On Sun, 02 Oct 2016 17:39:29 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Jeßus wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Sun, 02 Oct 2016 07:40:06 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> > From the hills of Van Diemen's Land, "Jeßus" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Here's a pic of the latest newcomers here. Born just over a week
>> ago. >> The parents decided to nest under my back verandah, the
>> noise has been >> 'wonderful'. Two more nests to hatch, which should
>> be within a week >> now:
>> http://www.hostpic.org/images/1610020836470096.jpg
>> >
>> > Nice pic! Also old netscape opened this up right to the pic this
>> > time. I must have been thinking of another pic hosting site that
>> > adds the enlarge feature.
>> >
>> > Any spring lambs on the way?
>>
>> Possibly for your springtime, two of my ewes are looking rather
>> pregnant and I'm guessing they will lamb sometime in February.
>> Poor things only had lambs back around May/June... I need to separate
>> my ram from the girls. May or June is a bad time of year here for
>> lambs, too cold.
>
>Lambs foal in winter. Thats how they are designed.

Interesting. Tell that to the farmers around here whose lambs are born
in spring. Also, tell that to my two pregnant ewes who are due in
February (middle of summer). Sheep can <ahem>, 'foal' any time of the
year.

More than anything else, it all depends on their food supply. My guys
have unlimited food year-round and is the reason why some of mine lamb
twice a year. Yes, they do have a natural breeding season if left to
their own devices, but even that varies wildly depending on breed.