Guess A Lamb!

We're in the final countdown to the first lambs of the year now.  Who wants to join me in a game of Guess-A-Lamb?  I want to know:

1. When will the lambs be born?
2. How many will there be?
3. What gender(s) will they be?
4. What colors will they be?

Read on for hints!

This is Rowena, the ewe with the earliest due date.  Her due date is so much earlier than anyone else's, there's pretty much no doubt that she will be the first one to lamb.  These photos were taken 5 days ago.

Hint #1:   She was bred on October 29th, which means that her due date is approximately March 19-21. 

Hint #2:  Most Icelandic sheep have a single lamb their first year and twins thereafter, but triplets and even quads are possible.  Last year, Rowena had only one lamb, but he was twice the normal size!  Her lifetime lambing record is:  1,2,2,1.

Hint #3:  Possible lamb colors from this cross are:

• White
• Black solid
• Moorit solid
• Black badger
• Moorit badger
• And possibly, a spotted version of any of the above colors.

(If you want to see examples/explanations of the colors, see my article Icelandic Sheep Color Genetics.)

The time is getting close.  I'm going to clean and re-organize my lambing kit and finish getting the lambing barn set up today.  Before I know it, there will be lambs everywhere!