People ask me how I can willingly get up first thing in the morning and go OUTSIDE in the SNOW every day. So today I waited until it was light out to show you what it’s like to say good morning to sheepies. How can you not love these peaceful – friendly faces. The dogs…
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6 Months
Rocco is 6 months old and already about the same size as Al. Given their size I’m really glad they’re on our side.
Working Dogs
Most of us have seen Police K-9s and “Assistance” Service Dogs and been amazed at what they can do. Even the agility trials at the fair draw a nice big crowd. But almost no one I talk to, including other farmers, knows what a Livestock Guardian Dog is or what they do. The short version…
Home on the Ranch
Our little family of sheeples is coming back together. Cocoa and Nellie are back home from the farm where they were being bred. The ram we chose for these girls is a Cormo/Suffolk cross with beautifully soft fleece. He should give some good sized lambs as well as some nice fleece. It would be lovely…
Time For A Change
We feed about 60 chickens, and lately we get about 5 eggs a day. Why so few? Because some of the girls are of an age they lay infrequently. And because it’s winter, a time to conserve resources for staying warm and surviving. Except our spoiled girls have a taj-ma-barn with timers set to mimic…
The Picture of Innocence
Watching us do evening chores. Opal is on the left and Rocco is on the right. 4.5 months old and so good about rules and routines.
Nesting
Our barn has 3 chicken pens, one of which was most recently used to quarantine the newest sheep. Each pen has walls made of chicken wire with roosts, nest boxes, a pop-door plus feed and water. Our chickens are spoiled. Ask anyone who’s seen them. They have more space than they need, automated lights and…
Meet Rocco
The expansion of our flock means we need more dogs to keep them safe. Lucky for us we had a litter of pups to choose from. This sweet guy takes after his dad in the laid-back and mellow department. He’s proving to be a quick study, needing only a couple gentle reminders about our basic…
Cue the Barry White
Niko the ram is now safely ensconced in the breeding pen with a new (to him) harem. The girls have mixed emotions about their new friend. He has a wonderful fleece, a very dense heavy blanket, and produced some really nice lambs last year. I can’t wait to see how this years crop turns out….
Exciting Times
We have had so much interest in our Kickstarter campaign it’s wonderful to get to talk about my wonderful animals with so many enthusiastic people. I’m really looking forward to sharing all the news about our expansion with everyone. Cocoa and Nellie boarded their chariot and raced off to meet the gorgeous young ram who…
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