First time lambing

[NH homesteader]

Wow I'm so sorry for your losses and your awful neighbors. I don't have sheep so I'm no help but I hope she has an easy lambing! Sounds like you're due for something to go well for you!

 

[Novasark]

I am due for something great! she is very agitated this morning she almost knocked me down when I brought her food, she has never acted more hungry and we've been feeding her grain feed with hay and alfalfa in warm water she looks more swollen so hopefully within a day or 2??

 

[Bruce]

I don't know sheep so I'll leave that to others.
You can put your general location in your profile so it shows with your info next to your posts. Location can be important since some things are weather dependant.

Regarding the neighbors

Probably mowing the lawn every other day because they did that in the city (and maybe have nothing better to occupy their time). "In season" most of us here wish we had time to mow more often before it gets so tall the mower chokes on it!

Depending on where you live call the animal control people on them for letting their dogs run loose. In many places it is legal to shoot anything that is attacking livestock (even raptors which are illegal to kill for any other reason). Perhaps the neighbors need to know that if it applies in your area.

Put up a hot wire fence between your place and theirs. Those dogs will not try to come through a second time one they get tapped.

Pile all your manure upwind behind their house, do not apologize for normal farm activities.

If you really want to piss them off, get this sign and place it on your property where it can be seen from as much of their property as possible.

 

[norseofcourse]

Welcome to BYH and I hope all goes well with your ewe, it's hard playing the waiting game. Sorry for the other ewe and her lambs, that's a rough loss and horrible about the neighbors, too. Do you have a 'right to farm' law in your state? That might give you some protection, maybe check with a farm bureau or ag extension office if there's one. Good luck.

 

[Novasark]

The wife has a teenage son with a different man she was 15 when she had him. he put a duffle bag in our corn and snuck out after midnight took the bag and left in a car that picked him up down the road. the kids was gone for like 3 months then the day he comes home that's when the crap started. they would stop and move trashcans in front of the driveway so we had to drive around in the lawn. they didn't take them up til it was trash pick up. one day the younger son was outside with family and the grandpa said to get the dog back in their yard cause he was running in ours towards the road so he called him and he poops on his way back, the grandfather yelled at the dog and ran after him. the little **** son said let him poo in their yard they let their horses poop in ours all the time. These people open their doors nd windows while heir ac is set to 68..so those are the city yuppies were dealing with. awesome right, the neighbors before were on drugs and stole tools and aninals from us. the ones before that were family and hated the farm and my in laws for caring for the grandpa . .it's all about money.

Anyways, we live in Southern PA.

 

[Novasark]

And we do have electric fence in horse pastures the dogs don't always get shocked. the one got head butted by our smelly buck with huge balls, they loved him and didn't complain when he ate their garden or flowers and the smell you know is awful. they were mad when we sold him because he almost killed my horse and myself. plus he's a dick to my kids. but they believe horses need to be locked in stalls all day haha. haha, we're not those kind of people. My animals try to charge me, I knock them in head with all bucket, maybe kick all few cocks if they dance all me. I guess that shows what kinda person I am.

 

[Bruce]

Time to save up your money so when these people go, you can buy it

Add some ground wires between the hot wires in the fence. Dog can't help but hit both of them.

So they liked the smelly buck that got into their flower beds but complain about other things?

 

[Novasark]

Yes, they loved the goat would post pics of him on Facebook all her friends and colleagues workers loved him. He would Wizz in his mouth, right in their front yard, in front of her garage, on driveway and backyard. He ate all the tomatoes in the garden and some flower weeds they had. He ate blueberry and raspberry bushes and they thought he was so cute and still loved him. But they want us to get rid of the sheep because they don't like them. My opinion sheep are better than goats, especially males. We got rid of him right after he kept mounting the sheep when they moved pastures and the incident with my horse and him headbutting my kids. He was dangerous and they were so upset when we sold him they bitchedo about the sheep especially when we let them go into the corn, it's 15 feet from their house. The sheep are 200 yards away but still complain.

 

[Bruce]

I guess "goats are cute" and "sheep are not cute" or something? Sheep are usually pretty quiet animals. Maybe you need to house some Guinea Fowl back behind their house. They can be really noisy so the people won't notice the sheep

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh, @Bruce and some pea fowl...they'd have an Orchestra....