This is what I found when I went out to feed the sheep this morning.Woo-hoo, both are EWE lambs! Well-fed sturdy ewe lambs. :-))) Sired by polled gulmoget Kimberwood Harrison. Dam is River Oaks Hattie, an F2 Holly.
Ten year old Bramble Cordelia (F1 Minder) is in labor now too....I just came back in for towels to help wipe off Cordelia's lambs. I went back to see Cordelia licking off an Ag grey ram lamb (with flat spots where the horn buds would be) and then she turned around and delivered a black gulmoget EWE lamb right in front of me.
The ewe lamb count is finally catching up with the ram lambs...7 boys and 6 girls!
That black/gulmoget ewe lamb is stunning!!
ReplyDeleteI hate that so many people are breeding for polled! It's limiting who I can buy lambs from!
On the other hand, I know that there is a great market for polled Shetlands and I don't blame you ~ it's just that you keep teasing me with these beautiful babies that just won't fit into MY breeding program...
I guess it's too much to ask that all Shetland breeders breed according to what I want?
;-)
Congratulations on the beautiful lambs and on finally getting some GIRLS!!
oh congrats on the ewes! I definitely need to find me a gulmoget ram....as the last two gulmogets ewes here are holding out with their lambs and I'm afraid they'll be katmogets or solids :(
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photos of Cordelia's lambs please!!
Congrats Becky! Lovely lambs!
ReplyDeleteThanks you guys! I'm so happy to get some Shetland ewe lambs this year. Nancy, I truly do appreciate the looks of those big beautiful Shetland horns too. But when I started breeding the BFL's that's when I decided polled Shetlands would be in my future. Right now we have a horned Shetland ram and he's so nice, I'm tempted to keep him around and see how he develops. I guess as long as he gets along with the polled boys he can stay. :-)
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