All our lambs arrived within 10 days, and all six except one, are the unique black colouring with white splotches - looks like they have been the target of paintballers! Of the six, three are ewes and three are rams
Dasha, with mother Annabel
Derek, Delia and Dasha - a.k.a. The Three Hoons. Coming up for 3 weeks old in this photo
Grab them young for a cuddle, as they get pretty speedy at avoiding catching at a few days old
Bianca was a first-time lamber, and produced tiny but healthy babies - Duncan on the left who is the only one throwing back to his Dorper mother, and sister Dixie
Our lambing went well, with only one yet to lamb, who is Beatrice, who had an early lamb late last season, so may not have come in heat as quickly as the others. We are still not sure whether she is in fact going to produce a lamb or not. Barbara went in to labour but was having difficulty birthing, so we took action, delivered a big ram lamb then discovered the birthing problem was due to a very badly presenting second ram lamb which unfortunately was dead when we removed it. Her surviving ram lamb is nice and big and healthy, called Dante
A shot of all the lambs frisking around and boing-boinging
With another very wet but very warm winter, we have had our fair share of the usual feet problems with the Dorper sheep. Apparently, their hooves grow faster than most breeds and especially so in wet weather. With all the surplus water in the paddocks and muddy, pugged yards, it has not been easy dealing with feet trimming and additional treatment for footrot for some and scald with a couple of the babies. Roll on summer, daylight, and sunshine!
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