![]() Our one brown ewe on the other hand, while she brought sweet baby 'Charlotte' the lamb to the world in good condition, she refused to let her nurse from her bulging teats. Two lambed without a hitch, a set of lambs and a single. It's difficult to even snap a shot of them without utilizing the zoom.Īs it would have it, the ewes all got pregnant that first winter and showed signs of pregnancy in the spring. In fact, since we choose to handle them less, they are quite flighty, as prey animals should be. ![]() They are generally good mothers, having not been overbred, maintaining more of their instincts. They are hair sheep, which means that they are conditioned to survive summer warmth by slicking off and shedding their coats in the summer.and growing them anew come winter. Katahdin sheep are fabulous grazers for our part of the world. We knew that would be a ways off, but it was something to work toward. Bahby the ram and 3 young ewes graced our pasture in the hope that we would grow the flock enough so that they could maintain our pastures and we could enjoy their company and eventually harvest lamb for market. ![]() In 2019 we brought on a very small flock of sheep.just what we could afford. ![]()
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