's quite handsome. :-)

Athens and her ewe lamb, Beatrice.
My very first lamb of the year.

DWB Beatrice
11 days old - Single
KRK 977 Johann x VJ 4025 Athens

DWB Viola
3 days old - Twin
KRK 1068 Ben-Hur x 003 Juliet

DWB Sylvius
3 days old - Triplet
AV Louis x Maggie (Dairy)

Sylvius
I've never seen this many spots on a dairy cross. What a cutie.

003 Juliet
Just because she's pretty. She reminds me a lot of one of our first ewes back in 1999.

DWB Touchstone
4 days old - Twin
KRK 1068 Ben-Hur x DWB 10A Parsley

DWB Jaques
4 days old - Twin
KRK 1068 Ben-Hur x DWB 10A Parsley

Jaques again.
His markings are just so cute! I love the look of the muscling on him too.

I'll catch up with the news when I can. We still have half of our ewes to lamb.

Thanks for reading,
Drowsy Waters Farm