2018, Waiting on Lambs! ♡

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He marks the end of this year's lambing season.
Matilda has no udder and doesn't look round enough.
10 sets of twins & 8 singles. 16 rams & 12 ewes.

 

[animalmom]

Good save on the wee ram lamb. Hope he continues to improve.

 

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Let them out today.

Got a gate up! Had to move the far left post...one gate hangs on ended up an inch too close to the fence, so gate can't swing both ways. =/

Got about half the tposts out in their rough locations to install. Bloody heavy things!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Progress on your pens!!

Glad the little ram is coming around.

 

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Rest of the posts are in the general area! Might need to move a couple over that I pulled out the old land, then I can start pounding them in place!

 

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Got all the braced posts done!
Gate to the end paddock is between the white tape and the far angle brace.
Gate to the middle paddock is between the angle brace and combo brace.

Braces on the left are the corners of the first and middle paddocks.
The combo braces in the middle and far middle are where gates will be for the utility truck to have access to the power pole down there.

Up by the barn is a brace for the first paddock which will connect to cattle panels that will surround the barn. Panels will be about 16ft from the barn. And there will be a gate in the panel by that brace so sheep will go in up there and not down the alleyway. I will have swinging gates that will be open or closed in the alleyway to direct where the sheep are to go next.
I plan on adding a leanto in a few years for the sheep to lamb in, it'll be about 12ft wide, so I'll have the panels go around the area the leanto will be, so I won't have to redo fencing later!

This hill I will hack up to even it out some.

 

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9 out of 11 lambs are in the chicken yard. Wild 2 are in the dog yard.

Frieza cooling off

 

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Got all but 4 in-line posts in!
Last 4 I need to scavenge from the reclaim pile.
Now I can order fence rolls! Well, should of done that way earlier...

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Even more progress! Do you have enough LGDs for all those paddocks??

 

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Have 3, might be one too many most of the time.
Older female can be alone. Male can't live w/o being with the older female, has a cow over it and tries to get back to her. He's castrated, just overly needy and attached to her. Their pup seems to not particularly care who she's stuck with.
Going to use cattle panels as gates, so may make them short enough for the dogs to hop over. If not, I'll build Aframe jump coops along fencelines for the dogs to climb. Just need to use something long lasting and not wool pallets. The sheep usually don't jump and then only the lambs can get enough air to possibly escape a low gate, but need motivation for that. And don't climb. So I don't worry about them getting out.