[Jacob-list] lamb count

[Robert May]

YES, DEAR BETTY...WE STILL HAVE ONE LITTLE PATCH OF
SNOW THAT (HOPEFULLY) WILL BE GONE TODAY.  DON'T KNOW
WHY, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE AN EXTRA LONG WINTER THIS
YEAR!

REST ASSURED THAT WHEN YOU LAMBS START DROPPING, THAT
SPRING IN VT CAN'T BE TOO FAR BEHIND.

DO YOU THINK ALL OF YOUR SNOW WILL BE GONE IN TIME FOR
THE AGM?  OR SHOULD WE ALL BRING SHOVELS?

REGARDS,
BOB
--- Betty Berlenbach <lambfarm at sover.net> wrote:
> Pasture? That's the thing under the foot of snow,
> right?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert May" <newjerseyjacobs at yahoo.com>
> To: "Mary Hansson" <buffgeese at yahoo.com>; "Jacob
> List"
> <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] lamb count
> 
> 
> > HELLO MARY ELLEN, ET ALS...
> >
> > YES, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE EWE-TO-RAM
> LAMB
> > RATIOS THIS YEAR.  TO DATE WE'VE HAD 62 LAMBS
> BORN:
> > 40 EWES AND 22 RAMS.  WE STILL HAVE 2 YEARLINGS
> THAT
> > HAVEN'T DELIVERED AND 5 EWES THAT WE PURCHASED
> FROM A
> > BREEDER IN VIRGINIA (THEY WERE BRED LATE) THAT
> HAVE TO
> > DELIVER.
> >
> >      IN TOTAL, WE USED 8 DIFFERENT JACOB RAMS AS
> SIRES
> > FOR THIS YEAR'S LAMB CROP.  FOUR OF THOSE SIRES
> ARE
> > FROM OTHER FLOCKS (UNZICKER) AND (SIX) FROM WHOM
> WE
> > PURCHASED BRED EWES.
> >
> >      WE HAVE A VERY INTERESTING MIX OF "COLORINGS"
> AND
> > FLEECES THIS YEAR.  MOST OF THE LAMBS RANGE
> BETWEEN 20
> > AND 40% BLACK; HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE VERY DARK ONE
> AND
> > SEVERAL THAT ARE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE.
> >
> >      SO NICE TO HAVE A DAY OF SUNSHINE AND TEMPS
> THAT
> > MAY REACH 60!  CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR PASTURES TO
> START
> > GROWING.
> >
> >      TRUST THAT THE REST OF YOU HAVE WONDERFUL
> > LAMBINGS, AS WELL!
> >
> > BOB MAY
> > SWAYZE INN FARM
> > HOPE, NJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Mary Hansson <buffgeese at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > My general impression seems to be that those
> > > reporting
> > > lamb numbers this year are coming up higher on
> the
> > > ewes than rams.
> > >
> > > We aren't finished here, but to date, have 21
> > > lambs---10 rams and 11 ewes.
> > >
> > > Rams were in until Christmas, so we can have
> lambs
> > > through May.  To date, only 1 of the 7 Culloden
> > > sheep
> > > have delivered (all aged 3 or older).  Both
> > > Huntsberger ewes delivered.  Hunter has 9
> offspring
> > > and Carl has 12.
> > >
> > > Mary Ellen
> > >
> > > Mary Ellen Hansson, MEd, RD, LDN
> > > ISeeSpots Farm
> > > Jacob Sheep:  Lambs, adults, wool
> > > www.iseespots.com
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