Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[Bridgemoof]

So, last week I discovered needle felting. Fun!!!!! I finally have been able to release some of my creative energy.

Annie and I bought a kit to make needle felted animals at the MD Sheep and Wool Festival. So we finally got around to trying to make the critters and it was really fun and really easy! She made a pig, and did a really good job. I made a sheep and it was hard to get it to stand, plus I'm not sure if it doesn't look like a Great Pyrenese dog, lol. But for our first attempts they were pretty good.

So then I decided to make a ferret, because my sister has a Ferret Rescue group and she's big time into them. She has a Ferret show coming up the first weekend in November and hopefully I can make some more ferrets for her to sell for her rescue group.

The Pig and Recumbant Sheep

The Ferret

Today if I have time I am going to try and make a white ferret.

Then also, I made it to the Spinners Guild group and started working on some funky cool art yarn using locks. It's looking very cool.

This morning it is quite brisk! Time to go let the chickens out. TGIF!!!

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

Love them. Nice work!

 

[Bridgemoof]

I've been so busy trying to keep up with everyone else's journal, I haven't had time to sit down and write in my own!

The weekend was not too eventful. Tim did go and pick up two little dwarf goats of some kind that a woman was getting rid of on CL. He will take them to the livestock auction in a couple weeks, in time for the muslim holiday coming up

Then on Friday he picked up a truckload of corn, which we usually get about once a week now. This particular batch was really lousy. It had a lot of spoiled pieces in it, which is okay for some animals, but not the horses who eat the majority of it. He didn't want to complain to the guy, because he gets SUCH a bargain on corn, sometimes the batches ain't that great. So he put an ad on CL to see if anybody wanted it for their pigs or chickens or what not. BUt no offers. So he called the lady who we got the pheasants from and asked her if she could use it. She has tons of poultry. She said she could, so he delivered it to her and she gave him a couple of turkeys. Thanksgiving dinner has arrived. I'm glad we got some turkeys to eat, I won't befriend them. I just LOVE my white tom turkey we've had. I love when he fluffs up his feathers and says "Look how big I am!" He lets me pet him and play with his gobbler. He's so cute and fun to watch, I couldn't eat him.

I also put the 5 baby chicks outside in the outside brooder with 3 older chicks. There is a red heat lamp, so I'm hoping they stayed warm enough last night A local guy came with his daughter last week and bought 6 of the little buggers. We've turned off the incubator for now, enough chicks!

I thought Uriah, our new Jacob ram was acting a little sick, and he had runny poops, so I brought him up for us to keep an eye on. I took his temp and it was 105! Aw poor baby. Either his rumen is acting up from being introduced to corn, or he picked up some bug here, which I wouldn't be surprised. So we have him on PenG for 5 days, Bantamine, which already brought his fever down, and Pepto and Probios. We are keeping him in a stall, so I decided to put Lottie with him to keep him company. Well, that didn't work out so great. She was Maaa Maaa Maaaing ALL day. So I switched her out with Fluffy, which wasn't any better. She was BAa Baaa Baaaing all evening :/ Those Jacob girls are such Prima Donnas, I swear! They want their way of the highway, lol. So, we'll keep an eye on Uriah, and if he isn't feeling better I'll go run a fecal to the vet.

Yesterday it seemed like it might rain, and today's forecast was 30% chance, so I went ahead and sowed a big bag of rye seed down in one of the sheep's pastures. I hope it takes off, because I put a bunch down in the back pasture behind the barn a week ago an nada yet.

Ruth (our resident senior) has been suffering from hip pain for over a week now. She claims she didn't "do anything" to it, no fall, no exercise, etc. It's really hurting her, she says it feels muscular, but we don't know what caused it. I took her to get an x-ray on Friday, and they said everything was normal. But it's not getting any better.

On the creative front, I've made 3 felted ferrets for my sister's ferret show. They turned out really good, and I hope she will sell some for her ferret rescue.

That's it for now, can't believe it's Monday already! Have a great week everyone!

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

I hope your Ram is feeling better soon. Hope you have a wonderful day. I always look forward to your journal.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Thanks GoatCrazylady! You're my biggest fan

 

[Southern by choice]

I beg to differ Bridge

 

[Bridgemoof]

Oh REALLy Southern? hahaha!!

 

[Alice Acres]

Hope all the sickies feel better soon....and pictures of those felted ferrets? One of my dog friends just made some felted OES and they are so cute!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Yeah, let's see these ferretts.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Hey!! I love reading your journal too!! Defiantly one of the best. Always well thought out ans big post about all kinds of stuff.