More rain

And it’s raining again!  First we don’t get any rain, and now we have a week of it.  But on the positive side, our most recent lambs are doing very well.  I was worried about our newbies.  But we kept them together for a few extra days and let them out yesterday morning.  They seem [...]

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And Esther winds up the 2012 lambing season

Esther finally got around to going into labor.  Not that it was obvious to me at all on the 11 PM check!  All was peaceful and everyone was lying down and cudding about then and by 2 AM we had a problem.  John came in from a middle of the night check and let me [...]

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Sunny Sunday

It was an amazingly refreshing day.  It gave me the opportunity to do a little relaxing.  I have had a few things hanging, waiting to get accomplished and I was able to take care of one or two, which was very satisfying. Washing up Etti’s hoggett fleece took a few hours while I got about [...]

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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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Friday update

The week is over and waiting is still the name of the lamb game.  Yesterday morning we let Beezus and her twins out into the paddock.  It’s always a real pleasure to see the babies as they explore their new world.  By yesterday afternoon they had engaged BabyBea and were doing the twilight romp around [...]

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Thank you, Lupine

Not to be maudlin, but we have another obituary for the record.  This time for one of our all-time favorite ewes, Lupine.  (She is in the header photo above, the white one with her eyes closed).  She and Fuzzy Lumpkin were born the same year, both daughters of our Border Leicester ram Mr. Big.  We [...]

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2 Lamb transport

Today we had a very lovely send-off for two of our 2011 lambs.  They are going up state toward Greenville to live on another farm.  I am so very pleased to have been able to sell a few lambs this year for breeding stock.  Most of our lambs go to meat, which is good also, [...]

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Weekend

Memorial Day weekend was going quite well until early this a.m.  We had a terrific thunder and lightning storm break out in the wee hours, around 3.  I was already awake, as usual, and got up when the rain started.  (I couldn’t remember if I had closed all the windows in my car).  I checked [...]

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Post-lambing days

We have been recuperating and trying to get a little more sleep this past week after the lambing and kidding extravaganza.  Every afternoon as I am finishing chores I stay up with the sheep and goats and watch the babies and their antics.  While the moms are very focused on their dinner, the babies take [...]

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