2022 Waiting on Lambs Journal

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Found a very helpful website for importing livestock across state lines!

animalregs, CLICK HERE


110 bales of mixed grass hay arriving soon.

 

[farmerjan]

Pretty decent looking hay. You might want to consider buying more if they have it., and you can store it. Hay prices are going to be higher this year and there may very well be less available. Every farmer around here is talking about cutting the amount of fertilizer due to the costs doubling and more. Less fertilizer will be less quantity. On top of that, the fuel costs are going out of sight and it will cost a small fortune to make hay. If the "administration" decides to stop buying Russian oil, thus paying for them to invade Ukraine, then prices are going to go up again... this country cannot ramp up production at the drop of a hat. It will cause prices to go higher, and it will take awhile for things to get leveled out or for us to start realizing more output.

 

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Pretty decent looking hay. You might want to consider buying more if they have it., and you can store it. Hay prices are going to be higher this year and there may very well be less available. Every farmer around here is talking about cutting the amount of fertilizer due to the costs doubling and more. Less fertilizer will be less quantity. On top of that, the fuel costs are going out of sight and it will cost a small fortune to make hay. If the "administration" decides to stop buying Russian oil, thus paying for them to invade Ukraine, then prices are going to go up again... this country cannot ramp up production at the drop of a hat. It will cause prices to go higher, and it will take awhile for things to get leveled out or for us to start realizing more output.

They only have 110 bales available. And it's the sheep that tell me if the hay is any good. Might look like gold to us, but if they won't eat it, it might as well be moldy mush.

 

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Well, day one, yearlings ate all the hay. Day two, on strike. They won't get their pellets until late in the day, maybe that'll help. Or they'll just continue to be stubborn.
Moos took 24hrs to eat their flake, with pellets held back until they ate the hay. They need to be eating a lot more hay & far less pellets, they don't like that though. Lol. Haven't checked yet to see if they've eaten their 2nd flake of hay yet.
Both on pasture, not much growing yet, but they don't believe it.

No lambs yet, but we're getting close!

First serving comparisons.
Moos-


Yearlings-



Looks like tomorrow will be new bale day! Tonight, I'll smoosh it down to 3 panels for them to get the rest.

 

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Lambing Season finally started!
28F and snowing, but Fossa decided it was the best time.

Fossa × Apostle
A ram at 12:50 & ewe at 1:40. Ram has white on head, ewe looks solid black. Will recheck tomorrow when fully dry.
Ram was a bit stuck, right leg at neck, left wasn't found until I pulled some, then found it by chest. Pulled it forward and out he came.
Ewe slipped out & got up asap! Lol

 

[farmerjan]

Thank goodness you were able to get to them right away. Of course they always pick the crappiest weather to want to have babies. Congrats on the new additions and the start of the lambing season. It is colder than all get out over here and the wind is blowing with hard gusts this afternoon. Hope that it warms up quick again. They can function quite well in 30 nights and 50-60 days... but it is so hard on all babies in this cold wind; added to the wet ground from the rain and snow.

 

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Sugar had a ram outside in the storm, half frozen, might have frostbite.
Sire is Billy.



Willow had twin rams, brought her in before she had them. Sire is Michaelis.




Some others look like they might go tonight, so I'm staying up & checking.


Power is out because of a broken pole. Ugh. Always our house without power. Neighbor is fine. In my field working on another pole, too. Hate this house.

 

[Mini Horses]

Glad you found the lamb and hope it is ok.

Boo on power outage!

 

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It seems that Juliana had triplets and lost them all. Frozen to death because of this shyt weather.

Going to push back future seasons by another week. Such avoidable loss really me off.


All of yesterday's lambs are alive, fed & healthy.

 

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Moved Patchie & Ewenique in with the yearlings. Can check on them easier, they seem to be close.
Also moved in Raichu, but she might be practicing instead, not sunken like the other two.