So I've been waiting patiently for any of my ewe lambs to lamb out this spring and was pretty certain none of them took and had resigned myself to having to wait until summer for any babies. However, we might have a potential possibility.
 |
| Freckles |
I have noticed that one of my ewes who we named Freckles looks a little wider than the others.
 |
| Freckles with her back to the camera. You can see her wide belly. |
While the rest look slender but solid, this one looks like she either has hay fat or possibly pregnant. Since none of them seem to be suffering from bloat I find it hard to believe that she would as I feed them all equally. I take them out of the pen individually for their portion of grain so that I monitor everyone's intake and that they all receive the same amount.
The ironic thing is is that Freckles was the one I pointed out as being a cull ewe. She is the smallest of them all with little muscle tone. Not that I would rush off to send her to market being that I have such a small ftock to begin with any definitely don't want to decrease my numbers, but certainly would if she continued to not reproduce in the future. However, as it stands, we are keeping an eye on this young ewe and will see if she produces a lamb in the next couple weeks.
 |
| Freckles and her possible baby belly. Is she expecting? |
No comments:
Post a Comment