The Turtle parade

It’s that time of year again.  The painted turtle parade across the property has begun.  It’s egg-laying time, and the turtles who were hatched here seem to find themselves a little corner of the Ruit Farm on which to lay their eggs.  The area that we call the winter sheep paddock is very sandy and [...]

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Not a peep or a baa, just a squeak

That’s right, we still are waiting on Esther!  But it’s ok, the weather is beautiful and it’s the beginning of our April break from school.  I am ready! Last night while I was out feeding our bottle girl her nighttime feed I stayed out in the sheep paddock to enjoy the stars and the balmy [...]

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Holiday weekend

The weekend has come and gone too quickly, but it was an enjoyable one.  Passover began this past Friday night (and we definitely celebrated with a beef rib roast) and Easter Sunday was yesterday.  We had a visit from the younger son and his family which was fun on Sunday afternoon.  I was a total [...]

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Quiet week

It’s been that, but also a fun week of watching the lambs investigate their new surroundings.  We got some nasty weather in the past few days, so we didn’t let the newest 4 out of their pens until midday today.  I didn’t want to keep them in there any longer, so even though it was [...]

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And Fern is next, finally!

We have been very sleep deprived for the last 3 weeks.  But the homestretch is now in sight.   Sunday morning’s activities with Fuzzy and her breech boys put a dent in my stamina and we really had no idea when Fern would go into labor, but she and her mother Fuzzy were initially bred the [...]

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Fuzzy’s ordeal

Saturday we had a very relaxing day.  Our friend Chris came over and we had some fun time with the lambs, and then just sat and chatted for awhile before going over to Hatchtown Farm‘s ram shearing late in the afternoon.  That was a wonderful time, handling those gorgeous and incredibly large fleeces!  Then we [...]

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Beezus’ great moment

She did a great job and had her lambs last night while no one was watching!  Typical.  She likes her privacy and is not always thrilled to have people handling her and being around.  It is totally awesome that she had the lambs herself.  When I got out there at 10:30, both were up and [...]

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Lambs, not

More waiting again!  HoneyBea and her ewe lamb BabyBea are doing really well.  We docked and tagged the little one yesterday afternoon and found that she had gained over 2.25 lbs. since her birth.  So she is doing well.  All the other ewes are looking quite overloaded with lambs, but no one is showing any [...]

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First lamb up

We got an easy one for the first birth of the year.  HoneyBea surprised us with a beautfiul, large single ewe lamb last night (13.75 lbs).  She must have been born in close to record time, as John was out there around 9 and nothing was brewing.  I went out close to 11:30 and there [...]

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Expectantly expectant

And lambing still has yet to begin!  I think we are going to have a flood of lambs all in one day the way things are going. Sheesh!  We have had a number of pep talks, but so far no one is listening.  I really thought would one of them would have chosen a lovely [...]

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