Lambing season in the Tunis flock was a bit disappointing this year. I used two rams, Jeb, a proven 4 year old, and Jett, a ram lamb. I’ve used ram lambs in the past with no performance issues, but that didn’t work for me this year.

Jett had a group of five ewes and he didn’t get any of them pregnant. He was too immature to get the job done, I guess.

That left me short on lambs. And even shorter on ewe lambs because of the lambs born only four were ewes. Every year I have a long list of buyers waiting for ewe lambs and I have none to spare this year.

The four ewe lambs are staying here to grow the flock, and our granddaughter will choose two to show at the county fair this fall.

Next year should be better, surely Jett will perform as a yearling, and if not it won’t end well for him. Jeb may or may not be here. If I find a buyer for him I’ll bring in a new mature ram (no more being burned by ram lambs!) and if not I can get one more year out of him before he absolutely has to move on.