My Life as a Ranch Girl: A Big Ranch Update

Sorry for not posting anything for awhile. We have been very busy up here on the ranch lately. Here is a quick update.

~ Sheep ~

We have about 60 sheep now. I can't even believe that we have that many sheep now!

17 new sheep ~

We got 17 new sheep Wednesday (March 16th, 2011). There were 3 Texas Dall rams, 3 Painted Desert rams, 3 December born Painted Desert ram lambs, 2 December born Painted Desert ewe lambs, 1 Texas Dall ewe, 4 Painted Desert ewes and 1 Katahdin ewe.

4 Finn lambs ~

We picked up 4 Finn bottle lambs on Friday, March 4th, 2011. There are 2 ewe lambs (Both the ewe lambs are all white) and 2 ram (one of the ram lambs is all white and the other is black and white) lambs. We plan to keep both the ewe lambs and the black and white ram lamb (we already sold the white ram lamb). They were born on Thursday, March 3rd, 2011. I will try to post pictures of them later when I can:)

More lambs born ~

All of our ewes have lambed now.

Here is a list of the ewes that have lambs and a little bit of info ~

~ One of our Painted Desert ewes lambed!
February 1st, 2011
A single eweling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)
Dam: She has no name, we sold her and her lamb to somebody else (Painted Desert)

If you would like to see pictures find out more about what went on you can go here to see ~ http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-of-our-painted-desert-ewes-lambed.html .

~ Black Mesa Lambed!
February 1st, 2011
A single ramling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)
Dam: Black Mesa (Painted Desert)

If you would like to see pictures find out more about what went on you can go here to see ~ http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/03/black-mesa-lambed.html .

~ Zawiya Lambed!
February 3rd, 2011
A single ramling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)
Dam: Zawiya (Jacob)

~ One of our Desert Sand ewes lambed!
February 6th, 2011
A single eweling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)
Dam: Lion ewe (Desert Sand)

~ Barsa Lambed!
February 10th, 2011
A single ramling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)
Dam: Barsa (Jacob)

~ One of our Painted Desert cross ewes lambed!
February 13th, 2011
Twin ramlings
Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)
Dam: She has no name yet (Painted Desert cross I think)

~ One of our big Texas Dall ewes lambed!
February 15th, 2011
Twin ewelings
Sire: Clyde (Texas Dall)
Dam: She has no name yet (Texas Dall)

~ Another one of our Painted Desert ewes lambed!
February 16th, 2011
A single ramling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)
Dam: She has no name yet (Painted Desert)

~ Alaina Lambed!
February 16th, 2011
A single ramling
Sire: Dudley (Tunis)
Dam: Alaina (7/8 Tunis)

~ Amy Lambed!
March 1st, 2011
A single eweling

Sire: Clyde (Painted Desert)
Dam: Amy (Painted Desert)

~ Butter Mint Lambed!

March 2nd, 2011

A single ramling
Sire: Ames (1/3 Lacaune & 2/3 East Friesian)

Dam: Butter Mint (Katahdin)

~ Malibu has lambed!!

March 5th, 2011

Twin ramlings

Sire: Ames (1/3 Lacaune & 2/3 East Friesian)
Dam: Malibu (East Friesian)

~ Porche Lambed!!

March 14th, 2011

Twin lambs (one eweling and one ramling)
Sire: Clyde (Painted Desert)
Dam: Porche (Painted Desert)

~ Frosty lambed!!
April 4th, 2011
Twin ramlings
Sire: Clyde (Painted Desert)
Dam: Frosty (Painted Desert)

~ Lisa Ling has lambed!!
April 15th, 2011
Triplets, two ewelings & one ramling (one of the ewelings we found dead out in the pasture a few hours after we found Lisa Ling with two of the lambs)
Sire: Ames (1/3 Lacaune & 2/3 East Friesian)

Our new ram, Strains Boulder!! ~

We traded our Painted Desert ram (Little Hills Clyde) for a 4 horn Painted Desert (Desert Dragon) ramling, Strains Boulder. He is a VERY nice ram lamb with GREAT conformation. We got him on February 27th, 2011. He was born on October 10th, 2011. His sire is Strains Ringo Jester and his dam is Strains Roan Rebel. If you would like to see pictures of him and would like to know more about him, you can go here to find out ~ http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/03/boulder.html .

~ Goats ~

Does kidded ~

Several of our dairy does have kidded and a couple of our meat does have kidded. If you would like to read more about what went on you could go to these links ~ http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/03/break-is-over.html . http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/03/busy-life.html . http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/03/photos.html .
http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/04/more-kids.html .
http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/04/verona-kidded.html .
http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/04/blueberry-kidded.html .

The "tiny goat" Tic Tac - http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/04/tiny-goat-and-clippers.html .

Good Goats Amarelli Chicci and her two bucklings ~

We got Good Goats Amarelli Chicci and her two bucklings on Sunday, March 6th, 2011. If you would like to more about her and to see pictures you can go here to find out more ~ http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-goats-amarelli-chicci.html .

Spanish cross doe ~

We bought a REALLY nice and fat bred Spanish cross doe. She was part of a group of REALLY nice bred Spanish cross does. My brother bought her for $140 (that is a good deal for how nice she is). She kidded Wednesday (March 16th, 2011) afternoon to twins, one buckling and one doeling. They are VERY pretty kids, because they are both white with silver and brown.

Here are some pictures ~

This is the doe ~