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2/26/13 cotton just had twin lambs

2/26/2013

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JUST WENT OUT TO GIVE FREDDIE HIS MIDDAY BOTTLE AND I HEAR A LAMB MEWING. LOOKED INTO TO SEE TWO LAMBS IN COTTONS PEN, A RAM AND EWE.  THE EWE IS THE DARK ONE LAYING DOWN IN THE PICTURE. SO WE ARE DONE WITH THE SHEEP LAMBING AND NOW IT IS JUST THE GOATS THAT ARE GOING TO BE KIDDING STILL. WE HAVE MILLIE AND GRACIE IN THE TRAILER THEY ARE THE NEXT TWO TO KIDD. MILLIE WAS BREED TO MVA1 SUNDANCE AND GRACIE WAS BREED TO B4BG GOLD DIGGER, THAT WAS THE SAME WAY GRACIE WAS BREED LAST YEAR AND THAT GAVE US MVA1 SPIKE AND MVA1 SOX, OUR MULTICOLOR DOES. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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2/23/13 SUNDANCES FIRST KID

2/23/2013

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MIDDLE OF THE DAY ON 2/21/13 MVA1 DC HAD HER FIRST SET OF KIDS. THEIR SIRE IS MVA1 SUNDANCE AND THEY ARE PUREBLOODS, TWO DOES AND ONE BUCK(WETHER). I WAS HOPING THAT COTTON WOULD HAVE HER LAMBS LAST NIGHT WITH THE STORM FRONT THAT WAS COMING IN, BUT SHE DIDN'T.  SO I WILL BE WATCHING HER TODAY TO SEE WHEN SHE WILL BE HAVING THEM. COTTON IS A  EWE WE BOUGHT FROM SAGE HILL LIVESTOCK AS A BREED EWE LAST FALL AND ACCORDING TO THE SALES CATALOG SHE WAS LISTED AS 2-10-13 AS HER DUE DATE WELL THAT DAY HAS PAST AND SHE HASN'T HAD ANY BABIES. AND SINCE SHEEP NORMALLY HAVE THEIR LAMBS AT NIGHT I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF NIGHTS GOING OUT IN THE COLD TO CHECK ON HER. TIME TO WATCH THE SNOW FALL. 
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MVA1 DC TRIPLETS
DOB 2/21/03
TWO DOE ONE BUCK


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IVANKAS RAM
IVANKA WAS PURCHASED FROM SAGE HILL LIVESTOCK
PIC 2/23/13


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SOME OF THE LAMBS OUT OF A SOUTHDOWN BUCK FROM LEVAN RIDGE FARMS
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2/21/13 NEW KIDS

2/21/2013

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WE ARE WAITING ON COTTON TO HAVE HER LAMBS, SO AFTER CHECKING ON HER LAST NIGHT WITH NO LAMBS.  TWIDDLES DECIDED TO HAVE HER KIDS HIS MORNING, A DOE AND BUCK(WETHER) THEIR SIRE IS B4BG GOLD DIGGER AND WE WILL BE RETAINING THE DOE. FREDDIE OUR BOTTLE BABY IS GROWING FAST AND HE IS NURSING GOOD ON HIS SURROGATE MOM SPEEDY. WITH THE WEATHER FINALLY GETTING BACK TO NORMAL AND THE FIELD MELTING WE WILL BE TAKING MORE GOATS TO THE BIG FIELD.  THE SHEEP WE WILL BE WANTING UNTIL SOME TIME IN MARCH AFTER WE SHEAR THEM. RIGHT NOW WE WILL BE RETAINING TWO RAMS FOR BREEDING PURPOSES AND A COUPLE EWES FOR REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE AGE OF MOST OF THE EWES. DC SHOULD HAVE HER KIDS TODAY SO I WILL BE WATCHING HER, SHE WILL BE HAVING THE FIRST BABIES OUT OF SUNDANCE. THERE WILL BE A WETHER SALE ON APRIL 20 2013, THE SALE ALONG WITH THE GOAT EDUCATION SERIES WILL BE PUT ON THE MSMGA WEBSITE. RED #15 WILL BE THE WETHER WE WILL PUT IN THE WETHER SALE HIS SIRE IS HOBBY VENTURE SIMON Z782 AND HIS DAM IS MVA1 MAHOGANY. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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BDBN TWIDDLES DOE AND WETHER
2/21/13


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RED #15 SHOW WETHER
SIRE: HOBBY VENTURE SIMON Z872
DAM: MVA1 MAHOGANY
DOB:1/21/13


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2/2/13 KIDS AND LAMBS

2/3/2013

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WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF LONG DAYS WITH THE SHEEP HAVING LAMBS IN THE NIGHT AND THE GOATS HAVING THEIR KIDS IN THE DAY.  MAHOGANY AND SPOT FINALLY HAD THEIR BABIES, SPOT HAD A BUCK ON 1-27-13 HIS SIRE IS DCW BJ'S HOT SHOT. MAHOGANY HAD TWINS ON 2-1-13, SHE HAD A BUCK AND DOE THEIR SIRE IS HOBBY VENTURE SIMON Z782. A COUPLE OF OUR SUFFOLK AND HAMP x SUFFOLK SHEEP HAD LAMB. THEY WERE BREED TO A SOUTHDOWN RAM OWNED BY LEVAN RIDGE FARMS. THEY ARE LOOKING GREAT CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW THEY GROW. FREDDIE IS GROWING FAST ON HIS SURROGATE MOM(SPEEDY) WITH A LITTLE SUPPLEMENTAL BOTTLE FEEDINGS. WE ARE STILL HAVING TO PUT HER ON THE MILKING STAND FOR HIM TO FEED.  

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