Action Packed Day With Lambs!

[@scootytamra]

Wow Arnie, i love your hay manger, it came out awesome, maybe the lambs on the wall side will crawl under it to keep warm, you are very talented!!!!

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thanks! Yes, the goal is to have the lambs go underneath it 🙂

[@sparhawkable]

The lamb races make up for the hard work you do! Such exuberant joy! Thank you for sharing with us.🤗👌 Those new feeders are just great! What a nice addition.👏👏👏

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Yes, you always have to stop, breath and smile when the lamb races begin!🙂

[@MaryannDeming]

Great idea of the feeder! want to see how that works. love the little lambs. blessings.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

So far so good!🙂

[@danielcollins7588]

The wife always comes up with the best ideas after the husband makes suggestions. Happy wife happy life. Women always feel happy, when they think there in charge and its there idea.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@EwetopiaFarms]

But it always is their ideas!

[@sherrycarney4924]

That was such a sweet shot of the lambs cuddled up on the thick straw. ❤

[@davilynwentzel9551]

I liked how the Dorset ewe marked #15 (I think I read that right) was so helpful with all those little lambs, as they walked to the coveralls. Such cute little baby lambs. Love watching them run and play. Good looking feeders, Arnie. “If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy”. And, as Red Green would also say, “Quondo Omni Flunkus Mortati” (When All Else Fails, Play Dead.)😅 Your Cinderella loves you, Arnie, and finds you handy. 😊😊😊

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Lol! That's so funny!! And yes, that 15 Dorset is also the mom of the ewe lamb who looks like a stuffed toy 😁😍

[@tanyahunter9369]

The lambs are taking over! They are so cute! ❤❤❤

[@patriciaruppert201]

Good evening Arnie and Lynn. Lamb races. I would like to have some of that energy. Great speech Arnie for 130 in the morning. Quite informative. I love what I learn. Coffee with your sweet wife. Perfect. Thank you for sharing all the information about the moms and lambs. That little ewe lamb is so cute. I think the feeder design is quite clever and gives the lambs a cubby to lay in for safety. Love them. That way both sides are comfy for both moms and lambs. The Dorset crew did a good job getting to the lamb barn. That mommy tgat will adopt lambs needs a gold star as a stellar mom. Those lambies look so snug in the straw. What a beautiful video. Lynn I got the calendar. It brought tears to my eyes. I remember seeing the sheep in the pictures. It melted my heart. I am proud to be an Ewetopian. It is a privilege. Thank you so much. Big big hugs to you both. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️

[@EwetopiaFarms]

So glad you received it!🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@bohammarberg4072]

Good morning! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@chrismuller7252]

Great job Arnie on the feeders! Lambs look so good!!!!

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thank you 😊

[@cindyboard7816]

Arnie the new feeders look great!! I'm betting the prototype is perfect as is!! Thanks so much for sharing your busy days with us!!! Stay safe!!❤

[@justinanovak8040]

Agree the feeders look great and now you’ll have the lamb shelter like you have always said you didn’t like about those bonding pens.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Actually the first prototype was a total bust...literally! The ewe decided to rub herself on it and broke all the boards!🤣🤣🤣 The second one was better and third was the charm😆

[@cindyboard7816]

@@EwetopiaFarms Third times the charm proves true again!😂

[@jamiepittman2489]

Love the flavor of Arnie's videos.... they way he thinks..comes out of mouth.... LOL, Especially if he is up everyone else should be too.... He laughed.... too cute & funny.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Yes, he is a character and has no filter!😆 Just wanted to say thanks for everything Jamie 😉🥰

[@jamiepittman2489]

You Welcome, I pray that you both are truly blessed in every way. I appreciate your being so candid and willing to put yourself out there. So many people hide behind images and your authenticity is endearing

[@LavenderLushLuxury]

Nice video :) 😍💕😍 The Dorset ewe's leaving behind their lambs to the coveralls haha maybe they came back because they saw max or ben running towards the their lamb's, The feeder looks great

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Yes, so much for that breed being more motherly!😅😅

[@rhondamitchell5892]

Goodmorning from cold Tennessee, the new lambs are so cute they grow fast .I just went to my barn fed 2 pot belly pigs and 4 hens a cat and a mean silky rooster that i have to catch when he flying toward me so i can hold him to feed him and water his crazy feather butt.After i took my granddaughter to school. Have a wonderful week.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Silky roosters can be nasty!😆 I think they are trying to be like big roosters and have a bit of the little man syndrome!🤣🤣

[@KS-ip5xn]

Arnie, you can call the lamb space a cave which Lynn likes or a dungeon if you want. I had suggested a hideaway because most people think of a dungeon as a scary place not as a safe space. It's your barn and you may certainly call it whatever you want. Don't feel like you can't. The hay feeder was a great idea!

[@EwetopiaFarms]

No, dungeon was definitely the wrong descriptor. Hideaway or caves are better

[@cathystigge5141]

The feeder looks great! Arnie, you are a genius!

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thank you! I will pass that genius comment on to him ... like he needs a bigger head!🤣🤣🥰

[@JT-bh9ey]

beautiful new feeder

[@scootytamra]

Don't worry Arnie, my two boys get me up at 1-2 o'clock in the morning to eat breakfast, so i am up! I feed them their cat food and then i try to go back to bed, they have a strange schedule!😜🤪

[@briantaylor467]

We used to have Suffolk cross ewes and we used to put a beltex ram onto them and we had mule ewes and we used a Suffolk on them we had 4 of the mules had a throwback to their mothers as they had blackfaced lambs ❤ xx

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We used to cross some Suffolks with Texels and those were really nice lambs (Suftex). We don't have Beltex in Canada 🙂

[@marycomeau9364]

Lambnado💗💗💗

[@sheiladuncan1027]

Hey, Arnie, here's a theory. What if the white lambs are up faster than the dark lambs due to an instinct for survival, as the white lambs have no natural camouflage Instinct driving them to be ready to flee from danger. The dark ones would blend with a shrub or rocks if they stay down and still. Just a theory I thought you might consider.. I like that feeder, too. Good idea.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Love it!😆 I will use that one for people who criticize how slow Suffolks are to get up 😁😁

[@Mary-F]

Arnie, your new hay trough is awesome! It’s going to work so well for both ewes and lambs. Now the little ones will get their own hideaway. 🥰 Lynn, did the twins start nursing on the left side of the ewe you milked out? 🐑💛 The lambs look extremely cozy in the fresh straw in the coveralls. 🐑🥰

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Yes, they did! Everyone is nursing properly now!😁

[@Mary-F]

That’s great! Happy to hear it. 😊

[@sunsetstella8917]

Wall feeder looks awesome Arnie

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thanks ❤️

[@timelessacres1]

Exciting and busy times over there, hang in there!😊 Love the new feeder, very nice work! I hear and respect views on terminal vs maternal breeds. There is much value in focusing on both. Heritage breed livestock (often more maternal) and poultry have lost favor since industrial ag and the focus shifted to creating breeds that grow faster and bigger. Some heritage breeds may one day be extinct and those genetics will be lost forever.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

I totally agree that there is a place for everything. I love the heritage breeds - I use to have Shetlands - and we don't want to lose them. Suffolks however are not a new breed either. They have been around for hundreds of years and stayed on top over all that time for their specific qualities. I also totally love the hill sheep too! I love all animals really 😊

[@timelessacres1]

So much to love about Ewetopia Farms and ur love of all animals is so apparent Lynn. Thank u for all u do for all of them.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

@@timelessacres1 thank you 😊

[@theDavitos]

i grew up at farm that has sheep barn that was build in 1960 and we still have lamb caves in it that lambs like to sleep in and never had problem other that we wonder where lambs are until you walk the hay garden (area where hay feeders are) so lambs jump out , we added two more sheep barns in last 30 years and still use lamb caves so i say its must to have lamb caves

[@EwetopiaFarms]

I agree. The lambs love them!🙂

[@danielcollins7588]

I like the bigger black ears😂😂😂winner

[@Shadowridgeacres]

I had a first timer ewe thats loved all the lambs too much and was feeding an army and got milk fever. Luckily I caught it early, but I had to stall her for almost a month. She figured it out by her next lambing and was punting all the other lambs like footballs her next lambing season🤣Its nice for adopting a lamb but not all the lambs lol.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Lol! Great story and goes to show that how they behave one year doesn't necessarily translate to the next year!😁

[@pathowes32]

Hope Arnie’s new feeders work out. They look great. Are the kittens still around?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We catch glimpses of them but never see them all together anymore 😌

[@kazholt1]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@michaelmonthei8019]

Can you show how you fixed it so that the lambs from the Dorset breed in the coveralls, can't get over with the rams via the lamb caves. In other words, use the space under the feeders to go over to the ram side. How did you fix it so the two sides don't mix?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We have boards running down the middle on the undersides of the feeders so that prevents sheep sneaking through and the lamb caves

[@michaelfischer5800]

Attention! You forgot to make a video about the birth there in the left corner in the third row behind the suffolk, about her lambing you released a special video yesterday! In the meantime there must be 17 newborn lambs.. where are the 17 new publicated videos?

[@cdewey5115]

It takes time to edit and upload videos! I appreciate the time the farmers take to share their farming! Thank You!

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thanks for pointing that out!​@@cdewey5115

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We post videos every day. We can't possibly record every birth - we don't sit here with a camera. But I think there isn't one we haven't mentioned. I have to give myself a pat on the back for that!

[@JuvieJones]

I think it's awesome how much u post bc I get ur videos around 4:30am & I have em 2 wake up 2. U do amazing Lynn ❤

[@EwetopiaFarms]

@@JuvieJones thanks 😊

[@kristina08141]

Good morning. So how much are your lambs? Like a starter flock?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

That depends on how many purchased and if they are registered or not.

[@kristina08141]

@EwetopiaFarms I would love to start a flock of 20. If after selling the cows I can. I'm not looking for registered as of right now. We are getting out of cows so sheep will be a new adventure for us.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Send me an email. Are you in Canada?​@kristina08141

[@kristina08141]

@@EwetopiaFarms I will try to find your email address. I am in northern Michigan.

[@drewk5929]

I hear ya friend I raise the “Texel” terminal breed and I just can’t see a reason not to raise these muscle makers.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Yes, I don't see why you would prefer a sheep to cross with a terminal breed when you can just have meat sheep right off the bat. Suffolks are unbelievable mothers. Now Texels may be a different story!🤣🤣🤣😉😉🥰

[@drewk5929]

Lol no complaints for me but I had Suffolk sheep years ago and yes they do mother well.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We actually love the Texels too. You can't beat them for muscling!​@@drewk5929

[@sunsetstella8917]

When you milk off your ewes are you hand milking?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Yes

[@helenholmes3018]

I think yes the black ones are bigger when born but after two months what is the difference

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Suffolks are the fastest growers, arguably, of all breeds so they are heavier then too

[@WeatherMoon]

Off topic a bit: your ewes (both breeds) seen to have consistent twinning. Are the sheep the have 3 or 4 bred to have that many lambs? It seems that those sheep have high mortality rates in lambs and end up w an average of the flock being 2 per ewe. Why have sheep that have high lamb mortality or rejections?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Yes, we have a high twin ratio and low mortality - thanks for noticing that. We think this is ideal. There are some breeds such as Rideau Arcott in Canada which were developed to have more lambs with the theory being that you will make more money. We disagree with that for many reasons, check some of our past videos on terminal versus maternal breeds. The more lambs, the more chances of things going wrong and therefore higher mortality, smaller lambs, bottle fed lambs, slower to get to market, more work, etc etc

[@WeatherMoon]

@@EwetopiaFarms I will check the playlists and go back in time for the discussion. I know Arnie spoke a bit of it, but I love to be educated so off I go! Thank you for your patience

[@EwetopiaFarms]

​@@WeatherMoonNo problem. We love the questions. However, we do have a huge library of videos that should answer all of them if you are bored or feel like binge watching 😆😆🥰

[@МурикК-х5н]

do you sell embryos?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

No

[@IndiIlham]

Apakah bisa di export ke Indonesia 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We are not setup to export to Indonesia

[@tammykaltreider]

🤍

[@WeatherMoon]

Milk and meat not going together - first thought is Jewish kosher rules.