At the start of lambing season, I thought it would be fun to have a lambing contest. Unfortunately, with the number of ewes we have, it seemed a little overwhelming and I couldn’t figure out the logistics. We are down to 5 ewes left to lamb and they are due within the next couple of days…perfect number and time for a little contest!
Here are the girls in all of their pregnant glory…
Sahara
Jonquil
Star
Amber
and Veronica
Veronica says that I am going to owe them some pretty good treats after posting the above photos 🙂
If you would like to play along, leave a comment here with how many lambs you think these girls are going to have. The cut off will be when they have all lambed. Jonquil and Star are due today and the other three are due on the 1st of March. I will have my son draw names from a hat of all the people that guess the right number. There will be two winners!
Now to the important stuff…the prizes 😉
The first prize is one of my needle felting kits to make a little sheep…
The second prize is one of my wet felted soap kits to make your own felted soap…
If you aren’t the crafty type, no worries…I will be happy to send you an already made felted sheep or felted soap!
Stories from the Farm 
Whew! I feel for these girls.
I’m gonna guess 8.
This is fun. Thanks, Shannon!
I’ll say 9
I will guess 2,2,1,2,3 for a total of 10 lambs…
I was going to guess 8 just for Veronica 🙂
But will go with 9
I think you will have 11 more lambs. Sure wish mine looked that ready!
All twins except for Star, so that makes 9. Good luck!
11 little spotted lambs. Can’t wait to hear how it goes!
Oops. I was counting by photos and ended up with five sets of twins and a single. But I see now that the last two photos are of the same (very pregnant) ewe. That means I guess nine as well.
I will say 10
Veronica=3
Star=1
Everyone else=2
Guess that makes 10 total.
I’m guessing maybe nine babies
I think 9.
I will say 2, 2, 1, 2, 2 for total of nine. Fun!
OK this is fun, since I have no history on these ewes…my guess is 11
Sahara 3
Jonquil 2
Star 2
Amber 2
Veronica 2
Hope I win:) and good luck.
9 and after looking at your ewes and the fact they are shorn…I think my ewe looks just right 🙂
I guess 9, all twins except Star I think will have a single.
I’m going for 11!
I’m guessing 10 lambs. My Anthem lambed today and I just knew she was going to twin, she was large. She had a 11+ lb.ewe lamb. You just never know for sure until they are on the ground. Have fun.
Thanks for playing along everyone! I am excited to see how many they have too. It is always a surprise 😉
I say nine 🙂 No lambs yet here – maybe tomorrow.
11
I’m gonna say eight. And yay, more lamb pictures!
I’m going with 9 as well, all twins except Star.
10. Star will single and Veronica will have triplets. They are all beautiful and I’m looking forward to seeing the babies!
Veronica is hilarious! I’m still so shocked that our Debbie had 3 kids that I’m going to gues…. 143 lambs. Hee hee… file it under “anything could happen”
Happy Monday!
10 lambs in all! 🙂
Dana
Im guessing 11 they all should twin except veronica i must say she does have trips….jelous!
10 I think, judging by the size of their bellies…
3,2,1,3,3 for a total of 12
Well, as a new reader and first-time poster, I’ll let everyone else support the betting pool. After having 29 lambs, 1 kid and 2 calves hit the ground in the last 18 days here, I’m not making even an educated guess on your outcome! But I do wish you well. You have some beautifully-uddered moms-in-waiting there.
9, that’s where I’m at. They look amazing!
I say 11. Good luck!
My uneducated guess is “8”.
Thanks,
Laura M.