Now That's a Picture of the week!I managed to catch this picture tonight! How sweet is this??I think he's trying to make me melt with his sweetness so I'll forget he was a bad boy today.
Also, the level of trust this ewe has in him speaks for itself. It's a good dog if the sheep feel comfortable enough to use him as a pillow.
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Exactly what I was thinking!
Last fall when I got my buck and bred my first doe, it was so easy. I put him in the doe barn and they were done in two minutes. I took him back, and five months later we had kids. Silly me thought it would always be that easy. Four or five heat cycles and 6 or 7 fruitless buck visits later this spring, I realized I was doing something wrong. Some wise people told me I was likely missing their standing heat window, since they were together only 15 minutes at a time. So I changed plans. The junior doe went in with the buck. She hated him at first, and I will post a picture from the "I hate him" time period in which she grew wings. But now they get along. I'm hoping that means she is bred. I'm getting a preg test done at the end of the month. The other doe I am trying to breed is in milk, so she has to stay in the doe barn. The last time she was in heat was the beginning of the month and I put her in after morning milking and took her out when it was time to milk again. She has not been back into heat, so I'm hopeful. So we'll see what happens! At least I know better now. Seems I'm always learning something.
