You know spring has just begun when you see baby lambs in fields around the Willamette Valley. We have five ewes, and three of them are first time mommas. (Check out this blog about when we first got them LINK.)
The young mommas are multi colors. One is all chocolate brown; she delivered our first baby of the season. A black boy with white soaks on his back legs and white tip on his tail.
The second new momma is tri colored (dark brown, tan, and white). She was our second to deliver and gave us a tan girl.
At the time of writing this, that is all we have. The third new momma is all white and looks to be very pregnant. She is lop-sided and makes us wonder if she is going to have twins. Multiples is very common in sheep. Twins or triplets is not unusual. First time ewes usually have just one baby lamb, like a practice run.
Out of our two older ewes, the younger one looks to be pregnant, and we just aren’t sure yet about the oldest one. She is one of our original ewes, and she let her last two lambs die. At her age, having babies may be a thing of the past. If she doesn’t produce this round, she will most likely go away.
Now that the ram has done his job, we are probably going to be looking for a new home for him. We need to give the girls a break. Rams are typically separated from the ewes except during breeding season. We don’t have a good pasture area with a shelter that we can keep him, so he has been trying to keep the ewes pregnant year-round. It’s just not good practice. Hopefully, we will rent a ram rather than keeping him all alone in a separate pasture.
**Side note: Do not forget Easter is Sunday. If you need eggs the hutch is stocked at the end of Goodtime Road in Molalla. We also have egg coloring kits for $2 or FREE if you buy any five dozen eggs.
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