Two Sets of Twins!

Wild Rose Farm #151 - Twins!

Time to catch up on the lambing season … we had two sets of twins born on the 27th. Our pretty horned crossbred ewe #151 has a ewe lamb & a ram lamb. We just tagged & vaccinated them this afternoon & the ram lamb will have horns too.  Both are doing well!

Wild Rose Farm #144 - Twins Too!

Late in the evening, and actually a few minutes into the 28th, #144 delivered a set of twin ram lambs. She seemed to be "thinking about" lambing for a couple of days as you've seen.  Here she has them cleaned off ... the one lamb has his head down searching, but he needs to go towards the other end!
Snow White continues her pasture duty with the rest of the flock.  This is the first time I've ever seen her munching on the white pines …

Snow White Snacking on the White Pines

Still Waiting ...

Wild Rose Farm - #144 Thinking & Chewing Her Cud 4-21-2020!

As of this morning, April 24th, none of the other ewes have lambed.  Like we said, our breeding records were  predicting April 20 to April 21 for the start of our lambing season, but our first was on the 16th. Wrong on both accounts so far ...  Stay tuned because we sure are!

2020 Lambing Season Starts!

Wild Rose Farm - Dorset #118 & Twin Ewe Lamb

Once again, the sheep have not consulted the calendar before starting their lambing season!  My schedule said that lambing should start around April 20-21, but our #118 Dorset ewe kicked off the season on April 16th. Here she is nuzzling her ewe lamb after we brought them up to the barn.
As of today, we are waiting for more ewes to join the party. Several pens are ready and you can see that we are doing our nightly pasture checks …  

... IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT !!!

Live From Hookstown, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!!!

Just back in from the nightly pasture check. Nothing happening right now, but Snow White is in her accustomed place, guarding the flock. You can see her behind in the background. She is cushed and facing the "wilderness".  The sheep will bed down up above her closer to the barn where I'm standing.
She looks like the Loch Ness Monster down there … watching.
Here's the same view from the afternoon today.  Everyone is enclosed in electric net fencing inside the permanent pasture perimeter fencing during the lambing/grazing season.

Wild Rose Farm - Snow White & Flock Waiting for Lambs! 

Before Shearing

Wild Rose Farm Snow White in a Sea of Wool!

We brought Snow White and the ewes up to the barn from the Back 40 on Easter morning. They are scheduled to be sheared and it's essential that they be dry. It's raining outside as this is being written.

You can see lots of wool fleeces out there ready to come off!

Snow White is particularly "white" today. We had a t-storm and very high winds two days after we sent them out back to graze.
Check out the big elm tree that blew out in the pasture field overnight. No one was hurt and the tree formed a triangle over the high tensile fence.  Nothing like a fence to attract a falling tree!

Wild Rose Farm - Elm Tree Blowout Over Fence!

Scene Greeting Us in the Morning ...

Reunited With Her Sheeps!

Snow White Sees Her Ewes Again!

After 4 months penned up with six ewe lambs in the barn, Snow White was delighted to see her flock of ewes!  Even something as simple as having a long "sight line" is wonderful for a llama. Watchful guard animals love to be able to "watch".

Wild Rose Farm  - Are you my Sheep?

First, some mixing in the hospital pen before we head out to the Back 40. We pulled the two rams out from the breeding ewe group and mixed in Snow White with her 6 yearling ewe lambs.