Mothers Day is a day when I get to do whatever I want. Which makes it pretty much like every other day of the year. It starts out with coffee, sunshine, and a book. Then there are sheep and dogs and a John Deere. How could life get better than that? 7 lambs and…
Lambs 8 & 9
We have been so very busy here I haven’t had time to write. Saturday morning brought 2 new lambs. Both of the ewes who were jugged in the barn finally let go, at the same time. Betty gave us a colorful little Icelandic ram. His spots look like stars so we have dubbed him…
Spring-loaded Lambs
It was time (or past time) to move Matilda. Jolene, and the associated twins out into the yard. Arthur, Audrey, Hansel, and Gretel all got their first taste of the big wide world. Naturally, putting all 7 white lambs in one pen caused chaos as all the moms seemed to forget which bouncing bits of…
The Week in Pictures
Sunday – Hansel & Gretel are 1 week old Tuesday evening we covered the creep feeder Hansel gives the feed bin a taste. Wednesday evening view from the front porch. But then I found this guy Which led to about 20 minutes int the car under the heat. Friday morning chores were in the daylight at…
They’re Here!!
The hostage crisis is finally over. Matilda let the twins out to play. They are big, healthy, and full of energy. This seems to be our year for boy/girl twins. I was out of town when Matilda finally decided it was time, so Tom supervised the delivery. Matilda is an old pro with at least…
Movin On Up
Puff Daddy and his momma graduated to the grow-out pen this evening and boy was he excited about his new digs.
Two More
Jolene gave us tiny twins on Thursday (I can’t believe I’m just now getting around to writing about them). Another boy/girl pair that I refer to as Audrey and Arthur. At some point I will get better pictures, it’s been pleasantly busy around here lately. Jolene is our smallest Cormo ewe, and these are our…
Finally, A Lamb
Tom Petty sang “Way-ai-ting IS the hardest part”. Well that, and, leaving the barn once I see a new face. Wednesday nights at our house is game night. Not family game night, but online game night. You see we have friends in other parts of the country and we keep in touch by playing games…
Creep Feeder
For those who don’t know, a creep feeder is not a diner that creeps go for a meal, it is an enclosed area where lambs can creep through openings too small for mommas and partake of the extra feed they need to grow while mommas (who are too big to fit) have to stay on…
No Lambs. Yet.
And still, we wait… As of this evening, all the ewes still have big bellies and great appetites. Missy, Jolene, and Matilda are XXL blimps but so far none of them are off their feed. I keep hoping for new noses to count and the twins need extra playmates to zoom around with. In the…
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