Hi everybody,
We have a new lamb as of this afternoon. :o) We think it is a little
ewe...with black legs and markings under it's chin. It has a big black
spot around at least one eye...and many black spots on it's body. I was
supprised cause the mother and father are both have black face and legs and
beige wool. So a little spotted lamb was not what we were expecting.. Oh
well it is darling and I guess it is in the genes somewhere. Both mother
and dad are Dorsette/Suffolk cross from a herd of the same.
Does anyone know if this is usual? I would have thought they would be all
black or black and beige.
Anyway we are happy to have it with us happy and doing fine so far.
We lost one ewe a couple weeks ago that had twins and one was decomposing in
her...the other was dead also when we got it out. That was very sad so I am
happy all went well even though there was only one, instead of twins, this
time.
Annette
Alan and Annette Hake
Menookhaw Mountain,
Ravenden, Arkansas
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