USDA ARS With just under 600 sheep living permanently at a Western research ranch, lambing has been a little hectic.
Reagan Colyer | May 28, 2021
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Throughout a Montana spring, baby livestock become a welcome feature on the landscape, with both wild and domestic newborns appearing across the state.
For the staff at Montana State University’s Red Bluff Research Ranch near Norris, the arrival of springtime means preparing for several hundred new lambs.
Red Bluff, which covers nearly 11,000 acres between Norris and the Madison River, is staffed by ranch foreman Noah Davis, sheep foreman Wyatt Geis and shepherd Raul Franco-Urcos. All three live on the property, which proves useful when the time comes for lambing. Nearly 700 lambs are born over five weeks each spring.
BOZEMAN â Throughout a Montana spring, baby livestock become a welcome feature on the landscape, with both wild and domestic newborns appearing across the state. For the staff at MSUâs Red Bluff Research Ranch near Norris, the arrival of springtime means preparing for several hundred new lambs.
Red Bluff, which covers nearly 11,000 acres between Norris and the Madison River, is staffed by ranch foreman Noah Davis, sheep foreman Wyatt Geis and shepherd Raul Franco-Urcos. All three live on the property, which proves useful when the time comes for lambing. Nearly 700 lambs are born over five weeks each spring.
âUsually, we get about a 130 percent lamb crop,â said Davis. âWe have sets of twins and triplets as well as single lambs, depending largely on the genetics of the sheep.â
Spring lambs born at MSU s Red Bluff Research Ranch
MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez
Wyatt Geis, sheep foreman, assists ewes with lambing, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at Montana State University s Red Bluff Research Ranch, near Norris, Mont.
By Reagan Colyer
MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Throughout a Montana spring, baby livestock become a welcome feature on the landscape, with both wild and domestic newborns appearing across the state. For the staff at MSU s Red Bluff Research Ranch near Norris, the arrival of springtime means preparing for several hundred new lambs. Red Bluff, which covers nearly 11,000 acres between Norris and the Madison River, is staffed by ranch foreman Noah Davis, sheep foreman Wyatt Geis and shepherd Raul Franco-Urcos. All three live on the property, which proves useful when the time comes for lambing. Nearly 700 lambs are born over five weeks each spring.