Frens, Tomorrow remind me to tell you about the smallest baby lamb we've ever had on the farm. And bug me to take pictures. We've named him (her?) "smol" (Lowercase initial "s".)
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4/ if a ewe gets pregnant, obviously she stops being fertile until the lamb is delivered it seems that if the ewes do not get pregnant within a few cycles, the cycles stop until the next year (not 100% certain on this)
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5/ Lambs are born small, reach about 75% of their adult size by their first winter, and reach about 100% of their adult size by their second winter. Given all of the above, a lamb born in spring CAN get knocked up the same calendar year, in the fall, but this isn't super common
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6/ Last yr we had a lamb born who was on the small size...and she managed to get knocked up, it seems (we didn't realize this bc she wasn't huge this spring). I suspect that (a) she was small, (b) her baby was small (genetics?), (c) she got preggers ~2 cycles later than others
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7/ So I was outside a day or two ago ... and saw a new very very VERY tiny lamb! Wife and I have nicknamed the new lam "smol".pic.twitter.com/1uWCY7mg9z
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9/ here is smol alongside two other lambs that were born ... like three weeks agopic.twitter.com/QmBAP9grSw
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11/ Wife tells me that smol is a boy. He's not super coordinated: I saw him run, then stop suddenly ... and go kettle over teacup. I'd be a bit worried about him being a premie, or unhealthy or something ... but he's been alive for 2 or 3 days now, outside in the cool and damp
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12/ spring weather ... and he's running around, making noise, nursing ... so I guess he's gonna be ok! Curious to see if he'll reach full size, or if he's a runt. Wife is in love w smol ; I suspect he will not go into the freezer any time soon.
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