mysunwolf - four acres and some sheep

[Baymule]

Love the new sheep! I notice you have collars on your sheep, may I ask why? Do they lead on a leash like a dog or is it for I.D. purposes?

 

[mysunwolf]

Love the new sheep! I notice you have collars on your sheep, may I ask why? Do they lead on a leash like a dog or is it for I.D. purposes?

My ram leads, but that's about it! None of my ewes lead nicely. I have used them for ID (made lamb collars the corresponding colors), but now just use them for "leading" and then tying in for milking. I just got rid of my milk stand with a head gate in favor of milking from the ground with the ewes tied to the barn wall. Yes, I am crazy.

 

[Baymule]

I like crazy. Join the crowd!

 

[mysunwolf]

Sooo it looks like I haven't posted in a really really long time. It's been a difficult year, but I'm hoping things will get better once I do!

In April, we had our first piglets born on the farm. Small litter of 5 to first timer Momma Ossa.

And we adopted Lilly. She has been a rocky addition, but she is slowly growing out of her puppyishness. And she is SO CUTE!

Back when all the sheep were doing good...

Some of my beautiful black lambs.

 

[mysunwolf]

Turkey poults for Thanksgiving.

More sheepies.

New ram, EFxTunis.

 

[luvmypets]

Love the pics! I will hopefully be getting my first piglets next march. Edit: So sorry you had some rough time with your sheep, I hope things get better for you

 

[Latestarter]

Great pics! Grats on the 1st piggies and the puppy! I have no idea what problems you've been dealing with but when you say:

Back when all the sheep were doing good...

It leads me to believe that it hasn't been good Whatever it is/was that you've been dealing with, I sure hope you're past it with minimal loss/damage. Fall's coming and then winter and hopefully a renewing spring. Glad you stopped by with some pics.

 

[babsbag]

Beautiful pictures. I hope things are getting better.

 

[mysunwolf]

We've had two lambs this year that just fell over and died from barber pole worms. A third one, a ewe lamb, has gone to my neighbors to be nursed back to health since she was so far gone. I am not able to put a lot of energy into the animals right now due to a difficult run in with Lyme disease. I've had to quit my off-farm job during my first round of treatment and am now on the second round. It's hard to explain to people how terrible and epidemic this disease is unless they have seen it happen to someone they love.

Great pics! Grats on the 1st piggies and the puppy! I have no idea what problems you've been dealing with but when you say:
It leads me to believe that it hasn't been good Whatever it is/was that you've been dealing with, I sure hope you're past it with minimal loss/damage. Fall's coming and then winter and hopefully a renewing spring. Glad you stopped by with some pics.

Thanks @Latestarter, I really needed that spring talk!!! I am really hoping for next year to be better, not that sheep won't get sick somehow (I'm sure they will), but that I'll have the energy to help them before it's too late.

 

[mysunwolf]

Love the pics! I will hopefully be getting my first piglets next march. Edit: So sorry you had some rough time with your sheep, I hope things get better for you

I LOVE your pigs by the way! I thought about getting some just to have people mistake them for sheep! Piglets are so much fun, but are especially so when you have good piggy moms.