Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[Bridgemoof]

I have to retract my last statement. Tim cut Paddy open and said he was completely bloated, and it didn't appear that anything went in his lungs. He just was full of fluid and food in his belly. Maybe he had a blockage? I guess I feel a little better that he didn't drown. But I think drenching him and adding more fluid crashed him. Anyways, Tim's conscience is clear, but I still feel pretty bad about it. I'm just going to keep my mouth shut.

 

[purplequeenvt]

Oh Bridge! I'm so sorry!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

So sorry Bridge.

 

[Ownedby3alpacas]

 

[autumnprairie]

so sorry Bridge

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Sorry bridge! That is so rough.

 

[promiseacres]

so sorry about the sheep!

 

[elevan]

 

[jodief100]

I am so sorry. It is rough when you have so much at once to deal with. I wish I could do or say more because my sympathies just don't seem like enough.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Been a while since I posted. SO much going on. Gosh I look at my last post and I had just lost Paddy the lamb. Sad, but what's even sadder is last week I lost Lottie, my one and only bottle baby from last year! She was my first lamb, I don't know if you remember but she was in the house for about 2 months. I loved her so much. It was all my fault, too, I let her roam around the farm because I wanted to take her up from the creek in case she was pregnant. She got into the grain and died from bloat. This loss was particularly hard. Jacob Beach isn't the same without my little Lottie.




Also, Tim bought a flock of 27 Dorsets last week. He's sold 14 of them already. And he found another farm down the road to send the rest to.
Meet The Dorsets


The lambs are getting big and they are OH so cute!


I sold a Tunis and her 2 lambs, my other Tunis, and hopefully will be selling Clementine the Suffolk and her twin ewe lambs this week to a lady around the corner.



Oh, we also lost our big Alpine goat Heidi. She was sick and we actually got her to turn the corner. She was recovering, Tim decided to let her out and roam around to browse, and she ended up getting kicked by a horse. We found her with her neck broken.

I've been working on a website to sell some animals. www.fiberflock.com

Nothing creative going on, except for getting my fleeces together to take to the Sheep and wool Festival NEXT WEEK! Coconut came over and helped a lot on shearing day, then took a bunch of fleeces home to skirt them. THANK YOU Coconut! All the sheep got sheared, and I am sending 14 fleeces to the festival to sell. Hope we can unload some of this wool, it's really piling up! It's all piled up in bags in my living room.

That's all to report for now, even talking about Lottie makes me sad.