[Jacob-list] Babies!!

[Robert May]

HELLO LINDA, ET ALS...
WE USUALLY END UP WITH A COUPLE OF LILACS WHICH ARE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO FAIRVIEW JOY WHICH WE PURCHASED FROM
MONIQUE VEN DE VER (I HOPE I HAVE THE LAST NAME
CORRECT)BACK IN 1996. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF LILAC
RAMS, SO DEPENDING ON WHICH OF THE RAMS WE USE FOR
BREEDING, WE CAN EITHER EXPECT OR NOT-EXPECT TO HAVE
SOME LILACS.

I'M PARTIAL TO THE "TRADITIONAL-LOOKING" JACOB, WITH
NICE BLACK FACIAL MARKINGS AND ABOUT 25-30% SPOTTING.
BUT, JUST LIKE OUR JACOBS, I REALIZE THAT WE ARE ALL
DIFFERENT (FORTUNATELY) AND OUR INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES
FOR THE "IDEAL" JACOB ARE EQUALLY AS VARIED.

HAD TWO MORE SETS OF TWINS BORN LAST NIGHT---ALL EWES.
THE DAM OF THE ONE SET OF TWINS IS A 50-50 JACOB X
SCOTTISH BLACKFACE CROSS.  SHE WAS BRED TO A CVM.  THE
OFF-SPRING ARE VERY STRIKING; ALMOST FAWN-LIKE IN
APPEARANCE.  BOTH WEIGHED IN AT SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 10
LBS A PIECE AND ARE VERY LONG-LEGGED.  

ARE LAMB COUNT IS NOW AT 26:  19 EWES AND 7 RAMS.  WE
STILL HAVE ANOTHER 25 EWES TO LAMB.  FORTUNATELY, THE
WEATHER HAS BEEN MILDER HERE IN THE EAST WHICH HAS
BEEN A BLESSING FOR MID-FEBRUARY LAMBING.

REGARDS,
BOB MAY
SWAYZE INN FARM
HOPE, NJ


--- Linda <patchworkfibers at alltel.net> wrote:

> Are you expecting/hoping for lilacs?  Some years
> lilacs seem to be in great demand and other years
> not so much.  Blue eyes seem to be the same.  I've
> never set out to get lilacs or blue eyes, but all of
> the sudden they started to show up!  It's fun to
> have such diversity in a breed.
> 
> Linda
> 
> 
> 
> www.patchworkfibers.com
> Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun
> Yarn
> 
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:19:36 -0800 (PST), Robert May
> wrote:
> > HELLO PEGGY, ET ALS...
> > WE WERE BUSY LAMBING, AS WELL.  HAD 10 LAMBS BORN
> OVER THE WEEKEND.
> >  3 SETS OF TWINS AND 4 SINGLES. (4 RAMS AND 6
> EWES).  TOTAL BORN IS
> > NOW 22. SPLIT IS 15 EWES TO 7 RAMS...SO THE RAMS
> ARE GAINING A
> > LITTLE BIT.  OUT OF THIS GROUP, 5 WERE BORN BEFORE
> 6:30 AM; AND THE
> > REMAINING 5 WERE BORN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
> >
> > YES, I HAVE TO AGREE, WE'RE SEEING VERY NICE
> SPOTTING THIS YEAR.
> > SO FAR, NO LILACS, BUT WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 25 MORE
> EWES TO LAMB.
> >
> > REGARDS,
> > BOB MAY
> > SWAYZE INN FARM
> > HOPE, NJ
> 
> 
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