Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[Bridgemoof]

Been there! This past summer during that 100 heat wave, no power or water for 5 days, severe thunderstorm...ewe decides that would be the time to deliver! Thus was born "Mac, the cormo tunis ram." He had to be pulled, too!

 

[Shelly May]

 

[Remuda1]

X2

 

[Bridgemoof]

Holy cows, no babies, but RAIN, TONS of it! We just had to move everybody up to the barn. The pigs are in the chicken coop stall, the Jacobs are in another stall, the Finns and Shetlands are in another stall, some of the goats are in another stall, the big sheep and pregnant #26 are in the other shed, and every stall up front is occupied by horses. By dark, the creek was way overflowing and I pray we don't lose fencing down there again. The horses and the donkey and my Jacob wether on the other side of the creek? Well, we just can't get to them and I am also praying they can find the highest ground. We were SO wet even with wearing a rain poncho my jeans were soaked all the way up to my thighs! Ugh! I guess I'll get soaked again when I go out to check on #26.

Let's take wages whether or not #26 is going to kid tonight! Yep, she just would. :/

In other good news, I went to my spinner and weaver's guild meeting today. I won the raffle prize of a $50 gift certificate to Solitude Wool! They are a local business that sells all wool yarn. They were having a trunk show there, so I came home with some really nice Montedale hand dyed yarn and a giant spool of weaving yarn!

OKay, well I will report if anything else happens tonight!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

YAY on the prize! Winning stuff is so fun.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Winning stuff IS fun!

I just went out to check on the girls. I don't know. I don't even want to say anything, it might jinks me. But I'm going back out in a half hour. Suspicious activity from 2 out of 3.

 

[bonbean01]

Yup...I say two will go tonight! Did your barometric pressure take a big plunge down? Ours did during the storm last night...and I bet you get babies tonight! Timing, huh?

 

[Remuda1]

 

[Bridgemoof]

Nothing during the night, but now the wind has come in and the rain is gone. We were up with so much trauma with the critters on the other side of the creek! I'll tell you about it after I go check on the girls again...

 

[CocoNUT]

LOTS of rain! The Evil One woke me up this morning trying to tell me that the wind was trying to open our windows! Poor thing...I don't know if she slept at all last night. I slept like a baby though!
I hope everyone's ok....I'll have to check when I get home this afternoon. Looked outside this AM, nothing seemed out of place so I'm guessing everything is fine.