Four Winds Ranch: " Life on the Farm "

[Four Winds Ranch]

Update on my cougar bitten Canadian Arcott sheep!
Vets say she has a 50/50 chance! One whole side of scull is crushed, and other side the optic nerve has damage from puncture wounds. If I can keep it from getting infected, she may make it, but may be permanatly blind on the one side!
She is all antibioticed up, and on a pain killer/antiinflamatory due to a huge headache!
It is now time to stick my ewe lambs in with the rams! Winter seems soooo long to wait before I get lambs!!! This spring I should have LOTS of pictures to share! I am expecting a baby donkey, couple foals, piglets, lots of lambs, and possibly puppies!!!!!!!
I have a busy weekend coming up, as I am expecting a bunch of family for one of my sister's Birthday Party!!!!! Being one of six kids makes for a lot of Birthday celabrations!!! Lol, and cake!

 

[Southern by choice]

You really have been through it the past few months. Glad your sheepie at least has a chance.
I hope you have a great time with your family this weekend! I'm sure you could use some good humor and cake !
Until then just picture the dancing cows.... :bun :bun :bun :bun

 

[bonbean01]

X 2 !!!!! Really hope she pulls through!!!!!

And pretend those dancing cows are dancing sheep...oh...better yet...doing their funny boing de boing bouncing run

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

I haven't been on for a bit cause , typical of the time of the year, our house just had to up and catch the flu! Oh, well, we are all much better now!
My sheep that was chomped by the cougar is now doing awesome!!!! She is blind in the one eye, but seems to be compensating for that quite nicely, and she is back out with the other sheep!!!
I got all my ewe lambs moved in with the ram so they will have May lambs! I try to have all my ewes, lamb in April, and the ewe lambs, in May, otherwise it makes the month of April WAY too stressful!
Maybe I watch the ewe lambs to closely! I have had a few one year, a few years ago, that refused to nurse their lambs and it makes me nervous of them now, especially at night !
The other night, a neighbor 2 miles south of me, had 4 goats killed by a cougar!!! It is really too bad for her, I know exactlly how she feels. But I can't help and think, "Thank God It Wasen't Me" again!
Luckily, that goat killing cougar was gotten, so it won't be coming over here!!

 

[Bridgemoof]

I'm so glad to hear your sheep has recovered, well, mostly! Great that she's back out with the others. That must have been so traumatizing for her and you! So if her skull was crushed, how does that heal itself?

That's a shame about the cougar and your neighbor's goats. How heartbreaking! Glad they got it and hope it was the ONLY one!

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

I'm so glad to hear your sheep has recovered, well, mostly! Great that she's back out with the others. That must have been so traumatizing for her and you! So if her skull was crushed, how does that heal itself?

That's a shame about the cougar and your neighbor's goats. How heartbreaking! Glad they got it and hope it was the ONLY one!

The vet said, if she made it through the first week, her scull will slowly heal itself back to together. Not straight mind you, there is no way they can make it heal straight, but supposedly, animals are faster at healing than humans! It doesn't seem to bother her too much! She doesn't head butt any of the others mind you, if they are up for that, she backs off and leaves, so I guess she knows it isn't a good idea!

 

[Alice Acres]

So glad your ewe is healing and going to make it!

While I'm sorry your neighbor got their goats killed, wonderful that they were able to get the cougar. It had found some easy prey and was putting your stock at the top of the menu.

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

I think I need to learn to be firmer with people!!:/
I usually have my butcher lambs ready by the end of Oct. They get sold live or taken to the butcher shop, and I am done with them. This year, everything went smoothly, except for one lamb!!!
I phoned the buyer in the middle of Oct. and let him know when it will be ready. he said "Yep, sounds good!" He wanted it live and was going to pick it up on the last week!
Well, the last week came and went, and I phoned him in the beginning of Nov. and left a message, and he never got back to me. Middle of Nov. I decide I am going to take this lamb to the sale. The day before the sale, the guy phones and wonders if I still got his lamb! I said, "Ya acctually, I do", He said "Good, I'll come pick it up on the weekend"! TWO WEEKS later, I ran into him in town, I asked him if he is coming to pick the lamb up? He said "Yep, for sure! In 2 days I'll be there"! That was Nov. 30.
Ya, now it is Dec. 12, and I still have the lamb and, ya, what to do!???

The same with the rabbits!!!!!!
A month ago, a lady phoned me up and said she had heard I raise rabbits, and was wondering if I would sell some. She wanted 3 does and a buck. I told her I could do that, and she was supposed to come out that Thur. to get them. She never showed, and on Fri. she phoned and said she still wasnt ready for them and will be out next Thur. Two weeks later, she phoned and said it has been to cold, so still isnt ready, next week! She is supposed to come tomarrow, we will see!:/ I hope she comes soon cause they are eating up all the money she will be paying me for them and they are in the way!

Sometimes people are a pain in the butt!!!!

 

[bonbean01]

Yup...people can be a pain in the butt...aren't animals so much easier???

 

[Bridgemoof]

Maybe you should ask for a deposit up front, which would be non-refundable of they don't pick up the animal in xx amount of days. But then again, buyers like that would probably be too lazy to even come up with the deposit.

How about just tell them you will hold them for a week, and after that, bye bye!