Baymule
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Love the pics! A cat in your lap is comforting. Is that a spinning wheel? It looks small and compact, doesn’t take up much room.
Purplequeenvt in 2025
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purplequeenvt
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It’s an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0. Small, but powerful. The bobbin holds just as much, if not more, yarn as a traditional wheel.
It’s very portable and can run on a battery which makes it great to take to gatherings or events. It’s also affordable which makes spinning more accessible.
Spinning on my traditional wheel aggravates my bad knee to the point where I can barely walk. I’ve done all my spinning on it since 2021.
Baymule
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That is outstanding! I’ve always seen the more traditional spinning wheels. This one is much more user friendly.
Bad knee? I limped around for years, finally to the point of hardly able to walk. Had knee replacement surgery, it was life changing! Granted, mechanical knee doesn’t have the bend radius that a “born with” knee doesn’t, but I couldn’t bend it anyway. I can’t squat down, but I couldn’t squat before either and was in 24-7 pain. I’m sure you already know all that, and someday it will probably come down to replacement surgery for you, just wanted to let you know the positives on it.
Bad knee? I limped around for years, finally to the point of hardly able to walk. Had knee replacement surgery, it was life changing! Granted, mechanical knee doesn’t have the bend radius that a “born with” knee doesn’t, but I couldn’t bend it anyway. I can’t squat down, but I couldn’t squat before either and was in 24-7 pain. I’m sure you already know all that, and someday it will probably come down to replacement surgery for you, just wanted to let you know the positives on it.
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purplequeenvt
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There was a mishap in the barn yesterday and Jemima’s boy ended up with a broken leg.
Someone knocked a heavy feeder onto him at 1115. I was at work and didn’t discover that he was stuck until almost 930pm and it was only because I was checking the cameras to see if we were getting bad weather at home yet (I was still at work) that I realized there was an issue.
He was behind the feeder and not visible on the camera unless he tried to get up. I only figured out he was stuck when poor Jemima was running back and forth from the barn to the feeder, screaming. I had to call someone to rescue him because the hospital was under a tornado warning and I wasn’t going to be able to leave for almost an hour.
I checked on him when I got home and he was wet and hurting, but seemed otherwise ok. I saw him up and nursing multiple times.
I made plans to get supplies to splint his leg this morning, but then my next-door-sister told me that she had stuff to make a fiberglass cast so we did that instead. That will work a lot better.
He broke his metacarpal bone (bone between the hock and the pastern). I’m glad it was there instead of his tibia or femur as those would have been more complicated to fix. He also missed the joints.
He’s a tough little guy. Not actually little though, he’s 17lbs at 5 days old.
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The 2nd to last Border Leicester lambed this morning. Another first time mom and she took right to mothering without an issue. She had a single white ewe.
The last ewe (not including the new Shetlands) is due 4/4.
Someone knocked a heavy feeder onto him at 1115. I was at work and didn’t discover that he was stuck until almost 930pm and it was only because I was checking the cameras to see if we were getting bad weather at home yet (I was still at work) that I realized there was an issue.
He was behind the feeder and not visible on the camera unless he tried to get up. I only figured out he was stuck when poor Jemima was running back and forth from the barn to the feeder, screaming. I had to call someone to rescue him because the hospital was under a tornado warning and I wasn’t going to be able to leave for almost an hour.
I checked on him when I got home and he was wet and hurting, but seemed otherwise ok. I saw him up and nursing multiple times.
I made plans to get supplies to splint his leg this morning, but then my next-door-sister told me that she had stuff to make a fiberglass cast so we did that instead. That will work a lot better.
He broke his metacarpal bone (bone between the hock and the pastern). I’m glad it was there instead of his tibia or femur as those would have been more complicated to fix. He also missed the joints.
He’s a tough little guy. Not actually little though, he’s 17lbs at 5 days old.
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The 2nd to last Border Leicester lambed this morning. Another first time mom and she took right to mothering without an issue. She had a single white ewe.
The last ewe (not including the new Shetlands) is due 4/4.
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Sad it took so long for you to get him fixed up but he looks perky in the picture... hope all will work out. At least you know what you are doing with things like that...
Nice when first timers "get it" and start out with a good attitude... I am not a big fan of first calf heifers in the beef cattle, but we have found out that letting them get a little older before calving ....27-30 months as opposed to the 22-25 months most are pushing..... has resulted in us having MUCH MUCH better results with first timers... You do what works .......
Nice when first timers "get it" and start out with a good attitude... I am not a big fan of first calf heifers in the beef cattle, but we have found out that letting them get a little older before calving ....27-30 months as opposed to the 22-25 months most are pushing..... has resulted in us having MUCH MUCH better results with first timers... You do what works .......
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purplequeenvt
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I’m upset that he sat there all day with his leg broken and stuck and then got poured on. I couldn’t splint him last night because he was so wet and muddy. It’s always shocking how resilient lambs can be. I caught him bouncing around the pen like a crazy man tonight so I think he’s feeling ok.
Until I fix the legs on the feeder so it can’t get pushed over, I’m going to tip it on its side after they’re done with their grain.
I don’t breed my ewes until they are around 18mo, but there’s always that worry that one will lose her brain after lambing.
Baymule
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Poor little guy, I know you feel bad that he was stuck there all day. But he’s all fixed up now and looking good. I wouldn’t know how to fix a broken leg, your knowledge sure came in handy.
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purplequeenvt
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My broken-leg buddy is doing great. He does not seem to be in much pain and he gets around and nurses without problem.
We’ve got some massive storms rolling in tonight. We’re under a tornado watch until around 2am and we’re supposed to get a lot of rain through the rest of the week. So far it’s just really windy. We hopefully won’t lose power, but I’ve showered, done the laundry, and washed the dishes so we’re all set if we do. We don’t lose water when we don’t have power. I’ve already drugged Twist to reduce his storm stress. Neither of us sleep well during storms because he’s afraid and tries to sit on my head.
Jura, the last Border Leicester to lamb, is in the lambing pen. She’s due on Friday, but her udder filled a lot today and with the storms, she could go sooner. She is looking uncomfortable tonight.
I sheared the 2 new Shetland girls this afternoon. Meadow (the brown spotted ewe) is definitely bred. I’m already washing her fleece. Edith (the black ewe) doesn’t look obviously bred, but she’s still scanning bred with the Preg-Tone. She could be due sometime in June.
We’ve got some massive storms rolling in tonight. We’re under a tornado watch until around 2am and we’re supposed to get a lot of rain through the rest of the week. So far it’s just really windy. We hopefully won’t lose power, but I’ve showered, done the laundry, and washed the dishes so we’re all set if we do. We don’t lose water when we don’t have power. I’ve already drugged Twist to reduce his storm stress. Neither of us sleep well during storms because he’s afraid and tries to sit on my head.
Jura, the last Border Leicester to lamb, is in the lambing pen. She’s due on Friday, but her udder filled a lot today and with the storms, she could go sooner. She is looking uncomfortable tonight.
I sheared the 2 new Shetland girls this afternoon. Meadow (the brown spotted ewe) is definitely bred. I’m already washing her fleece. Edith (the black ewe) doesn’t look obviously bred, but she’s still scanning bred with the Preg-Tone. She could be due sometime in June.
Baymule
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I got a visual of Twist trying to sit on your head and busted out laughing. Storm here Friday for the warm up and grand slam on Saturday. Storm warnings for your part of the country are much worse. Keep your cell phone charged and please check in with us!
