[Jacob-list] Lambs!!

[Kathryn Shirley]

I start gnawing fingernails about 2 weeks before the first lamb is due.  I have
been raising Jacobs for 11 years and I still get anxious before lambing
season.  BTW I have 83+ Jacobs so I don't think numbers count!

Kate Shirley, Humbug Farm

melody wrote:

> Well, my very first lambing has officially begun, with a nice little ewe
> lamb born at about 6 pm last nite to one of my yearlings.  Her twin sister
> then had a little ram at 4 a.m.  Now it's sit and wait.  I have one more
> looking suspicious, makes me want to go out and hug her real hard--see if I
> can hurry things along.  Much as I love these sheep,I am glad I only have
> 11, I would have my fingernails chewed down to my elbows by the time they
> all lambed if I had a large flock. Am I just an overanxious beginner, or do
> you long-timers get all nerved up too?
> Melody at CritterLand
> Redmond OR
>
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