A buyer backed out so these 5 ewe lambs from our yearlings are for sale. Their weekly weights through the end of March are shown below. They were put on pasture in early June and we haven’t weighed them since then. They are out of our Richard Ehrhardt ram that is about 46% Dorset, 33% Finn, 19% Ile de France, with a hint of Rambouillet. About 28% of Finn genetics and 38% of Dorset genetics originate from Cornell. They would make great foundation or replacement breeding stock. Our flock is free of footrot, OPP, and soremouth. We haven’t seen a case of CLA in the past year. Johne’s Disease hasn’t been seen in our flock in years (there is no effective way to prove we don’t have it). Price is $200 each at the Cornell Teaching Barn. If interested, please send a message to Jessica Waltemyer jrk272@cornell.edu. 

Lamb Birth date Litter size Dam Weigh date Weight, lb
ST17207 3/29/2017 2 CXB13100 3/29/2017 5.3
        4/4/2017 7.3
        4/11/2017 11.1
        4/25/2017 17.9
        5/3/2017 20.5
        5/16/2017 28.5
        5/30/2017 39.1
ST17211 4/3/2017 2 CXB13044 4/3/2017 6.9
        4/4/2017 7.9
        4/11/2017 13.3
        4/25/2017 22.5
        5/3/2017 24.5
        5/16/2017 35.1
        5/30/2017 47.5
ST17212 4/3/2017 2 CXB13044 4/3/2017 6.8
        4/4/2017 6.6
        4/11/2017 12.3
        4/25/2017 23.0
        5/3/2017 29.3
        5/16/2017 35.1
        5/30/2017 47.8
ST17217 4/3/2017 3 CXB13057 4/3/2017 7.4
        4/4/2017 7.3
        4/11/2017 11.4
        4/25/2017 19.2
        5/3/2017 23.8
        5/16/2017 30.6
        5/30/2017 42.4
ST17218 4/3/2017 3 CXB13057 4/3/2017 6.6
        4/4/2017 6.4
        4/11/2017 10.2
        4/25/2017 16.2
        5/3/2017 18.9
        5/16/2017 25.4
        5/30/2017 35.8

 

 

 

 

 

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