March 20, 2009. What a great way to celebrate the first day of spring! The first lambs of 2009 were up and nursing when I went out this morning. Puffin did a great job with a 9 lb. black ram lamb and an 8 1/2 lb. spotted black ewe lamb out of Rubus. Bloodlines are Haengur and Rektor. At right is a photo of the ewe lamb (brother is behind), at six days old.
March 22. Mathilde lambed unassisted this morning. Unfortunately her 3rd lamb (big surprise that she was carrying triplets), was stillborn. But she did have a lovely white ewe lamb (9 lbs.) and a black/grey ram lamb (8.5 lbs.). Their sire is the Tyrson. Bloodlines include Skumur/Austri and Tyr.
March23. Maureen had twins out of the Tyrson, but alas, the 2nd lamb was dead by the time we discovered she had lambed (sigh). Anyway, this really nice black/grey ram (he weighed 8 lbs.) out of the Tyrson may just become his daddy's replacement in the flock - what a great milky line to blend with a good meaty line (Molur x Tyr).
March 23. Rosey delivered a huge 10 lb. white ewe lamb out of the Skumurson today. She is absolutely beautiful, long and wide with stocky legs. I repeated this same breeding as last year, because the ewe lamb that is this little girl's full sister is "Dorie" who has one of the most amazing fleeces -- and heaviest fleece of a lamb, that I've seen. I expect the same from this lamb. She carries moorit and spotting too.
March 23. Pearl had a beautiful spotted ewe lamb (6 lbs.) out of the Visirson this morning. What a beauty she is. And how fun to get a spotted lamb out of two white sheep!
March 26. SURPRISE, surprise! Look what Lena Horn did this year. Triplets out of Ragnar: a black ram (7 lbs.), a spotted black ram (7 lbs.) and a white ewe lamb (8 1/2 lbs.). Lena now has a 220% lambing record. And, all of her lambs were born unassisted, have all grown out big and healthy! This is a super ewe. These babies are also the grandchildren of our beloved Blanche.
March 27. While I was out of town, Patsy Montana safely delivered a set of TRIPLETS by herself. They were apparently all up and nursing when Willie & Daryl found them. There are two white ewe lambs and one spotted ram out of Ragnar. The lambs weighed 5, 5, and 6 lbs. It looks like the little ram lamb inherited his daddy's stocky legs and big feet! These lambs are the grandchildren of Blanche.
March 30. Our first VAI lambs were born today. Haera had TWIN EWE LAMBS out of Iceland ram Molur! One is black/grey and one is white. They both weighed 9 1/2 lbs. She had them unassisted and they were both quickly up and nursing. YEAH for Haera. This is her 3rd AI lambing for us. What a gem!