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I’ve heard that when a ewe has triplets, things can get complicated (perhaps labor-intensive for you) - since she only has two teats.
not a single lamb has died
Wow! I’m pretty sure that’s down to a shepherdess who actually loves her flock...and can't help naming them all out of sheer stubborn affection. 🙂
Thank you so, so much for the pictures and sorry for making you go to the trouble. But that’s exactly the sheep from my dream. There were so many of them, and I was so happy being among them… but I couldn’t even touch that particular lamb. Someone had taken her away, just out of pure admiration for how white she was. 🙁
And now Erbse has a surname too: 77496 🫣
I guess Erbse won't be around for long. Why would you name them... Now I get to know them as well. 😞
Is it just me, or does she know she’s being photographed? That leg pose feels a little too intentional. 🤭 Or maybe she just forages elegantly like that. Yes, the earrings looked good on her 🙂😞
Yes, the sheep only have two teats. In the case of triplets, the two strongest lambs prevail, the third usually remains a ‘Nücker’. But good, experienced ewes manage to distribute the milk fairly. However, these animals are often very emaciated because they cannot eat as much as they need to produce and distribute.
Don't worry, Erbse stays!
The yellow ‘earrings’ are ear tags with a number and an electronic chip inside. Livestock farmers are obliged to tag their animals before they are nine months old. I do it earlier because the cartilage in the ears is still quite soft. I imagine that piercing them hurts less that way. However, it's not ‘bad’ at all. The lambs flinch briefly and immediately love me again as if nothing had happened.
It’s also indicative of a very healthy ewe when she has triplets, isn’t it?
Ah, I didn’t know that. I thought those meant they were listed for sale. 😅 Sorry for getting upset.
I think it is mainly healthy animals that have triplets. At the same time, the ‘Ostfriesisches Milchschaf’ breed is bred for good fertility.