Especially in a state that is full of old retired people :lol: seriously though its is a good business to get in to here with an aging population. Our state doesn't have many young people, they usually move out of state as they get older and only come back to vacation here.
Thank you!
Yes school is much easier when you are younger with less responsibility. Although I feel as though I am a better student now, I am aware of just how important a good education can be and can hunker down and focus easier. Thankfully hubby helps out a lot and picks up some extra...
Well, last week was my first week back at school in many years. I figured since almost all my kids are in school full time , that it would be a good time to get my degree. Its been quite a change dealing with showing sheep, taking care of animals and kids and doing my school work. Its only going...
They decided to venture out of the barn for a quick graze since it was a fairly cool morning yesterday. The pasture is doing ok. But we miss having cattle to keep it grazed down a bit. Our pasture is a bit to much for our few amount of sheep to keep up with.
We decided that we need to add at...
I don't have a lot of knowledge in this, but I know that when we had our barn delivered we prepped the ground with a high quality fairly large gravel that provided drainage but wouldn't wash away. On top of that gravel we put rubber mats in the stalls where the sheep are kept at night and during...
Yay finally back from the fair.
Its been a long tiring 7 days. But everything went well, the sheep did great and so did the humans :p
Our ram valor placed 2nd which we are VERY pleased with as the ram that placed 1st was a huge january lamb that was very well built, and big, valor held his own...
Morning all!
I used to love bananas , then after I had my kids I couldn't eat them anymore , they give me
severe stomach pain , I can only eat them cooked in to something like bread ect. Same thing happened with honey. I can't eat that without
the stomach pain :( they are both so yummy...
we usually do the sheep on the grooming/fitting stand, i push it up beside the wall so they dont fall off the other way, makes it easier on my back to have them up higher :D
they are at a show currently , and im at home doing chores and taking care of the other farm animals. When i get back to the show I will take a picture :)
I don't think it will effect their show ability, at least the breed standard doesn't mention it. I might get placed lower, but i think it depends on the judge.
they are on a high protein lamb show and grow grain. and high-octane champion drive and high octane power fuel top dresses. The other...
i feel like we definitely over fed her lol I call her boss hoss she is like a cow stuck in a sheep body lol She even has some fat rolls under her neck/jaw area o_O
Yeah , its my first year with show ewes....so i get nervous when i see no other ewes there with an udder and then here comes my...
well we all arrived at the fair ok, got the sheep comfy, and the camper set up. Seems to be some pretty good Katahdin competition. I cant wait to see how our ram does, I think him and the ewe lamb have the highest chances of placing but we shall see.
my one yearling ewe that I thought was kind...
Well, we leave for the fair Saturday , so typically I wash the sheep the day before .....of course its raining....hasnt rained in weeks and mother nature picks today to rain. Here's to hoping it stops later in the day. :fl
I love our red ewe, so easy to keep clean, just a quick wash and she is...