#192 & chicks

 This black ewe #192 is out of Tessa, (who recently delivered lambs)

from a previous year, I have not registered her yet.  She is a daughter of 

Ram #26, Gwenever Duroy.

 Well, she had delivered this sweet little ewe lamb early this morning.

So we have a real Easter Lamb.

She was bred to a polled black ram lamb that we brought in 

last fall.  Planning to keep this ewe, she will be used in helping

to bring out more spotting in the flock.  As you can see she

has a white spot on her side and a couple on her under belly,

along with white socks and tail.

Most of our lambing has finished, we will have a few in May that 

are Dave L.'s ewes that were bred to Barqs, an older polled gulmoget ram 

that we have here, he is a gentle ram and getting older so we put a few

ewes to him.

 I've finally taken some pics. of the Chicks, my  how they grow soo fast.

I picked up the day old peeps on March 4th from Meyer Hatchery

I ordered three Austra Whites, which are a cross from the black Australop

and a white leghorn and a got the "meal maker" that they offer.

Which is a free bird, similar to what you order that they give you for free.

The idea is that you donate the meat or eggs from the extra bird to 

someone in need.

I think we ended up with a White Rock, in the pic. above she is the 

left front bird.

 At two weeks old the above bird had already developed a comb and 

the wattles developed about week three.  Immediately I thought it was 

a rooster, but a friend says that it may have just taken after the 

white leghorn breed more than the black australop.

I certainly hope so...I don't want a rooster.

I guess we'll find out in a couple of months.

If it is a rooster.....is anyone interested???

#51 Audrey, #134 Sunniva & #164 -not yet registered

Today was a beautiful busy day, almost 70 degrees outside today.

I spent the whole day outside.  Burning downed branches in the 

ram pasture, cleaning out me little chicken coop, getting it ready 

for four little chicks that I ordered and picked up in early March.

 They are now five weeks old and I think one of them is a rooster...bummer!

I started some flower seed, which I'm late doing.  I usually get

them started the last week of March.  

So much to do and I've run out of weekend to do it all.

With all this going on we also had three ewe deliver lambs today.

 #51 Audrey had already delivered these twins when I went out early this

morning.  The ram is black , the ewe white.

Audrey was bred to a new black polled ram lamb that belongs to Dave L.

 #134 Sunniva was bred to Fergus, a white ram that carries the katmoget pattern.

Pics. above and below, both are ram lambs.

 

 #164, who I have not registered yet...I really need to get on that!

Was bred to Two Tone.

Both are ram lambs.

Tessa

 Tessa, spotted, was bred to Fergus a white ram and she delivered

these two nice looking lambs, the spotted morrit is a ewe, the 

grey katmoget with a white spot on his head is a ram.

I'm very please with her lambs and she is taking great care of them.

Last evening (4/4) she was acting as though she was in labor so 

I penned her during feeding time and came back out later to 

check on her. She was delivering the ram when I appeared on 

the seen and not long after the ewe.  Both are doing very well.

#60 Zoe

Zoe delivered these twins today while I was at work.

A white ewe on the left and a grey spotted kamoget ram on the right.

Zoe was bred to Fergus a white polled ram.