Surprise! You're dinner

"Lambs are awfully cute,"    And tasty too!  Nothing better than a good spring rack of lamb.

Here's a question for all of you husbands out there...oh wait, I mean
those of you into animal husbandry: We got millions of sheep in this
country. Why the heck is lamb so expensive?


DF


----- Original Message ----
From: Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:02:02 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Surprises

Lambs are awfully cute, good thing they turn into sheep or the freezer
would be empty. We do keep a couple lamb covers around for emergencies.
They are like little felt sweaters. This year we are unprepared, I
wasn't expecting any births for another week; we haven't cleaned out the
lambing pens or even done inventory on our box of supplies.
According to the forecast it's probably going to rain again tonight so
the other two ewes have a chance to pop 'em out during the wet. Based on
physical signs they are close, but according to the calendar they ought
to wait a couple weeks. Dumb sheep, can't read the calendar... :-)

Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Jesse Bell
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:29 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Surprises

you need to knit some lamb sweaters for your babies!!!! I saw a pattern
for one. Keeps 'em warm when mamma isn't around them. So cute. I love
the babies.....



james singer <islandjim2@gmail.com> wrote:
  Lambs are so cool. The best. Ans it's not a bad time for the ewes to
lamb. While sheep are not exactly smart, they will stay in the
barn/cote when it's cold--and the lambs will stay with them.


On 2/21/08, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT
wrote:
> I guess I should read the weather forecast more often. After a
gorgeous
> weekend a front moved in and it has been steadily getting colder. I
> watched the sky all yesterday hoping for clear skies so we could see
the
> lunar eclipse last night, and we had nothing but scattered clouds all
> day. I was pretty surprised to get home and find water running down
the
> roads - it must have rained hard at our house sometime in the
afternoon.
> The sheep are back in the swamp and the horse pens are mostly a lake.
> Sigh.
> We did see the eclipse though, nice and clear.
> So this morning we were supposed to leave for work early, but husband
> goes out to feed and comes back to say one of our sheep has lambed
> during the night. She couldn't do this when it's warm and dry, no, had
> to be when it's wet, windy and cold. We checked them out - one ewe
lamb,
> already on her feet but not quite dry yet. I was hoping for twins but
> one healthy lamb is fine too. She was still in the time window where
> she might deliver another, but probably not, and we had to get going.
> Wonder what we'll find when we get home tonight?
>
> Cyndi
>
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