Ester Lambed ~ March 24th, 2012!!

Well, lambing has started up again:) Our seven Icelandic ewes were all running with a couple of rams back in the end of 2011, so I don't know when any of them are due. But, Saturday morning (March 24th, 2012) it looked like Esther was going into labor. I checked on her every so often and then at about 1:30pm one of my bothers told us that there was a sheep having lambs.  So, I went into the pen and sure enough Esther had two feet and a nose hanging out. I pulled it out (it was just a little stuck, she probably would have been able to get it out) and it was a little dark brown ram lamb. A little bit later she had a little dark brown ewe lamb. She just had twins and they are very tiny and cute little babies:) I am not sure if the sire to the lambs is Josiah or Harvey, since they were both in with the lambs (hopefully we will be able to see who the sire is as the lambs get older).

Here are some pictures of the birth (I will try to get some better pictures of the lambs when I can) ~

Mini Alpine kids

Here are some pictures of the Mini Alpine kids that have been born at The Ranch -


These are Aruba's twins that she had . . . one girl (who we are planning on keeping) and one boy. 

Alpine kids

Here are some pictures of the Alpine kids that have been born at The Ranch in 2012 -

This is Journey's doeling. We are planning on keeping her.

Nubian kids

Here are some pictures of the Nubian kids that have been born at The Ranch in 2012 -

Rosie's doeling. We are keeping her as of right now.

Baby's buckling.

Grandma's little doeling.

This little doeling was not born here, but is a very cute little Nubian bottle baby.

An Update From Little Hills Sheep Ranch!!

Well, we have been very busy over here since the sheep lambing season (and goat kiddings) have come.

We have had our first 9 ewes out of about 35 ewes lamb so far. Not all 35 are suppose to lamb this month, they are all spread out until the middle of June. There are about 1 or 2 more to lamb this month . . . I will try to keep ya'll updated on any more that lamb.

Our first ewe lambed one Friday, February 3rd, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin ewes, Ewe Neek. She had twin ewe lambs. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/ewe-neek-lambed-february-3rd-2012.html .

Our second ewe lambed one Friday, February 3rd, 2012 also. It was one of our Painted Desert ewes, Appalachia. She had twin ram lambs. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/appalachia-lambed-february-3rd-2012.html .

Our third ewe lambed on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012. It was one of our Painted Desert ewes, Zawiya. She had a single ewe lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/zawiya-lambed-february-7th-2012.html .

Our fourth ewe lambed on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012. It was one of our Dorper ewes, Snickers. She had triplets, 1 ram lamb and 2 ewe lambs. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/snickers-lambed-february-8th-2012.html .

Our fifth ewe lambed on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012. It was also one of our Dorper ewes, Brenta. She had twins, 1 ram lamb and 1 ewe lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/brenta-lambed-february-15th-2012.html .

Our sixth ewe lambed on Thursday, February 16th, 2012. It was one of our Painted Desert ewes, Ruby Range. She had a single ram lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/ruby-range-lambed-february-16th-2012.html

Our seventh ewe lambed on Sunday, February 19th, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin ewes, Princess Margaret. She had a single ram lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/princess-margaret-lambed-february-19th.html

Our eighth ewe lambed on Monday, February 21st, 2012. It was our Tunis ewe, Alaina. She had a single ram lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/alaina-lambed-february-20th-2012.html

Our ninth ewe lambed on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin ewes, Butter Mint. She had a single ram lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/03/butter-mint-lambed-february-21st-2012.html

Our tenth ewe lambed on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin ewes, Coastal. She had a single ewe lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/03/coastal-lambed-february-23rd-2012.html

Our eleventh ewe lambed on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin/Dorper ewes, Snicker's 2011 daughter. She had twin ram lambs. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/03/snickers-2011-daughter-lambed-february.html

We also got 14 FREE Icelandic sheep on Friday, February 3rd, 2012. There was 4 rams and 10 ewes. You can go here to see pictures and more about the sheep - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/14-new-icelandic-sheep.html .

Have a great week!!

~ Haleluyah