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| Marshmallow. Not pregnant or not far enough along to see in ultrasound. Was exposed to ram for a very short time in the last 6 weeks, so we will recheck in a month, maybe two. She was injured in the dog attack in late December/early January but has recovered really well. |
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| Male llama, intact. Not yet named. In my mind I call the two of them, Brothers Dmitri and Ivan. |
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| Flurry - a cinnamon (phaeomelanin) coloured unregistered Icelandic ewe with a poor bite (her teeth don't match up to her upper palate) but she had a lamb with no mouth problems. She is 3-4 years old. We call her Cinnamon. She is pregnant. Was injured in the round up today, cut her lip, but she should be fine. |
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| Bianca - a white unregistered full Icelandic ewe, probably about 4-5 years old. Thought this one was MB, but her name is now Wether-NOT. Lily thought that was silly so we'll call her Lady Bianca. She IS with lamb. |
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| Buttercup Not pregnant. Healed from dog attack. Her injury didn't even bring her into the house. Was exposed to the ram only briefly - we didn't want her to lamb this year since she had so much trouble with her *5* lambs last year. |
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| Cream Puff - white ewe, Poppy's daughter of last year, sired by Blizzard (before he was wethered) so she is 50% Icelandic and then has the Rambouillet/Suffok/Dorset mix genes. Her ears have tan coloured tips. She would probably throw coloured lambs, is not pregnant. |
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| 2nd male llama. |
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| Mary. Leg injury from dog attack. Not pregnant.......because she's a he? Just checked the records and it seems that the white lamb that came with Marshmallow is actually a ram/wether lamb not a ewe. Which means the lamb we lost last week, Wilbur, that we thought was a wether, was actually a ewe? Think we'll change his name to MerryWether. Odd thing is, the vet didn't notice he is a she is a he? |
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| (born 3/29/08) Poppy -Peeking up behind the whether in the front of the picture. A great mother - Rambouillet/Suffolk/Dorset mix ewe, Poppy is pregnant. |
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| Blizzard - a white unregistered full Icelandic wether, well tempered, probably also about 4-5 years old. |
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| Ferdinand - a black Shetland wether who is a real love-bug. He is second only to Poppy in affection and kid friendly interaction. |
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| Dolly. Has been exposed for 6 weeks. Not far enough along to detect if she is pregnant. Would be due in November. Dark brown and white female, registered, mother of Stormy. Not extremely approachable but tolerates shearing. There is also another wether, a white icelanic, but I didn't get pictures of him. There is one more ewe who is pregnant too. Again, I missed getting her picture and do not have name confirmation on her. We really, really need Claire to come for a visit and help us get these names straight! :) |
Marshmallow - she looks fine. Glad she's not bred. It might not be the end of the world if she was, but her diminutive size poses a danger in birthing, so likely best.
ReplyDeleteFlurry/Cinnamon looks great. She has really good colour which means she is getting her minerals (she fades when she is not). Glad to hear she is bred.
Bianca! Wow! I thought she was killed, so it was a surprise for me to see her. She should be a great mom. She has twinned and singled before. She lost the baby when she singled - too big.
MB (stood for Marshmallow's Brother) was kind of slated for the meat market anyway, so while a loss is always sad, better to lose him than to lose Bianca.
Cream Puff - I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think that's Cream Puff. I think that's Petunia (in the picture). Petunia is old, like Buttercup, and about Buttercup's size and build. CP is smaller and has those tan ear tips. I could be wrong but that pic does not look like her at all. If it is Petunia, her being unbred is not a surprise to me because she did not get bred here in 3 years.
"Mary" looks like the one I named Winston and is a wether. Buttercup's surviving son from last year. The other lamb you had was brown and that was the young ewe and sad if you lost her because she had the BFL breeding.
Glad that Poppy will give you another lamb. She singled the past 2 years so may do so again. Her lambs generally exceed the others in growth rate and are very healthy.
Here's where it gets confusing. You say there is another white Icelandic wether, but you didn't get pics of him, but that is probably MB, who was the one you lost to the coyotes, I think. The other ewe that is pregnant is probably the *real* Cream Puff.
Can't wait to come visit! :)
The other 'wether' that Danelle mentioned isn't a wether - it's a pregnant ewe that looks like bianca but without horns. The 'Buttercup' and 'cream puff' pictures are the same ewe and I think it's actually petunia. We have two that look like that but I think we missed a picture of Buttercup. I think that means the unpictured one is cream puff and we lost MB.
ReplyDeleteThat would be great news overall - losing a wether is not as bad as losing a ewe who can give new lambs in future. Cream Puff doesn't have horns and MB did. The only white sheep with horns were MB, Blizzard and Bianca. Glad to hear that Cream Puff is with lamb - it will be her first but Poppy is a great mom so she should take after her mother. I'll be curious to see what color lamb she has! She probably carries genes for some of Poppy's coloring which was mostly masked by Blizzard's dominant white genetics. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat are your thoughts on breeds with horns, versus those without.
ReplyDeleteI'm just starting to explore and learn. Wondering about safety around guests.
Thanks for sharing. LOVE the pictures.
Pam out in the NW