2021, Waiting on lambs!

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More first CDTs for lambs today.
Process now starts all over again for the 2nd shot.
Shearing is tomorrow!
Since it's after Noon, I'll move the ewes to the small yard around barn & the rams into the little area right by the barn for the night.
Tomorrow, I'll move the rams over and into the barn. Then the ewes will go in.
I got the 3 wandering rams in the back yard, will need to move them over with the mature rams today.

Also got headshots for 8 of the lambs. 15 more to get! And I need to castrate 4 rams, too.

 

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Got the 4 castrated.

 

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Is Fossa bred or not?

Yellow n blue

Some of them lay still, others refuse.

 

[farmerjan]

Got a letter about taxes and the business and such. I have literally no clue what to fill in, cannot leave stuff blank, but nothing is used. A shovel, scissors, idk...syringes? What the heck do you put when a farmer of livestock w/o heavy equipment??
100%

I'm so lost!
All I know is I'm getting taxed, AGAIN, for crap I already own, even if it's worthless and whatnot.
No wonder everyone just goes under the radar...

If you are running it as a farm business, get a farm cpa to do your taxes. We do the basics, then take the farm info, all the papers the cpa wants, and they do the taxes. They have found different deductions, how to do depreciation and all that. All our equipment, except the discbine, is more than 20 years old. We buy and sell cattle. I understand that you do not "deal" with alot of buying and selling, and don't have much equipment.... but didn't you get a new (newer) tractor last year or 2 that you were doing the grading of the flat where you were going to build a barn? There is no way we can keep up with the changing tax laws.... paying for a cpa has paid for its self 1000 times over....
You get anything from any "official government" be it state or federal or anything, you call the cpa or send it to them and they tell you what to do or not do. One wrong answer, even if you think it is right or honest, can be construed wrong and cost you.... and it will continue to cost you down the road.

 

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Got all the rams together. They look like crap, dang pup. Moved pup out with the other lgd. Won't be able to leave her with them. Ugh.
Hoping they look okay under all that wool.

 

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Got the rest of the headshots!
Now to wait on shearer & later to figure out which registries allow emailed pics & which I have to print out.

 

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At the end, I ran around like a headless chicken looking for 148. Where's 148?!! Omg, did she get eaten?!!
Oh, it's Mimosa...

 

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Magnemite!

Kibito eating thorns

Eevee

Tatiana, will lamb eventually

The studs

All except 3 fleeces will be tossed out!

Ah, shorn sheep on lush pasture. Wonderful!

Kibito FINALLY looking great!! Free feeding alfalfa during winter & spring is the key!

 

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The yearling & last lamb. Who wants em?

 

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