Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[CocoNUT]

Oh cool! Sorry about you falling. That always sucks.

Straw...she didn't "fall"...those sheep saw her coming and worked together and tripped, then nearly stomped her down! Bridge told us to be careful cause they might do that...the next thing you know..she was gone! Whoosh...just like that...and all I saw was a couple limbs poking out from between the hoard of sheep! She finally managed to get back to her feet...half of her covered in mud!

And the jackets...that was funny! Well...interesting at least. At least Uriah was being decent!

Those fleeces were WONDERFUL! LOTS of lanolin too...I still smell like lanolin! Soooo soft.

Again...another fun day at Bridge's farm! One of these days I'll have to bring the spinning wheel with me! Oh...the goat kids are sooo cute...and momma's real watchful. The lamby was SOOO adorable!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Straw...she didn't "fall"...those sheep saw her coming and worked together and tripped, then nearly stomped her down! Bridge told us to be careful cause they might do that...the next thing you know..she was gone! Whoosh...just like that...and all I saw was a couple limbs poking out from between the hoard of sheep! She finally managed to get back to her feet...half of her covered in mud!

Sorry Bridge! Not funny but it is. Limbs poking out? lol

Hope you're all right though. Not hurt in any way. Bad sheep!!

 

[Bridgemoof]

LOL Straw, nope not hurt luckily. Thankfully mud makes for an easy landing and sheep are nice and soft fluffy layers to fall against.

Lisa got charged by Flake, the Jacob ewe, when we were trying to get her blanket on. Flake is named that for a reason :/ She was holding her horns and Flake just went charging into her, making Lisa back up right into the corner of the stall and plop down on the ground. But she didn't let go of those horns by golly!

I forgot to recount the part about Evil spotting the pheasant that was walking on one leg. So we all got to observe Mr. Tim bandaging up the pheasant's leg and making it all better. I guess the pheasant got stepped on by a horse, he/she was in a stall earlier. Duct tape works wonders on lame poultry

:bun

 

[Bridgemoof]

POOR URIAH
Those horns are a real curse for him sometimes. I got up last night around midnight to check on Clementine and noticed Tim did not leave the gate open for the Jacob sheep to come up into the barnyard like he said he did. I knew it was going to rain, so I let them in. Uriah did not come up and I didn't call him because I didn't want that battle in the middle of the night! So while I was out there it started to rain of course, and I didn't even have a hat on.

Anyways, nothing doing with Clementine so I went back to bed.

I just went out to open the chicken house, and the three Jacob ewes were up in the barnyard under the eaves, but no Uriah! No Lottie! I heard Lottie crying, then I heard Uriah crying but didn't see him. Then I saw him behind the feed grinder. Okay, he's ok. Oh wait...I looked closer, oh no! He had his horns stuck in something. So I ran down there and his horns were completely enmeshed in a hay netting from a round bale that were buried in a pile of dirt. He couldn't move at all, about 100 strings wrapped around his horns! Poor guy! He had spent the whole night out in the rain immobilized. Well, I quickly ran and got some scissors and cut him out of the mess. He was completely humbled and all he wanted was some hugs after that! And Lottie was standing next to him the whole time keeping him company. Awww! Another disaster. :/

It's a wonder I can't sleep worrying about my sheep. :/

FIBER
Annie went off to school this morning wearing the scarf I made for her! I used handspun yarn that I made and weaved it on my loom. It looks really pretty, is soft and it looked great on her. I'm glad she liked it, it took me all week to make it. Also, I've been spinning alpaca from our alpaca Jules that we don't have anymore. Makes me want more alpacas again because it is so soft! It's a nice black and I mixed it with a turquoise and red wool from Marge. Very pretty!

This morning I have to catch up on some real work, then I'm going to do some more fiber stuff. Yay!

Happy Monday!

 

[Shelly May]

That sounds so beautiful, where are the pictures, so we can all be jealous?

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Poor Uriah. Bet he was embarrassed.

Just getting caught up...CONGRATS on #26!!!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Much going on around here. #26's babies are wimpy at best. Who would believe with that weight she was carrying that she would have scrawny kids. But they are the weakest ones we've had. Very skinny, and with all that milk to drink! Sheesh! Maybe it was because she was most likely bred to Riccardo and not Mikey. I guess Mikey throws better kids.

Thinks are really heating up here between Tim and I. We are so short on space and with many lambs on the way and more kids too we are at each others throats. We are competing for space among ourselves between the goats and sheep. Tim of course has been yelling and screaming at me, saying how the sheep are "pets" and don't bring in any money and the goats do. Well, only one sheep has lambed this year so far, there are many more to come. I tried to make a CL ad that he could post to unload some of the sheep I don't want. He screamed at me that he doesn't want to get involved with selling any of "my" sheep. Of course he's the one who bought them all, with the exception of the Jacobs and that one newest sheep Gingersnap. I want to unload some of the big ones since we don't have enough pasture or room for them. I guess I'll just have to post the ad myself but then I'll get grief about that, too.

Now he wants to take Finn mountain away and give it to the momma and baby goats. Which would mean I would have all 38 sheep up in the barnyard with one shed to share and no grass. The Jacobs are now living in the "junkyard."

So, get this. Somebody locally is selling a milking goat. He is trying to convince me how much I would like milking a goat. And how we will need the milk when we have all of these lambs. And how he wants to grow the business. And he wants me to pay for it, too, because he doesn't have the money.

I need to figure out a way to get the flock out of here.

 

[CocoNUT]

GOOD GRAVY Bridge!

Well...Finn mountain is too 'exposed' for the baby goats! Tell Tim that...they'd be too close to the road and that fencing in the front yard wouldn't keep them in well enough! C'mon girl...we can figure something out. I thought you already HAD a milking goat? That alpine right? That's so frustrating...I'm sorry hon. Sounds like he needs to figure out what he wants to do...maybe even go somewhere with more land. Grazing land I mean. But the sheep really don't take up that much room...and having them on pasture is a LOT cheapper than feed/hay! I guess he didn't think how loooong the kids can take before they're market ready. You know...he could always try selling them as "bottle kids"....that's always an option. But taking in more critters is only going to add to the problems! I think he's just frustrated that the money isn't rolling in as fast as he thought it would.

If you wanted to rehome some of the larger sheep, put out the add and do it yourself. He shouldn't complain if you're taking 'action' to resolve the dilemma-especially YOUR critters. Besides...how are you supposed to let your sheep earn money via their fiber if you never have time to do anything WITH the fiber?! I say figure out which sheep you really want to hold onto - I know someone who could be convinced to take a certain black and white lamby...or a shetland or icleandic off your hands!

Keep your head up...having lots of critters is fun and stressing at the same time! All my rabbits drive me nuts half the time...

 

[Bridgemoof]

I would love for you to take them, the lambie and her mommy AND Stubby and Brownie. He is so threatening to take them to auction. But I would have to get at least auction prices for them, or I will never hear the end of it! For some reason he is dead set on taking them to the auction, and that's the best way to make money. I'm going to put an ad on CL and see what happens. Or Coco you can forget that Majicraft spinning wheel and just buy my sheep instead

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Sorry Bridge