[Jacob-list] New Lambs

Chovhani melanie.boxall at sympatico.ca
Fri Mar 2 09:03:06 EST 2001


If it doesn't excite and thrill you, even when you've got 40 ewes and been
doing it 20+ years, then you shouldn't be doing it. My husband learned all
his sheep skills from his cousin Neil, ten years his senior. Neil has now
been a sheep farmer for 33 years in his own right, and 18 years before that
growing up on his parents' farm. He STILL gets excited each Spring when the
lambs start arriving. He says when he stops loving it, he'll stop doing it.
I believe only old age will stop him.

Melanie
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----- Original Message -----
From: Abigail Brown <blotham at yahoo.com>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:12 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] New Lambs


Hello All,

Late this afternoon our lambing began.
I have been on vacation this week so have been able to
be at home anticipating their arrival.

I don't know which is more fun; waiting and watching,
waiting and watching, waiting and watching all day
long, or coming home from work and finding two
wonderful lambs!!!

Either way, I kept watching Sarah all day long,
knowing that her time was very soon. When I hayed the
girls this morning she came over and nibbled but was
mostly disinterested, standing in one spot, looking
miserable. When I went out to grain them at 5:30 she
was laying down and didn't bother to get up for her
grain (this is their favorite part of the day).
After I gave everyone else their grain, I set a pan in
front of her where she lay and gave her the grain.
Bless her heart, she just lay their and ate the grain.
Before she got up she started passing water bags. This
was my first time since we have had our jacobs that I
got to watch both lambs being born. It was so
exciting. It was real hard for me to keep my hands off
and let her clean them herself.

First to come was a wonderfully marked ewe, and then a
slightly larger ram. I know he will have nice horns,
the buds were large in circumference.

One down,three to go. This will be our first year
having four ewe lambing.

Sorry for rambling, could you tell I am excited?

Abigail Brown
Shiloh Farms
Petersburg, IN

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