2024, Waiting on Lambs! 🤞 *Happy Thoughts* They're Here!😍

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Well, one sale might not work out, as Haven lost her tag, but apparently, I failed to transfer her into my name first. Ffs. Searching for a headshot of her original tag. Not having luck. Fk...

Was able to get a pic with original tag. *phew*


Caught 2 by the house and they looked fan n good, so let them go. Then caught the rest of the ewes. One lamb looked bad, got treated and left in the sick pen. Then 4 ewes were chosen for selling. Got their pics and listed them. Makes for 11 now listed to go.
The white lamb in sick pen looked fine, so kicked her out. There's now 28 ewes and 2 rams out free, 1 ram and 1 ewe in the sick pen. One ram to sell and the previous sick ewe to cull or sell. One lamb died from the 3wks of rain, she was fat and looked excellent.

 

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Kept ewes going back out until the next selection or until splitting for breeding.


Rams waiting and waiting.

 

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I understand why cattle and horses are the king of livestock....They don't F with hot wire every day of my life! Bloody sheep....Cannot wait to be back to very few of these demonic things!
The horses and Moos passed dozens of times, never even thinking of crossing. Sheep? Hah! Just making it worse each time.

 

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Single strands of electric are not meant for sheep or goats... especially wooled sheep....
We couldn't keep the sheep in 4 strands at the one place... Netting is about the only thing that works for them...
We run 2 strands of hot wire for the cattle at the nurse cow pasture... and they learned after maybe 2 times of going through it... and probably not on purpose... I won't use if for perimeter fence though....

Had a horse that got "bit" by the elec once... she would not even cross a wire laying on the ground after that....

 

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Single strands of electric are not meant for sheep or goats... especially wooled sheep....
We couldn't keep the sheep in 4 strands at the one place... Netting is about the only thing that works for them...
We run 2 strands of hot wire for the cattle at the nurse cow pasture... and they learned after maybe 2 times of going through it... and probably not on purpose... I won't use if for perimeter fence though....

Had a horse that got "bit" by the elec once... she would not even cross a wire laying on the ground after that....

Everyone on FB claims otherwise, especially hairsheep breeders.
Mine are wool, they respect nothing once the wool grows back in on their faces. Nets would kill them, as they stick their heads through field fencing.
It's impossible to get FB people to understand that they're wrong, my wool sheep don't believe in hot wire. They're welcome to own them a year and find out!

 

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Why are vets just like doctors??
They can change the appointment all the want but F you if you have to change it...Plus the 2-3wks booked out time frame.
Gotta catch and haul 3 ewes to the vet, but most recent appt change now says, vet may not even show up....
More reasons I cannot wait to be rid of sheep, vets don't prioritize them at all.

 

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Ewes Mimosa, Clefairy, Flim-Flam & unnamed have gone to their new home!
There's 7 left in the current sale pasture.
30 in the winter pasture, with 10-15 of them that must sell!


The 7 waiting for buyers.

 

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Moved the sale ewes to a slightly greener pasture.

 

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Two more found a home, delivering them later this week.
Five are left to push to sell. Afterwards, there will be thirty of them and I can be a bit more mellow about selling them off.



Have some ewes listed in my mind as maybes for sale next.

 

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Since I'm digging up the info for others on FB, here's two of the mills I've used.

Head Spring Fiber Mill

Head Spring Fiber Mill

headspringfibermill.com

Central Virginia Fiber Mill

Please call ahead if you'd like to visit or drop off fiber: 434-985-3669 or 434-760-1575, email or use comment section.

www.centralvirginiafibermill.com