The Lambing Game

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Every year about this time I send photos to Farm Club members so that they can play the Lambing Game—guessing which ewe will lamb first and on what date. The Farm Club members have a list of ewes and their predicted lambing dates based on breeding date. (I am doing this as a blog post so I don’t fill up members’ email boxes with lots of photos. )We are still a couple of days away from the first official due date of February 24 but here we go.

This contests will be open to non-farm club members too. The prize is a set of three farm-scene photo notecards . To enter email me he following info:

Whcih sheep, of these in the photos will lamb first?

What Date?

Tie breaker (in case more than one person gets the first two questions correct): Time of birth.

If a woman told you her due date was March 1 you know that you could expect the baby at least a few days on either side of that. Same thing here. My due dates are based on when I noticed that the sheep was marked by the ram but that is not fool proof either.

Bid

This is a 5 year old ewe, bide a wee Bea. Official due date is 2/29. Due date:2/29.

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This is 5 year old Meridian Ruth. Due date 2/29.

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This is 8 year old Meridian Fandango. Due date: 3/4

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Meridian Marilla. She is 4 years olf and her due date is 3/2.

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Meridian Vixen, 4 years old; due 2/29.

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This is 5 year old bide a wee Hallie, due 3/2

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Meridian Sumac, 3 years old; due 2/29.

Meridian Estelle

Meridian Estelle, 6 years old, due 2/24.

So there is the line-up for Game #1. We have many more in the barn than this but these are the onesfor which e could get decent photos. Thanks so much to FC member Mary and her daughter, Maggie who came today to take the photos and ID sheep. I’m can go to the barn but I’m still not allowed to walk around the sheep area. Good luck!!