[Jacob-list] Lambs

[Debbie Bennett]

You don't say how old your ewes are or when and how many lambs they had 
last year. Over the years, I've noticed, first timers usually have 
singles. A lot of my ewes tend to alternate twins (or triplets) one 
year, a single the next year. I always thought that even though all my 
ewes have a condition score of 3 or above (or I wouldn't breed them), 
that its harder on their systems to have twins or triplets and they 
have a single to regain some strength and condition.
Debbie
Feral Fibre Farm
Oakland, Oregon
On Jan 18, 2005, at 1:54 PM, kenleighacres at netzero.net wrote:

>
> We have a few lambs - we started 12/22.  This is the earliest we have 
> lambed and I have a question to throw out to the group.  We are seeing 
> a lot more singles than usual.  I flushed the same as in past years - 
> pasture and then 3-4 weeks before putting the ewes with the rams feed 
> alfalfa.  Are we seeing more singles because of the time of year that 
> we bred?  6 ewes have lambed and we have 8 lambs - 2 sets of twins and 
> the rest are singles.  We have 2 boys and 6 girls - and lots of COLOR! 
> 3 of the ewes that usually have twins had singles.  I just thought it 
> was a little strange and was wondering if any of you have a theory.  
> We have 5 more Jacob ewes to lamb over the next couple of weeks, 3 
> Shetland ewes and ~45 commercial ewes to lamb.  I should have pictures 
> of the Jacob lambs up on my website pretty soon.
>
> Shannon Phifer
> www.kenleigh-acres.com
>
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