I have had experiance with a bottle baby before and I will not do it again.
Reason 1: They turn out to be bad moms because they were never shown by their real mom how they are supposed to feed the babies, wean them or pretty much care for them at all.
Reason 2: It costs more money to bottle...
Welcome to our chat thread! I would love to have you join. Sorry about the droughts though. Our hay prices have always seemed pretty high where I live... But it has been surprisingly warm up here in the northwest. Washington rain sure does wash out your pasture.. UG! Wet dirty sheep...
You guys seem pretty smart so I have question for you. I was told that Shetland sheep are jumpy. So I was wondering. What exactly jumpy in sheep talk? Is it the same as goat? My meaning is: are they literaly jumping? Or are they skittish?
Here are some pictures of my sheep.
Isabel on Christmas 2012
Isabel with her lamb in 2011
Baby Bluebell
Bluebell at 7or 8 months
Bluebell full grown wagging her tail:D
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Cool. When I was first looking to purchase sheep a few years ago I was looking to buy a Jacob ewe lamb or a "pregnant" cross bred. I (of course) chose the pregnant one and she ended up not being pregnant. So in the spring I got a bottle baby Dairy ewe lamb and named her Bluebell (the...
No. We had one but he kept running us over. He also broke down every wall in our barn (not all at the same time but at different ones:D). So we sold him. But I am getting the Shetland ewe lambs soon, they aren't born yet but I reserved one:) I don't know which color I want yet though....
Aw... I wish I could add hair but it won't let me change the poll! I have an East Friesian/ Lacaune cross. Wow that's interesting to know that sheep's milk is the 'best'.