BrownSheep- It's been a while

[BrownSheep]

Yeah I think it had to do with shipping. Cackle was great about it. I got them Wednesday and Cackle replace all of the ones I lost up until Tuesday,! Missouri to Idaho may be a bit far, but they were the closest hatchery.

 

[Waterfall]

Wow...YAKS. I don't think I've ever seen a Yak unless they were in a Zoo. Do you raise them for meat or milk them or use their long winter hair?

I like your Ram. What breed is he?

 

[BrownSheep]

We just raise them for the heck of it. If the cow ever has a bull calf he'll be dinner.
The ram is a horned Dorset - thanks!

 

[BrownSheep]

5:30am-sheep are on road
6:00am-puppy almost kills favorite chick
6:05am- found hen with broken wing
6:08am well house is flooded
Empty wellhouse by hand(mostly)
Wellhouse refills 3x
12:30pm- find the issue. Something is wrong with feedlots well.
12:35pm- yaks are out
12:45pm- yaks in a different pen
1:20pm- we need new well electronics
1:25pm- making lunch and suddenly dad doesn't seems so silly for filling a bunch of jugs with water
1:30pm- hen will be dinner, she's out enjoying her last day. We think she'll get an infection and croak if we leave her.
1:37pm- I WANT MY LUNCH NOW.

Things I learned today; If we had neighbors at the moment I would have scared them with the image of me chasing sheep in my nightgown and crocs at 5:30 in he morning, don't take a nap on a tailgate st Bernard's will jump on you to get in the truck, wheelbarrows are a GREAT place for taking naps, and half rotten strawbales become lazy boys when your tired.

NEVER PLAN ON SUNDAY TO BE A NICE LAZY DAY!

 

[Symphony]

Wow, that makes me hesitant about setting up my Hobby Farm. Maybe I'll win the lottery and build it like Fort Knox so no one gets out.

 

[BrownSheep]

YOU MUST GET ANIMALS !
Don't let my story detour you!
Our fences are nearly 80 years old and are nearly as wholly as Swiss cheese.

 

[BrownSheep]

Kinda bummed out. Today while I was walking fences to see where the yaks got out I found the remains of a lamb. We had one ewe give birth while out on pasture. Either she had twins and one didn't make it or somebody sneak lambec. I think the later is highly unlikely. As everyone knows ewes get rather dirty while lambing when they are unshorn. It was back in a section of the pasture the sheep avoided and is blocked from view by Russian olives. This is why I dislike un scheduled lambing. Oh, well. Live and Learn.

 

[autumnprairie]

Kinda bummed out. Today while I was walking fences to see where the yaks got out I found the remains of a lamb. We had one ewe give birth while out on pasture. Either she had twins and one didn't make it or somebody sneak lambec. I think the later is highly unlikely. As everyone knows ewes get rather dirty while lambing when they are unshorn. It was back in a section of the pasture the sheep avoided and is blocked from view by Russian olives. This is why I dislike un scheduled lambing. Oh, well. Live and Learn.

sorry about the lamb

 

[elevan]

 

[BrownSheep]

Last years bottle baby , Millie, had a ewe lamb today!
The count so far is
9 ewes
3 rams
1 ?

Two losses