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Barnyard Buddies:  Hey Libbie did you lamb?  |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
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USA
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 14 2007 : 1:41:13 PM
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Hi, Julie! Thanks for asking!!! Nope - no little ones yet, but the ewes are getting VERY ready. I can't wait - I have all of my laundry baskets lined with clean towels "just in case" a little one needs to have a bottle and a night by the warm woodstove. We usually get a few that need extra care, and, to tell you the truth, I kind of like it! I'm guessing, from looking at them yesterday, that it'll be a week or so, but you never know!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts |
Posted - Feb 14 2007 : 4:43:32 PM
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Oh, I think the little lambs are the cutest things! There used to be some in a pasture across the road from a barn where I used to train, and they were great for the horses to get used to things. Some would be just bug-eyed at the little bouncing lambies.
A friend of mine has a good sized flock in the Pacific Northwest, and is about to begin lambing too. We don't hear much from him then; he's either catching, feeding, birthing, cleaning, or sleeping. But the pictures are very much worth it.
Good luck to you during lambing Libbie, and here's to many twins!  |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 14 2007 : 5:01:44 PM
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Thanks! I'm so excited - it's a really great time of year - sad sometimes, as we've never not lost at least one, but SOOooooo exciting! I'll bet that a flock of little lambies WOULD train a horse not to jump at things - they're about the most jumpy and cute things I've ever seen when they get to be a couple of weeks old!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tracey
State of Confusion
USA
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Meg
Moderator/Farmgirl True
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Meg
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2007 : 11:20:21 AM
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Oh, I've been thinking of "lambing at Libbies" too! Julie, so glad you asked. Keep us posted Libbie!
MaryJane's daughter,
Meg
megan@maryjanesfarm.org |
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
320 Posts
Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
320 Posts |
Posted - Feb 15 2007 : 1:55:36 PM
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Well, I'm very curious...Julie mentioned looking on the calendar to see Lambing at Libbie's. Is that a personal calendar, or is that another feature of the MJ website that I've missed?
Libbie - do you raise the sheep for fiber or meat? I have a friend that raises the naturally colored sheep and another friend that has the wool processing business. Together they produce the most wonderful merino/wool blends. Now if I could just learn to spin!
I would love to have a few acres and raise a few goats - angora probably - to incorporate with their fine wool. We are looking, but just haven't found the right place yet.
I'm heading south for the winter. Some parts of my body already have a head start! |
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lambgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
93 Posts
Heidi
Ellensburg
wa
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2007 : 9:15:29 PM
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Hi Libbie,
We still have a little over three weeks to go before we start lambing. I realized after reading your post I better get my stuff ready, time sure slips by fast. I am praying that we stay with twins but I have feeling that one of my girls is going to surprise me with triplets. She is huge!!!! Good luck and let me know how yours are doing.
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2007 : 07:30:58 AM
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Sandy it is the MaryJanes Farm calander. It came out in November I think. You can still order it on the site. It is is the "library" section.
Jewelry, art, baskets, etc.
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2007 : 08:14:59 AM
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When I read about having things ready for any lambs that needed extra help it made me think of a funny story.
Last year I took on my first bummer lamb from a friends farm. They give them away, because of the costs and time of bringing them up. Anyway, I waited for weeks for a bummer. I had everything ready the milk replacer, clean bottles, towels, heat lamp, everything. Finally I got the call. My husband brought her home in a box, she was only 2 hours old and if you tucked her legs under the size of a new human baby. I instantly fell in love with her. Then the worry set in she had a hard time with the bottle. I wasn't sure if I was doing things right and didn't want her to get dehydrated. Finally, about 11:00pm she had a full tummy and was ready for bed. We set her all up in the laundry room, heat lamp and towels just so. As I was walking to my room the power went out. I waited and waited, it didn't come back on. Her only source of heat was the lamp and our house gets very cold. I was tired and just wanted to go to bed, so I laid towels on my side of the bed then picked her up and wrapped her in towels. She slept next to me all night long and didn't even cry or go to the bathroon once! My hubby didn't even complain much. He is embarrassed when I tell the story though.lol
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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tracey
State of Confusion
USA
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2007 : 1:36:29 PM
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Too cute Tracey!!
Farmgirl and mother of 2 |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2007 : 10:38:33 PM
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Those pics are great! I have a bunch of Columbia/Rambolais mixes, some Suffolk and two little Icelandic/Navajo-Churros. I am raising the Icelandics for fiber, but the others are dual-purpose. Their wool goes to the Utah Woolen Mills Cooperative and the meat goes to our buyers. This time of year is SO much fun on the farm - preparing for all of the new babes. I love it!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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small graces
True Blue Farmgirl
108 Posts
Jennifer
Candor
NY
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2007 : 2:35:34 PM
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I love those pictures, where were you shopping with your lamb? My daughters both raised a bottle baby last year, from friends farms. We were there when my daughter Alinas' lamb was born! We have Jacob and Jacob crosses. They always look like tiny dairy calves! How DO I add pictures? I have some great ones of her sleeping with "Panda", Panda used to curl right up under her chin!
"And there they were all night long, Sound asleep. In the big red Barn. Only the mice were left to play, rustling and squeaking in the hay, While the moon sailed high. In the dark night sky" Margaret Wise Brown |
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shepherdess
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Robin
Eatonville
Washington
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2007 : 11:12:56 PM
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Hello
Lambing season has started at my house.
Yesterday I had a set of twins from a ewe I thought was at least a week away and before I had them in the barn and under control. Another ewe had dropped a single lamb in the field. I was one busy lady for a while.
Oh and the 2 ewes I thought were ready any minute ,still haven't had their lambs.I have been doing this for 20 years and you can never out guess the ewes.
I have Romney and Romney/Romeldale CVM Cross.
Also I just had Carpul Tunnel surgery last Monday on my right hand so needless to say it has been quite interesting. I am getting the stronest left arm ever.
Farm Girl from Western Washington
" From sheep to handspun."
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beckels
True Blue Farmgirl
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becky
warrington
pa
USA
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Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 08:02:51 AM
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Good Luck to everyone this lambing season. I remember when my daughter was in high school - the teacher in charge of special ed would bring in a lamb that the mom didnt want or just a triplet and he would have the kids help with the feeding and everything. They would have their pampers only and would just do a certain cry/talk when they saw certain kids.
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2007 : 9:19:36 PM
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It's in full swing around here - triplets night before last, twins and a single last night, and another single tonight. A couple other little ones didn't make it - they were gone before I even knew they were around. That always makes me so sad -- even if I couldn't have done anything, I'd like to have tried. Ahhhhh...the arrival of the permanent-seeming bottles of lamb replacer milk in the refrigerator. It smells strangely like infant formula! Scary!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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shepherdess
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Robin
Eatonville
Washington
USA
359 Posts |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
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gregs_lil_farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
219 Posts
birdi
hartford
me
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 07:45:17 AM
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Oh how exciting, I cant wait to see pictures. My goodness, they all come at once. Good luck to all
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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
766 Posts
Tracey
State of Confusion
USA
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Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 09:04:19 AM
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Robin, shame on you  I just looked at your blog, you silly girl! That pic is a riot! Contrats on all the babies.
I'm still waiting for my first girl to lamb. Should be sometime this month...she's been showing since the second month, but is now dropping (hips bones have been showing for a week), vulva is just a wee bit swollen and there's a tiny udder developing. I've got two first timers this year, plus one three year old romney who'd not due for another month. I'll be lambing until June because one of the ewe lambs didn't take until last month!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 28 2007 : 11:19:39 PM
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No photos yet, but triplets yesterday!!! I'll see if I can't remember to take the camera to the lambing sheds tomorrow. I get down there, and right as I see the new little ones, I think - "Gee, I should take a picture of this" but I seem to forget when I'm walking out the door of my house. I'm so glad to be part of the springtime lambing fest!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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Hey Libbie did you lamb?
