Aggieterpkatie- The Daily Bleating-LOTS of pics 4/17

[elevan]

Happy Thanksgiving Aggie

 

[daisychick]

 

[elevan]

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Well it has been ages and ages since I've updated this, but there's lots going on now so I thought maybe I'd try to update it. We'll see how it goes.

The sheep are being flushed for breeding now. I'm trying to line up a ram to borrow again this year. I've got Southdown ram lambs who are acting like they've been hit by the puberty bus, and I'm sure they'd love to help out with breeding, but I guess I should try to get an unrelated ram first. I've got the rams separated now after I saw them acting interested in the ewes, and now they're getting grain to go ahead and get them ready for freezer camp. Hopefully they'll be ready in a couple months, but our freezers are jam packed so not really sure what we're going to do with them. :/

The buck for my 2 Ober does is coming on Saturday. He's the buck I bought from NC 3 falls ago. I sold him to some folks back in my hometown, about 2 hours away. I was going to go pick him up, but they offered to bring him to me since he's big and they worried he'd damage our truck cap. Fine with me! So this year June will be bred again (this will be her 4th breeding) and her yearling daughter, Ida, will be bred for the first time. I'm So.Darn.Excited about her breeding...I don't want to jinx it but I can't wait to see what she has, how her udder looks, etc. She has a precocious udder, so she's already lactating (but I"m NOT milking her). I'm going to be drying June off in the next month, but I'm stocking the freezer up for milk for soap now. It'll be nice to have an extended break from milking (well, from probably October to Feb).

The meat rabbit babies that were born in May are finally all processed. I did keep one pretty doe I like. I may try to sell her. If I can't sell her, I may just breed her eventually. Who knows. Not that I need another doe...

And, in other news, I got a call from a potential wholesale client (for my soaps, lip balms, and lotion bars) who is interested in selling my stuff in their store. I have to go meet them tomorrow, about an hour and a half away. I'm excited, because it's a pretty big store!

 

[aggieterpkatie]

OOh yay. I just called my sheep breeder guy and he said I can borrow a ram from him, so I'll go pick him up this Sunday. This will be the weekend of love.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Here are pictures of the buck that came to our house on Saturday. I originally bought this buck from a breeder in NC in the fall of 2009. I kept him for the breeding season then sold him to some folks that live a couple hours away. We've kept in touch and they're nice enough to let me use him again this year. The buck I used the past 2 years was his son, but I sold him last year. Ida, my yearling doe, is the granddaughter of Mammoth (this buck). I'm so excited to breed back to him this year because he's really matured into a nice looking buck. He's LONG. He's a sweetheart, which is good because he's very strong. Luckily he doesn't realize that. The does aren't crazy about him yet, but hopefully they'll change their tune soon.

 

[Roll farms]

He is a nice lookin' buck.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Here's the ram lamb I'm borrowing this year. Hoping he'll gain some weight! He went in with the ewes today.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Well, I haven't seen any action, but this morning June (Ober doe) smelled like the buck all over...so I'm guessing there's some action going on.

 

[jodief100]

Your buck is Purty.