Got that other pasture fenced just in time!
Hi Margalis!! Thanks for shout out clarifying. Funny I've been trying to find out more about livestock auction in Cleburne. I've been taking care of (31) abandoned Blackbelly Barbado, American Blackbelly Barbado, White face Dorper & Wool cross bred sheep dieing from starvation, malnutrition, barberpole worms, being pulled down by twin & triplet fetuses. Man that has stepped in to help me has Dorpers & has intentions of taking all Barbados to auction. I'm not very familiar with livestock auctions & requirements to sell. He was taking Texas Dall Ram, 1) Blackbelly Ram with good size horns & 2)Barbado/cross Ram kids today but his job called last min & sent him out of state. So he's kinda elected me to take Rams to auction if I want too. I'm not comfortable going in blind. I want to be able to take care of whatever is expected from sellers. I don't have specific details on sheep's background/history prior to 2021. I've recorded everything after that to current date. For some reason he had a man that was gona go with him to help him get good money for Rams. What that means or was supposed to intell I have no clue. Should I do same thing? Do I need to find an established seller/buyer to go with me or meet me at auction? This will be a trial run sorta. 8) Barbado Ewes are pregnant with twins, 1)White Faced Dorper Ewe carrying Triplets, 2) Dorper/Wool mix Ewes carrying singles. Those 2) Dorper mix Ewes should deliver in next 24-48 hrs. All the rest are due in 7 days. But 2) of them look like it will be alot sooner than that. I'm sure I have date they were bred off some. They'll eventually be taken to auction. My guess would be not before babies are 3 mths or when they're weaned. It's been my observation that Blackbellies aren't very popular. I wondering if there's a better venue to sell them through. Any info you could tell me about best way to go about selling them or goings on in general about auction I would greatly appreciate it. I don't own them but can't watch them suffer & will stay the course as long as they do provided their progressing & not suffering, with sole purpose of giving them a healthier & safer place to live abuse free like they deserve. These poor sheep have endured so much but haven't been broken. They have tremendous hearts, compassion for each other & trust me explicitly cuz I have always made sure to best of my ability they weren't mistreated in anyway starting with food & water. Then span out from there with special treats in form of apples, celery, carrots & licorice of all things. I wish I could find a rancher or someone that could take all of them as a herd & keep them together like they've been. So having said that...
Your tarp/shelter gives me an idea. I'm still trying to make a birthing place for rest of ewes but running out of options due to lack of materials to work with. Plus Ewes are separated as I told you into pens/my frt & back yard depending on how critical their state is. So multiple places have to be made. I'll go to feed store & round up some tarps with intentions of copying your creation. I'll let you if I crash in burn or fly like eagle with sucess!! Thanks for posting pics. BTW Your granddaughters are precious & really enjoy helping you cuz they love babies!!
