As I’ve already mentioned on the Finn x page – the ewes are oddly slow to lamb this year. Except Nina a frequent outlier ;-).
3/18/25 Nina x Lancelot
Nina lambed a full 4 days early, but we were glad she did. She is an older ewe (13 yrs old) and having difficulty maintaining body condition. With babies on the outside we can help her feed them and try to put some weight back on her. This will be her last breeding, which is sad as she has so much to contribute to the flock in wool and conformation traits. She’s a favorite so will be retired and kept. We figure her kids will be raised by humans (not wolves) so gave them some unusual names. Both bottle babies.
3/22/25 Dixie x Noah
Noah is Nina’s son so we hope to keep incorporating additional greatness from her into the flock.
3/23/25 Ivy x Noah
Another set of twins found out and standing after bottle feeding and morning chores in the greenhouse nursery. Ivy, you rock!
3/24/25 Libby x Noah
Libby birthed her singleton daughter all by herself and she’s a delightful little lady – quite independent.
4/2/25 Kenzie x Lancelot
Kenzie’s been so uncomfortable lately we don’t begrudge her the fact that she delivered her babies in the middle of a snow storm – at 11:00 at night. Two little rams, one of each color. Unfortunately, Rueben died within one day of birth. No elimination so we figure his GI tract was wonky.
4/4/25 Lindsey x Lancelot
We were hoping for a black lamb from this match up – but that wasn’t to be. We are happy with Rocky, however, who is as friendly as the bottle babies and will come up for snuggles. With all momma’s milk to himself he’s been gaining about half a pound per day!
4/6/25 Dayna X Lancelot
Given Dayna’s girth we were hoping for twins. (You can tell we are eternal optimists.) This low key little dude will be kept here as next year’s black Babydoll ram.
3/15/25 Isabelle x Noah
Isabelle had a very traumatic delivery trying to squeeze out Roscoe who was over 10 pounds. She passed away the next day. Her kids got a bit of colostrum and are very active bottle babies, holding their own amongst the much older lambs. They’ve been reserved.
