The Poultry Keeper

debcat · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject:

this is trudiewoos 3rd lot of lambs Rolling Eyes

the first lot she fed 2 and hated them, the one I bottlefed she loved
the second lot she sat on one and squashed it Evil or Very Mad

she refused point blank to feed the other 2, 1 was fostered onto another ewe and the other (annabanana) was bottlefed and takes after mum

debcat · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject:

she's feeding one of them Shocked

without being pinned to the wall and made to feed them
this is a first

NannyP · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject:

I think I'll stick to poultry Very Happy

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7165 Location: isle of lewis

but nannyp think of what your missing

NannyP · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject:

That's just it Suz, I am reading this thread and thanking my lucky stars that I'm missing it all Laughing

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7165 Location: isle of lewis

debcat · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:31 pm Post subject:

every year I say never again Rolling Eyes

but there's something about cute fluffy lambs running about that makes it all worthwhile Very Happy

and getting a cade that needs tlc and pulling it through is a really great feeling
Oh has 23 left to go and I have 1, we started off with 78 Shocked

so in 11 days 54 have popped

fairislefaerie · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 542

14 more due to lamb this week & 28 next week.

4am is the best time there is, everything is soo quiet !

Angela

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7165 Location: isle of lewis

yep and there are now 2 running around the feild in the sunshine
Very Happy

,that makes it worth it Very Happy

Sparklepeeps · Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 1950 Location: Cheshire

debcat · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject:

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7165 Location: isle of lewis

some ewes not mentioning any names ,need a bit of encouragement
they are not really convissed on the mother hood thing ,as far as they are concerned they had them ,and somebody else can look after them i had the same 2 years ago with the goat ,sometimes introducing a steady under control dog gets them protective and they protect both and then everything settles ,sometimes pinning them and making them feed them works
sheep are compicated Rolling Eyes

Sparklepeeps · Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 1950 Location: Cheshire

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7165 Location: isle of lewis

trudie is deb's pride and joy
she is beautiful Cool

but was a single raised caddy lamb and they always grow up to be different Wink

i'll only take 2 or over , Rolling Eyes

quick caddy lamb story
when i was a child due to family stuff i spent a lot time in kent
my aunt took one as a favour to somebody down the road it's name was baa lamb ,it slept in the house at first then as it got bigger in the shed but it thought it was a dog ,as it grew ,it barged everyone out the way and would have to be dragged back out away from the fire Rolling Eyes

and was a complete nightmare ,many bruises
the farmer took it back but by that time it wasn't a sheep Confused

and didn't flock ,when they rounded up for dipping it wasn't with the rest and later died of fly strike ,my aunt always felt guilt about that ,but it was a hard leson learned,i'm sure there is a few that are fine

debcat · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject:

there's 6 of them in the garden at the moment Rolling Eyes

42 bottles of milk a day at the moment Shocked

trudiewoo is a one off, she was my first sheep and is totally spoilt rotten, she doesn't usually like lambs but this year she is obsessed with one of them Very Happy

the other crofters hate her on the common grazing cos she just ignores dogs when they are trying to round them all up, I have to go and shout her
I'd never have a single one again though, they get way too attached to you