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Spring is Here!
50 New Lambs born at
Bellwether Farm!
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As of April 10th,
2007 spring lambing at Bellwether Farm is complete. 50 beautiful
Barbados Blackbelly lambs have been born in the past month, and are now grazing
happily in
Bellwether pastures. All the lambs are purebred, registerable polled Barbados Blackbelly sheep. They will be
registered with the BBSAI in the near future, and will be available for sale
at 3 months old. Check the outstanding lambing stats below! For more information about our Barbados Blackbelly
sheep and our sheep sales policies, see
Sheep Sales. Lots of individual lamb photos
are shown on the Photo Gallery page!
 | Spring 2007 Lambing Statistics:
| Flock Notes |
Paternal |
Lambs |
Lambs |
| As of 4/10/07: |
Bloodline: |
Born: |
Surviving: |
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| 28 |
ewes have lambed. |
Ulysses: |
9 |
Rams |
9 |
Rams |
| 55 |
lambs born. |
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6 |
Ewes |
6 |
Ewes |
| 1.9643 |
birth rate. |
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St. Lucy VSU: |
9 |
Rams |
7 |
Rams |
| 50 |
lambs have survived. |
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5 |
Ewes |
3 |
Ewes |
| 1.7857 |
survival rate. |
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| 27 |
boys born. |
Teddy: |
9 |
Rams |
8 |
Rams |
| 28 |
girls born. |
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17 |
Ewes |
17 |
Ewes |
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| 24 |
boys born & surviving. |
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| 26 |
girls born & surviving. |
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| 0 |
ewes
left to lamb. |
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| Spring 2007 Lamb List, sorted by breeding ram group, and listed
by maternal ewe:
| Ram: |
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| Ulysses |
CJE |
67 |
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2007 Lambs: |
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| Ewes: (9) + (1)
ewe lamb |
DOB |
Tag Num. |
Gender |
Name |
Birth No. |
Weight: |
Color / Markings: |
| Dora |
CRB |
37 |
03/16/07 |
BWF |
174 |
Ram |
Montegue |
Triplet |
4.75 |
Med. well marked. Dot on flank. |
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03/16/07 |
BWF |
175 |
Ram |
Noah |
Triplet |
5.00 |
Light, well marked. |
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03/16/07 |
BWF |
176 |
Ram |
Oscar |
Triplet |
3.75 |
Med., well marked. |
| Effie |
CRB |
38 |
04/09/07 |
BWF |
210 |
Ewe |
Yvette |
Twin |
5.50 |
Med. dark, well marked. |
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04/09/07 |
BWF |
211 |
Ram |
Finn |
Twin |
5.75 |
Med. light, well marked. |
| Flossie |
CRB |
39 |
03/06/07 |
BWF |
166 |
Ewe |
Daisy |
Twin |
6.00 |
Med. with light face. |
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03/06/07 |
BWF |
167 |
Ewe |
Eleanor |
Twin |
6.75 |
Med. with slightly darker face. |
| Uma (G,D) |
BWF |
94 |
03/26/07 |
BWF |
186 |
Ewe | | | |
