[Jacob-list] babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Unzicker]

YEP, BOB IS RIGHT.  WE HAVE 16 RAM LAMBS AND 7 EWE LAMBS.  EVERY YEAR IT HAS
ALWAYS BEEN ALMOST 50/50 SO I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE REST OF THE
EWES PRODUCE.   12 MORE TO DELIVER PLUS POSSIBLY SEVERAL YEARLINGS.   I AM
ALMOST HAPPY TO  HAVE SO MANY RAMS.   I SEEM TO HAVE A WEAKNESS FOR LETTING
GO OF EWE LAMBS.  THERE IS ALWAYS SOME REASON WHY I SHOULD KEEP THEM.   LAST
YEAR I KEPT 10 WHICH IS 10  MORE THAN I NEED.   SO PERHAPS THE DECISION WILL
BE MUCH EASIER THIS YEAR.
ROYAL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert May" <newjerseyjacobs at yahoo.com>
To: "Marguerite Van Beek" <pegvanbeek at msn.com>; "jacob-list"
<jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


> Hello all...
>
> So far, 11 lambs born at our farm:  8 ewes and 3 rams.
> Peg, I don't think that your theory will "hold", as I
> know Royal Unzicker has had more ram lambs born than
> ewes...so far, anyway!
>
> Happy lambing to all.  We're seeing lots of "spots"
> this year and good looking fleeces...sure hope it
> continues.  We still have about 35 ewes to lamb.
>
> Bob May
> Swayze Inn Farm
> Hope, NJ
> --- Marguerite Van Beek <pegvanbeek at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > So far, the girls are ahead. Thank goodness but I
> > don't really want to jinx the process.  No ram lambs
> > from Ohm all girls.  But......my boy, Noel is
> > finally having girls and most of his ewes are
> > twinning.   I mentioned before that I gave
> > Noel a test, Annie always has ewe lambs even before
> > I brought her.   I figured if she had rams Noel
> > would be in trouble, there is nothing worse than a
> > ram having all boys.  Well, Annie delivered TWIN
> > ewes.  Pictures are coming.
> > Primrose had her first, last yr she lambed premature
> > and the lambs died, a ewe lamb this morning.
> > Funny, I had a conversation last fall from a horse
> > breeder in Canada who said that geldings or any
> > male, would be hard to find in the next several
> > years that there was going to be a huge foal crop of
> > fillies.   Do you think this could be with all
> > species and if so what does that mean??????
> >
> > Peggy
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