I have never experienced a year like this. 90% of the goats and sheep born this year were male. I have been very fortunate in being able to sell some of those boys very early to keep the grass down for the local folks. They were excellent quality ram lambs, too, and many would make great breeding prospects, but I believe their fate is the freezer at the end of the season. Due to the large amount of rain in this area, the grass is growing faster than most people can keep up with. Here, mowing the lawn is a biweekly job at best and it can be let go for a month when it is dry. Lately, though, the grass needs weekly cutting and people are not used to that. I have never seen anything like the 'lawns' around here. They mow a few acres of grass for looks. I bet if they had to push a mower that would change in a heartbeat.
But, I digress. There are still 5 Babydoll ram lambs and crosses, 2 Gotland Blue Faced Leicester ram lambs. 3 Shetland ram lambs, 1 Jacob cross ram lamb, and about 5 Cotswold/Blue Faced Leicester ram lambs, all of which are for sale. The Fat Ewe Farm has no shortage of rams because of the various breeds kept, sometimes the ratio is one ram for the one ewe, but the offspring are pure then. Some of these rams already have exceptional fleece. The Shetland boys are beautiful, as are the Gotland Blue Faced Leicester rams. Those should go to a fibre farm, but the Cotswold Blue Faced Leicester crosses and Merino Blue Faced Leicester cross boys are pretty spectacular too. That makes a total of 12 ram lambs for sale this year and 5 have already been sold. The farm has only one ewe lamb, a Suffolk Blue Faced Leicester mule for sale. Mules are special crosses that when crossed to a terminal meat sire, produce amazing fast growing strong lambs for market. She is $300. The prices for the rams vary from $150 to $350.
There are 6 bucklings for sale as well and only one doeling. It was just that kind of year, a year with 90% males born. I wonder what the significance for the upcoming year might be? Superstitious? When more males are born, it means.....you fill in the blank and let me know, eh?
But, I digress. There are still 5 Babydoll ram lambs and crosses, 2 Gotland Blue Faced Leicester ram lambs. 3 Shetland ram lambs, 1 Jacob cross ram lamb, and about 5 Cotswold/Blue Faced Leicester ram lambs, all of which are for sale. The Fat Ewe Farm has no shortage of rams because of the various breeds kept, sometimes the ratio is one ram for the one ewe, but the offspring are pure then. Some of these rams already have exceptional fleece. The Shetland boys are beautiful, as are the Gotland Blue Faced Leicester rams. Those should go to a fibre farm, but the Cotswold Blue Faced Leicester crosses and Merino Blue Faced Leicester cross boys are pretty spectacular too. That makes a total of 12 ram lambs for sale this year and 5 have already been sold. The farm has only one ewe lamb, a Suffolk Blue Faced Leicester mule for sale. Mules are special crosses that when crossed to a terminal meat sire, produce amazing fast growing strong lambs for market. She is $300. The prices for the rams vary from $150 to $350.
There are 6 bucklings for sale as well and only one doeling. It was just that kind of year, a year with 90% males born. I wonder what the significance for the upcoming year might be? Superstitious? When more males are born, it means.....you fill in the blank and let me know, eh?
Daphne's beautiful Nigerian Dwarf buckling and his blue eyed triplet are for sale. $300 each
The black and white boy is Salty's twin buckling, Tid Bit and the fellow scratching his head is Pepper's boy, with blue eyes. They are 75% Nigerian Dwarf and are $200 each on weaning or $100 each now at just over a week.
From left to right, Kaon, the mother of the two bucklings to her right and Obe, the black doe standing in the back, the red brown buckling is hers in the front of the spotted Jacob and the fellow facing backwards is a Gotland Blue Faced Leicester cross. The boys are for sale. Shetlands $150 and the Gotland $300
The standing boy on the left is a Babydoll cross and is for sale for $300 and the lamb to the left of the ewe facing the opposite direction is a Babydoll cross for $300 too. The dark black/brown ram at the rear in front of the spotted Jacob is $250 and is a Jacob/Shetland cross.
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