Photo by George Becker on Pexels.com The past three days has been cold, windy and cloudy. I do not like stepping outside on cold days, like below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. I have never cared for the wind, and a cold north wind is miserable for me. I love to look at individual clouds and cloud…… Continue reading Savor the Sunshine
Tag: Sheep farming
Ear Tags
The yearling ewes I had retained are getting ready to lamb. The lambs from these ewes will be 75% or Full Blood Dorpers. I will be keeping all the ewe lambs from this group of ewes, but all the ram lambs will be able to be registered, either 75% or Full Blood Dorper. Before the…… Continue reading Ear Tags
Trimming Toes
Yesterday I was trimming toes on the replacement ewes that will lamb in March. I wanted to get their feet trimmed before they were too large. Trimming the feet of sheep is not all technical or hard, once you have the sheep to where you can get ahold of a foot to trim. I just…… Continue reading Trimming Toes
A New Addition
Today was sheep and goat auction. I go to the auction to meet friends who also raise sheep. The auction is mostly a social event, the twice a month I get off the farm. Most of the breeding animals going through the sale are unregistered or if registered, inferior to my needs, or culls -…… Continue reading A New Addition
Walking the Line
Photo by Blue Bird on Pexels.com Today was a warm, sunny day. A perfect day to walk the line, fence line that is. When the weather is a warm as today, but not overly warm, I check the fence line. I bring some wire, wire pliers and the dog, Hank along with me as I…… Continue reading Walking the Line
Vaccinating Ewes
Replacement ewes age 8 months. The barnyard is noisy with lambs and ewes bawling for each other. The ewes whose lambs I weaned are my breeding group A, older ewes that have been at the farm for a couple of years. I have a group of young ewes, replacement ewes. These ewes were born on…… Continue reading Vaccinating Ewes
It’s Noisy
Weaning time has arrive, actually I am a week late in weaning the lambs. Sheep for the most part are quiet animals, until weaning time. I will have two to three days and nights of constant baaing. I schedule weaning when the lambs are eight weeks old. This year due to a serious cold front…… Continue reading It’s Noisy
Mud and Foot Rot
Winter comes and sometimes brings us snow, ice, and cold. But the sun always comes out, the temperatures get warmer, and the mud arrives. I do not like mud. Mud can cause a health problem for the sheep called foot scald and foot rot. Both are the results of bacterial infections in the hoof of…… Continue reading Mud and Foot Rot
Rain, Sleet, Snow
Icicles on the gate Yesterday at noon the storm arrived with rain. A slow steady drizzle continued through the day and into the night. About 11 pm the rain turned to sleet coating everything with ice. Ice on the tree and bush next to the house. Sometime in the early morning hours the sleet turned…… Continue reading Rain, Sleet, Snow
Weather Curve Balls
I watch the weather. Sometimes the weather determines what jobs I will be doing that day. Today, the weather was great, warm and sunny. T-shirt weather I call it. But I spent all day prepping for the freezing rain and snowfall coming in tonight. Yeah, we went from T-shirts to Winter thermal garments in 12…… Continue reading Weather Curve Balls
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