It’s been a long week. A tough week. Still not feeling on top of the lingering chest cold and then of course everything changes so quickly when it’s breeding and butcher season. Kyra’s Boy’s departure left a big gap as he was always our meeter and greeter at the house, and then to top it [...]
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Long Week Over
Posted in Farming, Food, LaMancha Goats, Lambs, Sheep, tagged butcher, Kyra's Boy on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Harvest Day and Goodbye to Kyra’s Boy
Posted in Farming, Food, Gardens, Sheep, tagged beets, harvest, Kyra's Boy, potatoes, rams on October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Aside from having been really sick with this blasted chest cold, today turned out to be a beautiful day. The sun was shining and the leaves are looking gorgeous, and it was so warm that I traded my turtleneck and my vest for a t-shirt. We decided that it was time to harvest all of [...]
In the field
Posted in Farm, Seasons, Sheep, tagged breeding, Coopworth sheep on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We finally were able to get the field breeding group coated yesterday! Yay! Now we can get our little Hamish in there with them in the hopes that the breeding will go smoothly and quickly. The girls and Jingle the donkey have been busy eating the last of the grass down there, and will probably [...]
It’s that time again!
Posted in Seasons, Sheep, goats, tagged autumn, breeding, Coopworth sheep, LaMancha Goats on October 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The natives are restless.
Elvis the buck is smelling so odiferous that you know he’s there long before you even catch sight of him (a sure sign of the onset of breeding time) and
Mr. Big the ram is constantly peering pensively over the fence. It won’t be long now… we have the ewes at the starting [...]
Lamb Shearing
Posted in Farm, Fiber, Lambs, Sheep, tagged fleece, shearing on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had an absolutely gorgeous weekend! Amazing weather, cool but sunny. It really feels like autumn has arrived. It was the perfect time to have Emily the shearer join us for the fall lamb shearing.
Here Persimmon is in our shearing “waiting” room. She is not a lamb, but she is half Border Leicester and [...]
Donkey Trek
Posted in Farm, Livestock guards, Pasture, Sheep, tagged Coopworth sheep, donkeys on August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We have been discombobulated here on the farm, what with the animal nursing and crazy weather. It’s been an intention of ours to get our guard donkey, Jingle, down to the pasture to be with the rams for quite some time. Since the rams had to come home because of Kyra’s Boy’s leg issues, we [...]
Sheep Doctoring Update
Posted in Farming, Sheep, tagged rams on July 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s 6 days since we had Kyra’s Boy at the vet for his leg ailment. He seems to be coming along; the leg is less swollen and it’s draining a lot less. He’s on the heavy-duty meds, eating well, and is taking it easy, but calling for his meals from his sickbed! [...]
Sheep Doctoring. In the Rain (what a surprise).
Posted in Farming, Sheep, Weather, tagged rain, rams, vets on July 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I feel like Nurse Nina this week. Our beloved ram, Kyra’s Boy, has been ailing. Late last week he was down in the pasture with his alter-ego, Mr. Big, when we found that he had a swollen and lame back leg. Usually we see a lame front leg if one of the sheep or goats [...]
Out to Pasture
Posted in Farming, Maine, Sheep, Weather on July 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is the back of John’s truck awhile ago when we actually had a break in the rain. We had had to dig our rolls of electric fence out of the field where they had been rolled and stacked last fall, and then snowed upon before we got them home. If it looks [...]
Hamish the Lamb
Posted in Farm, Lambs, Sheep, tagged Coopworth sheep, Lambs on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The lambs are growing incredibly fast and having a great time playing follow-the-leader and Red Rover in the paddock. Hamish, one of Kate’s boys, finds a congenial spot for a rest after a frolic with his friends.
Hamish and his brother Macbeth (named after one of my favorite literary detectives created by M.C. Beaton) are two [...]
