January 2022 – I wrote these posts but didn’t publish. Here is our lamb update from last year.
Well, here we are 1 week post lambing season being done.
And it was doozey. Is that how you spell that???
This was our first time lambing our own ewes on the farm. I grew up with sheep and lambing on my parents farm and we helped even after I got married but this year was different.
In years past, my kids have shown sheep that were born on my parents farm but I wanted to have the kids experience the whole process and be more involved in the chores, etc. So in the summer of 2021, we purchased registered Suffolk’s to be the start of our own flock. And in summer, we put the ewes in with our ram, Henry.
And that meant that starting December 31st, we were ready to welcome some new additions to the farm. EEEKKK!!!!
And welcome we did. Our first set of twins arrived shortly after the beginning of January and they were both ewe lambs!!! Then a week later, we welcomed another set of twins – ram lambs. And then a few days later, my problem child, lambed. She had twins – a ram and a ewe. Unfortunately, the ram lamb was huge and needed to be pulled. When I weighed him, he weighed in at 14.5 pounds. His twin sister weighed in at 8 pounds for reference. We fought hard to keep him going and made it 3 days but ultimately it was to no avail. Tears of sadness and frustration were shed!!!! I am still bummed that we lost a lamb this year.
We also had a barn fire but that is a post for another time!
Everyone is doing great so far and we are so excited to see what the spring and summer holds for the flock and our family!
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