Born today May 1st our second to the last lamb for 2008:
Kimberwood Alice
(named for her Grand Dam)
Moorit? or Musket? Yuglet ???
Out of BluffCountry Glitter and Kimberwood Gentry
I've never had one so white and not Awt! Mom is musket and dad is moorit.
Only one more ewe left to lamb and she isn't due until May 18th. This shepherd will hopefully get some rest by then!
(named for her Grand Dam)
Moorit? or Musket? Yuglet ???
Out of BluffCountry Glitter and Kimberwood Gentry
I've never had one so white and not Awt! Mom is musket and dad is moorit.
Only one more ewe left to lamb and she isn't due until May 18th. This shepherd will hopefully get some rest by then!
Labels: 08 Lambs
Yesterday, Kit Kat gave birth to a big single black ewe lamb sired by Dougal. We are now at 30 lambs, 13 ram lambs and 17 ewe lambs.
A few statistics to date:
Out of 24 ewes exposed to rams, 22 have lambed with 1 left to go. (One looks like she is open)
We currently have 30 lambs on the ground.
Shetlands:
15 total, 8 ram lambs and 7 ewe lambs.
Polled (genetics): 2 ram lambs (1 moorit and 1 musket) and 1 ewe lamb(black). All sired by Lil'Country Light Foot.
Horned (genetics): 6 ram lambs (2 moorit spotted, 2 moorit and 2 black) and 6 ewe lambs (2 moorit, 1 black, 1 black HST, 1 fawn katmoget spotted and 1 moorit & white yuglet) All of these are sired by Gentry.
Crossbreds:
15 total, 5 ram lambs and 10 ewe lambs
NCC X BFL: 1 ewe lamb (black) and 1 ram lamb (white)
NCC Mule X BFL: (for 3/4 BFL lambs): 4 ewe lambs all white
Shetland X BFL: 5 ewe lambs (3 black, 2 white) and 4 ram lambs (3 black and 1 white)
Only 1 remaining ewe yet to lamb: Bred to a Shetland.
The only ewe not covered by our clean up ram Harrison looks to be open.
There will be a 2 week break until Snickers (fawn katmoget sired by polled ram) lambs. She is bred to Kimberwood Harrison (black gulmoget half polled ram).
A few statistics to date:
Out of 24 ewes exposed to rams, 22 have lambed with 1 left to go. (One looks like she is open)
We currently have 30 lambs on the ground.
Shetlands:
15 total, 8 ram lambs and 7 ewe lambs.
Polled (genetics): 2 ram lambs (1 moorit and 1 musket) and 1 ewe lamb(black). All sired by Lil'Country Light Foot.
Horned (genetics): 6 ram lambs (2 moorit spotted, 2 moorit and 2 black) and 6 ewe lambs (2 moorit, 1 black, 1 black HST, 1 fawn katmoget spotted and 1 moorit & white yuglet) All of these are sired by Gentry.
Crossbreds:
15 total, 5 ram lambs and 10 ewe lambs
NCC X BFL: 1 ewe lamb (black) and 1 ram lamb (white)
NCC Mule X BFL: (for 3/4 BFL lambs): 4 ewe lambs all white
Shetland X BFL: 5 ewe lambs (3 black, 2 white) and 4 ram lambs (3 black and 1 white)
Only 1 remaining ewe yet to lamb: Bred to a Shetland.
The only ewe not covered by our clean up ram Harrison looks to be open.
There will be a 2 week break until Snickers (fawn katmoget sired by polled ram) lambs. She is bred to Kimberwood Harrison (black gulmoget half polled ram).
Born today, April 25th to Windswept Bliss and sired by Kimberwood Gentry:
Kimberwood Maxx
Kimberwood MaxxDark Moorit and White Ram Lamb
Does this mean he is a flecket?
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Born today 4/18/08 to NCC Mule Y-245 and sired by Dougal:
White Crossbred Ewe Lamb (3/4 BFL)
White Crossbred Ewe Lamb (3/4 BFL)
White Crossbred Ewe Lamb w/black spot and black hind hooves.
The dam to these ewe lambs is a NCC Mule and her fleece is more like a BFL. She is a first time mom at age 2 and rivals the Shetlands in her mothering instincts. I was very impressed. The other NCC Mule we have has fleece more similar to a NCC and has not yet lambed. A BFL ram was used on these ewes the first time because we do not yet have a Terminal Sire. We are planning on purchasing a crossbred British Suffolk this year to use on them in the fall. We brought these ewes and two black NCC ewes into the flock to use in a 3-tier breeding program for market lambs and also to use in training our Border Collies to herd. We will begin their training this summer as soon as we get our round pen up.
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Born 4/16/08 to Molly and Dougal (BFL):
White Crossbred Ram Lamb (one of our bottle babies)
Black Shetland Mule Ewe Lamb
White Crossbred Ram Lamb (one of our bottle babies)
Black Shetland Mule Ewe LambLabels: 08CrossbredLambs
Born April 17th to Sheltrgpines Siomha and Kimberwood Gentry:
I'm having a hard time with determining if she is fawn or grey. She has areas on her belly that are darker than on her body but it looks dark brown to me not black. When looking at her next to her mom they look very similar but Siomha's eye spots and ears look darker (more black). Anyone want to enlighten me?
And here on each side of her tail.
The consensus is that she is a fawn katmoget.
Kimberwood Siobhan
(pronounced sho-vahn)
Katmoget Yuglet/Flecket Ewe Lamb!
(pronounced sho-vahn)
Katmoget Yuglet/Flecket Ewe Lamb!
I'm having a hard time with determining if she is fawn or grey. She has areas on her belly that are darker than on her body but it looks dark brown to me not black. When looking at her next to her mom they look very similar but Siomha's eye spots and ears look darker (more black). Anyone want to enlighten me?
Here is why I think Siobhan is katmoget: 
See how dark the color is here on the belly?
See how dark the color is here on the belly?
And here on each side of her tail.The consensus is that she is a fawn katmoget.
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