[Jacob-list] ram lamb background

[Karen Sigler]

    Just to add a little more info. about the lineage of my ram lamb,  
who is doing well on day 3. Juno Ally baa-baa,  yes that is a strange 
name, is a yearling ram who came to us from Calif. last fall.  Gracie is 
a three year old ewe,  first time mom (did not breed 1st year,  ram from 
last year did not breed any ewes he was with and is in a freezer).  I 
really strive for unrelated lines with breeding.  Gracie had a brother, 
I raised as a whether and he was fine.  This year's yearling ram Juno 
has produced some cross babies this year, also with no problems.  At the 
time I purchased Gracie and her brother, I was very unfamiliar with 
sheep and did not know to ask more.  Although I do not think that the 
people I had bought them from, really knew what they were doing, since 
their only advice to me as a first time sheep owner was  not to shear 
for two years......
    We have been administering anti-bodtic shot for the past three days 
given to us by the vet.  He is eating and drinking well.  Most of the 
bloat is gone.  I am not sure of how much compression their was from the 
bloat on the internal organs yet.  Back legs are still a little wobbly.  
After he was first born I assume his full belly was from nursing.  But 
it was a little strange his belly was so full large from the start.  Mom 
is keeping his butt clean, but I have not actually seen what his poop is 
yet.  I can tell the color has gone from the orange/red to more of a 
dark brown.  Once we did slit the skin you could see the 
openning....this was a small second prior to the explosion.
Thanks for all the input!!!!! This has been a learning lambing season 
and this list has prepared me well.
    Ok I give on the Jacob breeding statement.  I promise I did read 
about this when I first got Jacob, so I could do everything right(???) 
and of course now I can not find that breeding reference.   But I do 
wonder because of temp. and daylight  are different (Oct. and April 
share about the same hours of daylight) distant to the equator, (upper 
east coast vs. so. Calif) if these could be contributing factors and 
give some varioustions in the breeding seasons?
Karen Sigler
Benjamin Farms  Utah