[Jacob-list] Wethers

[neeets at netscape.net]

I sent this before but never saw it posted so I thought it could be Aim/netscape as it changes the name it is sent out from... so if it is a double post sorry.
 
What adorable babies....  We have only had one so far.  A question I have is don't they season at the same time?  if so, if one had them a week ago and the other girls season but did not settle does that mean I should expect these in another 3 weeks from the first one?  or if they have twins does it just take a bit longer?  The girls do look like they are ready to pop yesterday!!!  I always worry they are just being blocked and need to get out lol....  My little Mary ewe follows me like a puppy wanting me to rub her tummy and being a big baby...  I hope I am with her when she lambs.    
 
You can see my lamb http://www.shilohmtnfarm.com/Whos%20the%20daddy.htm   scroll all the way to the bottom. She is with a Nigerian dwarf Dairy Goat who looks like a Jacob sheep...... the lamb is the one in the back....lol If I sent this already... forgive me I forget a lot lol
 
Anita
www.shilohmtnfarm.com
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: rmitschler at gmail.com
To: beryl5145 at wirelessbeehive.com
Cc: 
Sent: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Wethers


Hi Beryl a nd Jacob sheep listers,
I have about 8 wethers that I have kept with the whole flock for a
couple of years now.  Sometimes I split the rams from the ewes (like
this time of year when lambs start arriving) just so I don't have to
watch out for the rams...  The wethers go along to keep the rams
company.  Now and then a wether hops the fence and joins the girls but
I have never had any trouble.  If a younger ram now and then
challenges a bigger one a bit seriously, it is interesting how all the
wether 'uncles' step in and body block the combatants.  They do get
big but their fleeces are nice.  A couple are very serious pets : )
Ralene

PS I have just updated my webpage with photos of my first 4 lambs....3
ewe and 1 ram lambs so far....ewe pages 2 and 3

On 3/6/07, Beryl Schwartz <beryl5145 at wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:

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> Well, we have four ewe and two ram lambs at the end of lambing.  My husband

> would like to keep the males as wethers to help mow the pastures.  Any

> reason why we should not keep them with the rest of the flock?

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> Beryl Schwartz

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> Stockton, UT

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Ralene Mitschler
Chicory Lane Farm Jacob sheep
www.blueflowerflock.com
687 Oxford Ave
Hanover PA  17331
rmitschler at gmail.com
717.630.2988
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