Her little ram lamb didn't make it. A sad start to the lambing season, but things can only improve from here, right? His breathing was never quite right, very labored. My mom, a retired nurse is visiting, and we tried every trick in the book, but it just wasn't meant to be.
Faith was very sad. This was her first lamb. We have started to milk her now, and she has been the calmest ewe I've ever milked. Her teats are tiny, so it's not easy. She is so relaxed, tolerant and sweet, though.
This may sound gruesome, but I had my husband skin the dead lamb. We put the pelt in the frig. We should have ewes lambing in the next day or two. If one has twins or trips, we will try to graft one onto Faith. She is an eager and accepting mother, and it won't hurt to try!
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Home to a beautiful flock of registered Icelandic Sheep in Northern Illinois. 2011 was is our ninth season of lambing. We’ve worked hard to build a flock that encompasses all the aspects we love about the Icelandic breed--hardiness, exceptional meat conformation, superb maternal instincts, prolificacy and outstanding fleeces. Please look around and feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. We offer quality breeding stock, both mill spun and hand spun yarns, roving, and raw fleeces. Welcome to Red Brick Road Farm! Questions? rbrfarm@centurylink.net
Wondering about the names of our sheep? "Most" of our sheep are named according to the year they were born, especially those born here on our farm. Our first lambs had "A" names, so this being our 6th year, our lambs all have "F" names. It makes it easy for us when looking at our flock to know the age of the sheep. The sheep that we bring in to our flock sometimes have their own names, or I'll rename them according to our flock year. On this blog, I'm trying to post the oldest ewes first, then I'll move on to rams, then lambs.
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Wondering about the names of our sheep? "Most" of our sheep are named according to the year they were born, especially those born here on our farm. Our first lambs had "A" names, so this being our 6th year, our lambs all have "F" names. It makes it easy for us when looking at our flock to know the age of the sheep. The sheep that we bring in to our flock sometimes have their own names, or I'll rename them according to our flock year. On this blog, I'm trying to post the oldest ewes first, then I'll move on to rams, then lambs.
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6 comments:
takes special people to lead the farm life. Hang in there. I'm sure healthy lambs are to come.
takes special people to lead the farm life. Hang in there. I'm sure healthy lambs are to come.
So sorry to hear that he did not make it. It is always hard. Hope everyone else has no problems.
Marie
I'm so sorry. It is really hard to start lambing season badly. I hope you are able to graft a lamb onto her. I find the ewes crying over a lost lamb is sometimes harder than actually losing the lamb. Good luck!
Oh I so don't know if I can do this. We just had our first ram and the discussion about how he gets no name cause he will end up as meat. Ted has announced he will eat nothing from the farm. How can I ever explain skinning to graft lambs to him. Sometimes I think we're headed for zoo status instead. Alex
Thank you for your kind comments. Faith is feeling much better, kicking up her heals with the yearlings, so that makes me feel better for her. Now, we have a new problem... more to come later.
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