Promise Acre: Our Journey

[bonbean01]

Happy Birthday Promise!!!!

 

[promiseacres]

Thanks for the birthday wishes! It was a very nice weekend other than my DD woke up in the middle of the night Sat with a high fever. Seems to be better today so it might be teeth.

Got my premise ID today and ordered my Scapie tags.... Also been chatting with an inspector with UHHSA (United Horned Hair Sheep Association) and he doesn't see why my sheep can't be registered with them (at least the rams, as Painted Desert) since I don't know their breeding for sure. Of course it occurred to me that I need to get the scrapie numbers from the 2 that do have them.... which may tell me more (need that catch pen!!!!). I know I totally got these for meat BUT with Royal Patches awesome horns I've some of interest in people wanting to breed them for their horns...so why not? I know I could sell Maya pretty easily but....IDK had another breeder send me a photo of black/white twin rams born last week....so thinking about getting one of them for the ewes I get related to RP...

Am officially looking for a velveteen lop! I contacted a girl (thru CL) not too far with one I like but so far she's not been super great about responding to my questions so may have to wait til some breeders have some kits. :/ CL is a good and bad thing, but so far haven't had much success with other types of advertising.

On the chick front DH has decided that we need to order some cornish x for our meat birds...we'd been debating due to high fat content. He talked to my friend's DH (they've been raising/butchering meat birds for several years) and now he's ALL decided. This is after I talked to her about different breeds/growth rate and told him the same thing!!! so now he's upset I'm getting some xbred chicks from Pearce! Even if they take longer to grow what's the harm? I will get some good layers and we can still butcher the roosters with the cornish x.... love how he "knows" best when I'm the 10 year 4H member who actually raised all kinds of critters including chickens. What a nut.

 

[promiseacres]

Very awesome photo my friend took while she was here taking my dd 1 yr photos.

 

[Southern by choice]

That photo is gorgeous! Look at those horns... POW material! I like how the hair on the chest is gently blowing in the wind!

your little girl is a cutsie too!

 

[bonbean01]

What a cute little girl you have!

 

[promiseacres]

thanks, the above said daughter decided not to nap so didn't get to give any updates earlier. :bun

Still searching, waiting for a bottle lamb. In the meantime I moved Treya out of RP's pen without incidence. He can see his girls and seems ok being by himself. Treya seems happier to be with the girls. She's getting a belly , but isn't due til around March 17. I was going to put Barbie & her ram lamb (who def. has 4 horns, but I 2 are very close together) but he had no desire to follow his mama.... Barbie now comes up to me and mauls me for corn or pretzels or whatever I happen to have.

Also still have not found a velveteen lop....the person I contacted must not wanted to sell to me b/c she did not answer half my questions and didn't respond to my last email. She reposted the ad yesterday...guess I know why she hasn't sold anything. If I'm patient I know I can get a good one, have several feelers out and have been talking to some breeders. Major issue I've found is too short of ears...yet they still want prime price?? Sorry if I get one I do want to have the possibiity of showing it so....no thanks to a rabbit with a DQ.

oh and I'm getting some chicks on Monday and meeting another BYHer!

DH is still working 6 days and cutting wood...but will hopefully be slowing down at least in the wood dept soon so we can build build build and I can get more critters! Have a great weekend everyone.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Oh, she is the cutest thing! Seriously adorable!

Wait, you need a bottle lamb? My boss offered us one the other day and I didn't say yes or no, but we do not want it (he does not have time to be feeding it right now). I could ask him for you if you like?

Chicks are peeping behind me. Two out so far (one other I think didn't make it---pipped but no further movement). 4 others have pipped and now we wait. Hoping for a good hatch for ya. Our last batch is getting really big. They definitely do not grow as fast as the Cornish Cross but not too bad. I am planning to put most of those in the freezer and see how we like the taste compared to the Cornish Crosses (I think I will keep the olive egger hens though---you should be getting a couple of those in this hatch too).

 

[Bridgemoof]

Oh, so I take it the handing out snacks trick has made your sheep friendlier! So now Barbie is pawing at you? That didn't take long, did it!

Good luck on the bottle baby acquisition! And I see Pearce you are still having fun with your incubator.

 

[promiseacres]

Pearce I don't "Need" a bottle lamb....but dh said I could have one.....so....have been watching for one....

 

[promiseacres]

So I met Pearce and her beautiful family yesterday! Am amazed how little Charlie was "working" not your typical in your face pup. Got chewed on by Din Din and loved on Miss Lilly. My kids loved playing with Elliot and Julie! I think we made some new friends and we're only about 45 minutes from them.
And we brought home 8 little peepers! I got them all settled in yesterday then DH resettled them when he after we ran to RK for more feed for everyone. I truly love my husband he sure grouses about stuff but I know he'll come thru for me...(I was not sure about putting the heat lamp on them in the new "brooder" I got....

This is from last week, notice the double yolker! Love my little flock.

Maya is growing up quick!

Ram lamb has 4 horns but 2 are very close on one side...