Dairy sheep
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
We have finally sold the last of the sheep yesterday that we are going to sell this year; 17 ewes and 6 rams. The gentleman who purchased them plans on opening a dairy to make artisan cheese. He had quite an adventure getting here. Then we loaded ...
I am in deep manure now.
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 0 comments
Don't mess with the lambs in the presence of their livestock guardians if you have an over-developed need to be accepted and loved by your critters. We sold 14 of the 35 lambs born at the beginning of this year. With the price of hay going through...
Jamie Lee Curtis has nothing to fear from me
posted over 3 years ago, updated 3 days later | 5 comments
In the thirteen years of our marriage, my husband has finally had a chance to observe how deep my training in emergency medicine really is. Part of my training was as a dispatcher so I learned to modulate my voice to remain clear on the radio even...
The barbershop is now open
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 1 month later | 0 comments
We have started shearing the rams. Since we have a small flock (less than 100 head including the new lambs) we have to do our own shearing. The professional shearers won't talk to us because we have less than 2500 head of sheep and we raise Navajo...
Silence of the lambs?
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
All 35 lambs are on the ground now. All of them are cute. And all of them know it. Working around the corral with these characters is more entertaining than any sitcom I have ever seen.
The older lambs are now starting to join the ewes at the fee...
The older lambs are now starting to join the ewes at the fee...
