1st Spring Lamb of this year...

[Magnum Man]

1 day old...

 

[emeraldking]

I haven't seen sheep with this color combination before...

 

[Magnum Man]

these are hair sheep, more for eating than for wool... they have a little more color... we got one last year ( a ewe we kept ) that was chocolate a new color for us...

 

[Magnum Man]

I have a couple generations of American Black belly interbred with my Katahdin mixes now, so we are getting some pretty interesting colors, though most are white to tan color, last year, we got 3-4 lambs that were calico...
these from last spring

 

[OldFishKeeper]

I have a couple generations of American Black belly interbred with my Katahdin mixes now, so we are getting some pretty interesting colors, though most are white to tan color, last year, we got 3-4 lambs that were calico...
these from last spring
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So, I hope you are using them to knit sweaters vs. the alternative?

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

I dont know how to feel

 

[OldFishKeeper]

I dont know how to feel

The answer to your question is in the answer from the OP ...

 

[Magnum Man]

sorry... circle of life... a good thing maybe... I've not shot a bambi, since we starting raising our own meat...

Breeding them cute, is on purpose... if they become worth more, sold as a pasture pet, than as a 50 lb. box of meat, I'm happy to sell them as pets... we also raise pigs, and cattle... I do enjoy lamb meat though...

 

[Magnum Man]

top middle is Cocoa, from last year, ( hours old in this picture ) she will likely have her 1st lamb this spring

and some of her cousins from last year...

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

I love lambs, they're super cute and super scrumptious...I could never be a farmer....unless it's potatoes