Four Winds Ranch: " Life on the Farm "

[ragdollcatlady]

WOW! So sorry to hear about your babies!

I hope you find the culprit soon.

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

This month, we had a late lamber! She had twins and would only take the one, so we had no choice but to have a bottle lamb! They are sooooo cute and fun, but I have a lady the takes them and raises them for me as long as I buy the milk replacer, and then she gives them back in the fall!!!! It definatly frees a person up I tell ya!!

This week my luck hasn't been so good!
I have lost 4 lambs and a ewe to coyotes!!! Where the heck are my dogs!!! The coyotes get the dogs running in one direction, and then attacks from the other! Snecky, but smart! :/ Catching the nasty culprit is definatly top on my list!

And to top off my luck, yesterday, we were casterating pigs, and of course, my job was to hold the little squirmy suckers! Well, wouldn't ya know it, I got bit in the face!!! It just barely broke the skin, but left a pretty big bruise and scrape marks! Oh well, I won't complain, the rain has finally stopped after 9 days of constant rain!

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Still haven't cought the sneack coyotes, but luckily they have had no more sheep breakfasts!! Is a lot of work trying to cram them all in our herding corral everynight! What I really need in a herding dog!
My new foal was born a couple days ago!!!!! A little filly, and I named her "Twister"!!! My mare is a little spooky now, as the coyotes keep bothering the foals!
These were taken the day Twister was born!

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Twister, and her mother Caiyou!

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[Four Winds Ranch]

We have new piggies!!!!!!!
Bumpy is a first time Great White, mom, so she only had 4! They are sooooo cute, but then they grow up!

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Hope everyones weekend is going good! Personally, I am glad mine is almost over!! It has bees SUPER busy and I think I just need a day to catch up.
We are responsible for the 4-H Float in the local Parades, which is a lot of work! Fun though, and the kids love riding and waving to everyone!

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Last night we went to DH work BBQ, and he won the Package of 4-H Beef, for the door prize!! Unfortunatly, his company bought DD's 4-H steer a couple weeks ago, and it is only a matter fo time before she puts two and two together and realizes she is eating her pet that she cryed over for hours after he was sold!

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

It is corral, pen, and pasture building/fixing time of year around here!!! :/ Very tiring, but in the long run rewarding!

I got my top rabbit, feeder pen finished and put 2 batches of 2 month old feeders in! They loved it!!! I guess I got it finished none too soon! Cause the next morning, one of the does I took the bunnies from kindled!! I am not to sure how she came to be pregnant cause she has been only in the bunny cage with her babies, and once got loose for about 15min. I assume she got breed when she was loose, but not sure to what, cause far as I know, we don't have any loose rabbits maybe a wild one

As I was choring this morning, I noticed that we might be having some new little piglets today, or possible tomarrow!!!!

The other day DH came home with his new find!! Ya all will laugh cause it is pretty old, but still works!!! He loves collecting old stuff unfortunatly!!!!
He is acctually planning to use it!

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[promiseacres]

My Grandpa used an older and smaller one than that for Many years. Hope your DH has fun!

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

YES!!!!!!
Finally, the fencing has come to an end for now anyway!!!!!!
We have still been loosing lambs every once in a while unfortunatly! So far we have lost 8 and 1 ewe! Not sure what is up with my dogs!
This new pasture has coyote/wolf proof fence so my sheep should be safe!!!!

Here are a few of my sheep enjoying the new pasture!!

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This bad buck has eaten, or ripped apart every cage I have ever put him in to get loose!! And now, he has been ripping apart does cages to get to them!!! Very annoying!!! I have a feeling he will be rabbit supper in not too long! I am sooooo tired of having to catch loose rabbits and repair cages because of him!!!

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[Four Winds Ranch]

Well, I have a older doe, who just had her litter of 9 weened off about 2 weeks ago. And she seems to have developed enteritis!!! Luckily I think I have cought it early enough, cause I have treated her and now, three days later, she seems to be coming around awesome and acting normal!!!! Hope everything continues to go good!

We have just discovered this morning, that our whole barn of pigs has MITES!!!!!!!! Kind of a shocker!! It also means a lot of work!!! Sheesh!! Stinkin' parasites!!
Oh well! I would much rather be treating rabbits and pigs anyday than sitting in a office in the city!!

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Butchered the first rabbits of the year yesterday!! Just 4, but come August, we should have 36 to do! :/ Going to be a busy day!
The rabbits were a little on the fat side, so I think the next ones will be butchered about 2 weeks earlyer!

Some of my August butcher rabbits!!

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[Four Winds Ranch]

Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!
I have finally come home from a much needed holiday!!! We have been gone since the beginning of July, and it is sooooo nice to get home! I think I worry about my animals as much as I do about my kids!! :/ Lol, maybe it is like that with all ya all!
Luckily, this year, throughout the entire holiday, the only casualties were 3 hens (they were some of the old ones too) that fox had for supper.

A strange thing!!! A few of my 3 month old feeder rabbits seem to have swollen areas on their face (nose/cheeks) on one side and one of them has it on both sides. The other one has the base of one ear swollen and it just lets it hang??? I have no clue as to what is the problem, they have no other symptoms of not feeling well or anything.

I am super excited!!!! I found an incubator!!!!!!! I have never used on before, and had to try it out! So, I have 20 regular eggs from my chickens today!!! I holds 48 but I figure 20 will be fine to start!!!
I hope ya all are having an awesome summer!!!!