Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[Bridgemoof]

Yep Straw, they HAVE to drink out of the creek! No other water source down there. So no water troughs to worry about filling!

As soon as they got down there, Uriah and Fluffy ran to the creek to get a drink of water. The only worry I have is if they cross the creek in the summer when the water is so low. The other side is not fenced, so that's a problem! And I have had the sheep cross the creek.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

That's cool they use it and I'd be SOOO happy to not have to fill waterers for them. :/

Yes that will be an issue. hehe Hopefully they stick to this side though.

 

[Southern by choice]

Hi Bridge!

loved the pictures!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Morning!

Yesterday was a busy animal maintenance day. In the morning we brought Kiko Joe and all his goats up to the barnyard. Half of them are limping :/ so we treated all of their hooves and sent them packing.

Then we went to the livestock auction in Winchester. We didn't take the wether goats or our ewe O'Malley. She's still scouring btw. We dosed her again last night with Pepto and Probios. At the auction the young goat wethers brought the most money. We should have brought ours to sell. It was a good day at the auction for goats.

I got my sheep blankets I ordered from Premiere yesterday. Now I have to decide who is going ot get them. The temps this week are going ot be seriously cold! It's only 17 right ow. Brrrr. The wind chill is going to be 1 today. It's not going to be above freezing all week. Hate it!

Then last night we brought all our big sheep up to the barn because we wanted to catch BonBon. She has not been eating the last couple of days. I took her temp and it was 105.6! So wwe gave her LA200 and Bute. I don't know what's going on with her but I hope she's going to be okay.

Now I'm going to get really bundled up and go outside and check Bon and feed. 5 days to go til my two big ewes are supposed to lamb. I have no idea if they are ready or not.

 

[promiseacres]

Morning! Stay warm its 5 degrees here with windshields down to minus 15.....yuck

 

[Bridgemoof]

Well I'm happy to report Bon's temp went down to 102.6 and she's eating!

It was really cold out there! All the water troughs are frozen, except for the horses auto waterers, which are heated. It's going to be a challenging week on the farm! Brrrr!

 

[bonbean01]

Brrrrr...stay warm...being chilled for too long really lowers the immunity and there are so many flu virus heebeegeebies out there!

Glad BonBon is doing better

5 days to lambs? woo hoo

 

[CocoNUT]

You know what lambies mean right? Aunti Coco has to come out and lamb-y-sit! I'm sure the EVIL ONE would love to as well!
note to self: remember to put animal crate IN car before going to Bridge's next time....OOOPS...was that in my OUTSIDE VOICE?

 

[Bridgemoof]

Auntie Coco is going to come help for sure! Next week Tim goes to NY to stay with his mom who is getting knee surgery, and I'm flying solo again! So Auntie Coco can come and help me feed everyone

And if you bring a crate, I'll be happy to throw in a few GOATS!

Speaking of goat, we are having goat for dinner. or ?

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Speaking of goat, we are having goat for dinner. or ?