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I have to dig a leach field. My current system is a tank with a pipe that goes to a ditch in the field by my home. That pipe got broken up and clogged so that’s I found out about it and technically that’s a big no no. Most people are booked out for weeks but my bishop was able to find someone...

@Ridgetop you make a good point. Maybe it would be worth keeping them. Ive been out with a bottle again to at least get the lambs used to the idea of taking a bottle but I really haven’t had to. Everyone looks great and Heart is in fine condition. The big white one I pulled is actually the...

Heart is already pretty tame. She was raised as a bottle baby so getting her to walk up to me for a little extra is really not difficult. I was surprised though I went out with a bottle to try and get the lambs to try and take it now on the chance I have to pull one off later they’ll...

So the third was a little ewe lamb. I’ve been keeping an eye on everybody and so far mama seems to be providing enough groceries that no one is going without. Heart is ravenous though, she eats anything that comes into reach. She never tried to eat my pants before but if it look edible she’s...

It’s been a while for which I apologize. Where we haven’t really had loads going on with the animal side of things I haven’t really updated for a while though I have been lurking here and there. Mostly been working on finishing up the basement in the new house. But we finally have animal...

My ewe fear stemmed mainly from my experience two years ago, when I didn’t separate my ram from the ewes. Heart had a stillborn and bellwether had triplets on February 8th that year. Where we were getting close to that first part of February and nobody even looked pregnant I had my worries...

Man we’ve only had consistent flurries that just melts it’s weird seeing places that shouldn’t have snow be all snowbound like that. We’d gladly trade you

It’s been an incredibly dry winter this year, but today we finally got some much needed snow. It snowed all morning and I won’t say one word of complaint about it because we need it. It has drifted into the sheep shelter so that just gives me an idea of the changes I’ll need to make in the...

Sorry you’ve gotta suffer with doofus but way to put your foot down about the house. Sounds like the kind of pest that if he got in you’d never get him out!

I will say that I have been incredibly impressed with kelpies and how they work. They seem to be completely fearless and totally focused on their job, from puppies on up to the old timers. I’ve gotten to work around them with cows and they will not back down. They’re definitely on my “Dogs to...

Well I got the trailer rewired, the left turn signal wire was loose in the connection housing so whether that attributed to the issue or not is unknown. I’m starting to get a little nervous about lambs for this year. My crutching the other day was more of an excuse to cut out the dags and as...

Yesterday was a really nice day and I managed to get a bunch done. Went out with Bella and rounded up the sheep to do some crutching on the ewes and clean up the rams back end. Where it’s just an open corral I couldn’t hope to get this done without Bella. She has a ways to go but she is still...

It was hard to give her up, we’d had her for five years. But I’d rather see her happy living with someone else rather than always tied up or dead. This cold weather really makes it hard to get things done, not just because the ground is hard but because when it’s 17 degrees out I get hit with...

Aren’t bikers and hikers supposed to yield to horses? Or is it different in Idaho?

I’ve been discussing with the plumber the desire to run water out there in the spring so we are running lines accordingly. The thing is there was a frost free hose bib on the west side once upon a time they just removed it and filled the hole. But the water line still runs to that spot so it...

So we’re all recovered from Covid and on the mend. I still have no sense of smell but everything else is a lot better. One down side to our new home is that the hose bib I saw by where my corrals are is connected to the sprinkler line so it doesn’t work during the winter and the only other hose...

I’m also in Utah, and while I’ve never lost my fingers due to cold I did lose my wedding ring about 5 years ago after breaking the ice up and pulling the big pieces out of the trough. Darn thing slipped off into the snow and I didn’t even realize because I couldn’t feel anything. Figured it...

Well we finally got a place. Not the one we were looking at but it’s a good home on an acre out in the agricultural zone. We’re grandfathered in with an acre, the city passed a law 60 years ago saying if anyone wanted to build out here they needed 10 acres so we shouldn’t see too much...

@Ridgetop hes told me he’s considering Boer goats, apparently a couple down the road have him sold on them. He worries sheep might be too much maintenance for him as he has an ailing wife and several other projects. He haS a mess of apple trees that he makes cider from and runs 50 beehives...

We’ll find something, and probably have to overpay to get it but that’s ok. It’ll all work out in the end. For now we save money that will be added with our housing fund and improve our ability to get a home. Sheep are back at the neighbors, he fenced off more of his property and asked us to...