We had a wonderful day over at Hatchtown Farm’s shearing yesterday. It was a disappointing day since the sun never did come out and it was a bit misty, but the barn was dry and full of great people visiting and helping out! Emily the shearer put in a long day and Pam [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Lambs at Last!
Posted in Farming, Lambs, Sheep, tagged Coopworth sheep, lambing, Lambs on March 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Will She, or Won’t She???
Posted in Farm, Sheep, tagged Coopworth sheep, lambing on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s amazing me that Norma is still able to get around. She looks like she’s ready to blow! We calculated her due date at the 147-average mark which made her due date this past Wednesday. But she normally has her lambs on about the 150th day. Could be tonight :* [...]
Asthma Firestorm
Posted in Farming, Sheep, tagged asthma, Lambs on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It certainly looks innocent enough:
Lambing pens (we call them “jugs”) with clean straw, just waiting for our sheepy moms to go into labor. Maybe 8′ X 12′ in area.
Last Sunday they didn’t look this nice. It was a beautiful day and I thought that I would just fork out the old straw and [...]
Ruit Farm Television
Posted in Farm, Sheep, tagged Coopworth sheep on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got the sheep header picture a couple of weeks ago one morning before I went in to feed the ewes. They were standing, waiting for their hay and grain, silently and expectantly, and the picture opportunity was too much to pass up! After I cropped it so it would fit, I got [...]
Got Milk? Goat Milk :* )
Posted in Cheese, Farm, Milking, goats, tagged goats on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For someone who has never (I mean never) been a milk drinker, I am incredibly happy about milk today. I have always been plagued with some lactose intolerance, but our goat milk doesn’t bother me at all. Not that I am drinking it, just making cheese with it! And after a hiatus [...]
No Horns Allowed!
Posted in Farm, LaMancha Goats, tagged goats on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It couldn’t have been a better day! Well, maybe it could have been a few degrees warmer, but the sap is flowing and the sun is shining, and the goat kids are having a blast, and the pregnant ewes are starting to complain a lot! If they can’t be eating, they are complaining [...]
Busy Days
Posted in Farm, LaMancha Goats, tagged goats, Milking on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a week it’s been so far! Things are hopping here at the farm. Monday we began our ritual of letting the mama goats out into the paddock while their babies have some unsupervised playtime late in the day. They are a hoot, hopping and dancing all around. Salsa and Sock Monkey have [...]
Sunday and Sun!
Posted in LaMancha Goats, Pemaquid Peninsula, Weather, tagged goats, lighthouse, Maine on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My goodness! We are having a sunny day again today! Wow. No Monday morning snow storm. Amazing. Maybe spring really is just around the corner.
We had a lovely day yesterday and were outside until dark, enjoying the warm temperatures and trying to get caught up with extra tasks that might [...]
Goat Jockeying
Posted in Farm, LaMancha Goats, tagged goats, kidding on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four nights in a row. Wow! Real sleep, 7 hours last night, 9 each of the nights before that. Our babies are all doing well. Saturday morning we opened the three jugs (pens) up to each other in the main greenhouse so that the three goatie moms could mingle with their [...]
Obama and Biden on the Farm?
Posted in LaMancha Goats, tagged kidding on March 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Now that would be a miracle of a different kind for us! Instead we just had 4 goat kid miracles this week. We have never had a black-patterned goat on the farm, but now have 2! We are very excited to think that our new buck Elvis has brought us this wonderful diversity [...]
