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Here ye Here ye.....one and all on the Canuck Thread.....This is hereby christened the "Chronicles of Cloe" Thread!!!

*smashes bottle of cyrstal light over Cloe's head (ummmm I mean thread) with one hand & cuts yellow ribbon with other*.

ahhhh.....tis now open for bidness!!!!

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WOW!!!

You look AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWESOME CLOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you soooo much for sharing those!

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Your progress is terrrrific!!!!

Okay....on another note: that is amazing info about the lambs, and ewes and rams. HOLY CRAP....I"m learning a lot here (not being sarcastic). Happy rams??!! I GUESS SO!!!!! Man, they must have like an unlimited production of ram sperm goin' on!!! I gotta admit, I didn't even know a male sheep was CALLED a ram. I thought a ram was a type of mountain goat. huh....and almost right in my own backyard!

Can't wait to see photos of those lambies!!!!!

Wow Cloe you look great, keep up the good work.

I always wanted a lamby. They are so cute. I wanted a black one! Have you ever had a black one? Are they rare?

Now I would assume that ewes have baby boys and girls so what to you do with all the baby boys. Do you always breed the same mommies? or are they "sent away"?

Very interesting, we may all become sheep farmers!

It worked!!! Awesome! Lookin' good! I'm gonna to do something with your pictures this weekend. It'll be good.

I see lamby pictures in my future!

The pics turned out great. You can really see the results!!! WAY to GO Cloe!!!

Thanks guys, yes I feel good. The funny thing is just a short 6 months ago I hadnt even talk to a LB surgeon yet, WOW, time flies.

Argon/Mandi - your making me verrrry nervous!

In a pickle - Yes we do have black ones. Out of about 300 lambs we might get around 10. Usually always from white ewes and visa versa. Yes it is much better to be born a little ewe. Baby rams are sent to market, unless we sell the odd one to someone for breeding, but we dont keep them. Yes we breed the same mommy ewes, we keep records on each one, like if they breed every time, how many lambs they have, how much there lambs weighed at weaning time, etc...If they are good moms, they will stay with us forever, if not, well, its off to market for them too.

....and this lil' sheepy went to market....

NOooooooooooooo ruuuuuun lil' lambees....ruuuuuun awayyyyyyyyyyyyyy beeeeeeeeeee freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Oh my goodness... "the market"!!!

How do you keep track of them?

Are they tagged?

Can you send me a little black one?

send me one too Cloe...I can use it to mow my lawn next summer!!!

Yes, mows and fertilizes at the same time...lol...problem is they like to eat the flowers first.

I don't think I could fit the black lamby in the envelope.

Mandy, Yes, they are tagged when they are born, with just a little weenie tag with a number, it is written down, so that later we know which mommy they belong to.

put it in a cat carrier... you could throw it on the plane!

Aww.... A little lambiekins.... They must be just the sweetest creatures.

They are definately adorbibble. But then they grow, and there less cute, and then the hydro bill comes in and the phone bill, and the feed bill. By then they look better on the trailer.

So... tell me things...

Do you shave 'em and sell the wool?

Do they live outside? What do they do in the winter? Is there a barn they go warm up in?

So... if you save the girls... do you make sure that they don't breed with their dads? (that is, if you get the same rams in year after year) Or does it really matter? Maybe inbred sheep are just as yummy as non-inbred sheep? LOL

The idea of eating incest lamb chops does seem bizarre, come to think of it....

We had this guy show up at work in my department after having been off work for years. He had more or less drunk his brains dry. Anyway, once he heard that I liked cats he cornered me and began showing me photos of his cats. They were adorable, and all related to each other, and not in a good way. LOL. Anyhow, all this cat action was going on in his apt. The joint must have stunk!!! His marbles were pretty much gone, and he didn't last long at work.

*eargery awaiting next lesson on sheep farmin'*