Snowy Shearing

It is very cold and we have been having snow fluries all day. The snow isn't sticking very much but it was sticking a little. But four of our ewes aren't to impressed with the weather because they got sheared. These four ewes are going to lamb first so they are a little cold ,but there fleeces were beautiful! They will get to stay in the barn for a week so they can adjust to the weather. We will shear the rest of our ewes more towards January.

"We want our coats back!!"

Their beautiful fleeces!

~Nicole~

Fall Fun

Our sheep grazing in the field, in the center looking at you is our handsome boy Roosevelt .

The rain returned this morning after our break in the the weather. But there was a short break without rain this morning so I took the camera out to get some shots of the sheep. Our breeding season has come to a close. All our ewes have been marked and we are excitedly waiting for the first lambs to be born which we believe will be in the middle of December.

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Oscar hoping I will bring him some treats.



Dolly enjoying her breakfast.

~Nicole~

Growing Up

We received Woolbur and Emma when they were just a few days old. Woolbur's mother had rejected him. She had another twin and didn't want anything to do with him. In her effort to boot him out of the lambing jug, she broke one of the panels, and so, was finally successful in attaining her goal. She was rid of him. Woolbur went to the bummer pen where Emma already was and he quickly bonded to her. I don't know what Emma's story was, but Woolbur's, while sad, does occaisionally happen. A ewe accepts one lamb and rejects the other. A bummer lamb is a lamb that has been orphaned for whatever reason and must be reared artifically without mom.

Nicole had successfully raised a bummer lamb two years ago and she had been moping around, wishing she had another. So when we received the call that the farmer had two bummers, it was with much delight and enthusiasm that we went to pick them up. Now it is three months later. Emma is a whopping 86 lbs. and Woolbur is a respectable 74 lbs. It is time to wean them off the bottle. Emma has the potential to be a show lamb. She must stay in the barn so she doesn't become bedraggled by the abundant rain we've been having. Woolbur went out with another lamb we have to a little paddock next to the barn. He DID NOT like being seperated from Emma and was very vocal about it. Now, a few days later, we've taken the bottle away. He is not impressed by this change either. Growing up can be so hard to do!

Woolbur & Cookie in their paddock, looking rather bedraggled. It has been raining...again!

Emma in the barn...waiting. She's wondering if I've relented and brought her a bottle.