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' Squishy ' is a NABSSAR registered olde english babydoll Southdown ewe who is one of my show lambs for this year ! She was shorn last month , and is working very hard to grow as much wool as possible before our county fair in a month.

He's my friend's Jacobs Ram.

Aura - Over 9000

Goodest boi.

Does this Katahdin ewe seem underfed/malnourished? She will be 3 this summer, and just had lambs weaned off her in the first week of April. I feel like I'm just being paranoid since they get daily fresh pasture to eat and she just shed all her hair so maybe I'm overreacting.

I will say - she was purchased at a DEEP discount and was essentially emaciated when we got her. She was not moved regularly and all but abandoned on some land due to a bad domestic situation. She lambed fine, and the lamb is doing well.

Apologies if this is against the rules. I just needed somewhere to talk about it. She’s the one in the Green jumper in the images. (and the pressed against my leg in the last image) I didn’t get any of her by herself before she passed unfortunately.

Man, you think you’re ready for it every year when lambing comes around. I don’t regret adopting her though. She was the sweetest lamb and my other sheep adored her 💕

Fly High Baby

Lucky is the only one of three siblings who survived her first night. The other two mysteriously passed. One was already dead when it arrived and the other died after only a few hours💔 She'll be closely looked after by her mother and us the farmers

I have a two month old lamb, Dorper/Kathadlin. It has a skin condition on its ears and nose that looks like excema. Can anyone help identify what it could be, I am really hoping it is not mange. It does go through bristly guinea grass that I originally thought was the problem, and we are setting a vet appointment for it. Thank you.

Hello! My ram keeps doing this. I don’t know what this means! Is it yet another way to assert dominance? Is it meant to say he wants to come in my house? (He does but he’s not allowed in) Is it friendly, agressive? I can’t find anything on google about this!

There have been many studies of the benefits of sheep and solar together doing good things for the wool, the ground, and overall planet health. I was finally able to coax my wethers to the panels to do some clean up around them this morning. Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

My favorite ewe’s lamb has two different colored eyes!
She has blue eyes and the ram had brown eyes. Apparently it runs in the family since her twin sister has heterochromia too.
I’m so proud of this little cutie :)

Anyone seen this happen shears top blade won’t close down on bottom tension is all the way tight

Our newest lamb- Malcolm 1/2 Shetland + 1/2 Babydoll = Babyland

So, about a year ago me and my mom helped out with a friend's unexpected lamb birth: by getting collagen(?) anyway, she made it back to the ranch safely and her mom is very sweet. Her name is Mary

On the car ride to the store to get the collagen she was trying to stand up to find her mom, but since she wasn't there I had to let her suck on something else, and the only thing I could think of was my fingers, so that was both gross and adorable