This sunday we finished pounding in all of the posts and then added the fencing we bought at a farm auction. Everything was going well until we got to the last bit of wire cow fence to unwind, the last three feet of it is in shambles and will have to be somehow mended or replaced *sigh* Well I'm happy with how we were able to get so much done in two days (60 9ft posts in the ground and fencing up ).
We are still waiting on the goat but she is showing signs of pending labor (we are hoping). Since we have had lots of sunshine and warm days we let her wander around at will, knowing she won't leave the area around the house, so far her favorite sunbathing spot is the deck off my room. And when she lies down you can see the size of her belly
She's getting along, and we discovered that she knew how to open the food bins, out of the shed they went. (No more midnight snacks
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Our flock of sheep is growing well, our little issue with our one moms eyes turned out to be pink eye, and after trying multiple things a family friend suggested we try a natural tea and gently apply the liquid the eyes and use it to clean around them, after two uses we have already noticed a difference, her eyes are a lot more open and are already losing their red coloring.
though it's not something I would normally turn to, it worked so I'm happy!
The lambs are starting to compete with size!
They are steadily losing their winter coats making them look patchy and I just want to brush them out, only problem with that is only two of them like being brushed the others avoid it like the plague so I don't force them... lol
With the warmer weather we get happy birds. They love chasing down all the mice that are flooded out of their holes in the snow melt
people claim chickens are vegetarians but if given a choice mine are full blown carnivores! One of our girls got extremely muddy in her hunt of the little rodents
Besides the great mouse hunt my birds are happy and basking in our nice warm sunshine out here.
somehow I caught them all in their marching poses...
... my chickens don't like staying still
You have any hot wire up? I would get on that ASAP even if it is just a relatively short fence outside the chicken area. In fact, put it a just foot outside, they won't be able to jump it without hitting the existing fence and would hit the hot wire on the way over or landing Fry their noses a time or two and maybe they will look for their chicken/goat dinner elsewhere.
lol. So far we have one side up and another side started. Our neighboors live in a little townhouse just off our property, and ended up being very rude to my family so as our little passive revenge, we put our fence line as close as legally allowed to the neighboors property. They still live a good ways away from us but they keep dumping garbage on our property claiming it's theirs.... so now we will have animals on it and there is nothing they can do or claim about it! 
. So tomorrow morning I will be going in there with my dad to catch her and hold her while I get a closer look and attempt to get some pictures. Hope it isn't pink eye and I hope it isn't a bad eye injury 
. Meanwhile my dad and everyone else who has tried just chases them around their building and then around the field, eventually failing and waiting for them to go in on their own accord 
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My dad then looks at me and tells me to try, so I call out to them and all of a sudden all of them race over to me like I have a bucket of treats 
... lol my sheep know who they like lmfao.
