SA Farm's journal

[Bruce]

I made an 18" high stand from scrap wood to shear the alpacas. I ended up having to put a couple of 2x4s on the sides to keep the boys from stepping off (and to hold Laddie in when he gets wild), not ideal for shearing of course.

For feet they are tall enough I can do them like horses.

 

[SA Farm]

We’ll see what I can throw together...if it’s too ugly I’ll be embarrassed and won’t show pics

This is the other reason I decided on Dingo for our ram. He’s an absolute sweetheart I know he’s young and I’ll be watching him, but so far there’s been zero signs of any kind of aggressive behaviour.
I also know bottle baby rams are supposed to be a no-no, but I’ve been very happy with him so far.

I even think he’s pretty cute for being all white. (I don’t like the pinkness around the eyes of all white animals, makes them look kinda sickly to me. Plus they tend to have a hard time with things like sunburn and whatnot.)

Todays project was fixing DH’s sweater. I am by no means a seamstress, but I can fix the tears well enough for his farm clothes when the weight of tools pull the seams apart on his pocket and he caught his elbow on something
I did the elbow first and realized I should’ve done it the same way I did the pocket as it looks a little rough. Oh well, the sheep won’t judge

 

[Bruce]

We’ll see what I can throw together...if it’s too ugly I’ll be embarrassed and won’t show pic

It would have to be pretty ugly to not be appreciated by BYHers! Especially Bay, she makes most everything from scrap and scavenged materials. Functional is priority 1, beauty is secondary

 

[thistlebloom]

You're going to have to show pics now!
I'm no builder, but can certainly appreciate someone's efforts. Generally if dh gets wind of me plotting to build something he'll take over. Pretty handy trick actually .
My own talents are mostly shovel-centric.

 

[SA Farm]

@Bruce True. Function, comfort, cost are all more important to us than looks.

@thistlebloom fine. Even if it’s fugly, I’ll show y’all
Here’s my original work with a lamancha kid showing it off. (Aw, Clover. I wonder how she’s doing wherever she is?)

Edited because baby grabbed my phone and managed to post it before I was ready

 

[Baymule]

It would have to be pretty ugly to not be appreciated by BYHers! Especially Bay, she makes most everything from scrap and scavenged materials. Functional is priority 1, beauty is secondary

You know me oh so well!!

 

[Baymule]

Don't you worry about how a stanchion looks, as long as it works! My building style is scrap and crap, but somehow it works, doesn't fall down and if you squint your eyes and tilt your head sideways, it looks pretty good! LOL
I never know "how" I'm going to get from this picture in my head to an actual standing project/building and I don't know how to measure and cut angles, but somehow I pull it out of thin air. What's really great, my husband is worse than I am, his fix-it tools are duct tape and gorilla glue. He thinks I am a genius! Shhhhhh......... don't tell him........

I like your idea of drop down sides on the stanchion that you are going to build. What tools do you have, drill and skill saw? I have a Hitachi cordless drill and skill saw, I love them! My favorite gifts are deck screws in sizes from 1" to 4" in 5 pound boxes from Lowes. LOL LOL

Foxy may be part hair sheep, is there guard hairs in her fleece?

Your ram sounds like a sweetie. If he gets a little "rammy" as he gets older, slap his smart face, shake your finger at him and scold loudly! Make sure you make him back up. The one who moves their feet-is the loser. Make him move his feet. There are good natured rams and you seem to have one. Letting him know that you are not pleased should be enough. But always keep in mind that rams are dangerous, he is still young and could get cranky.

 

[SA Farm]

DH’s dad was a carpenter, so he’s an excellent builder, but doesn’t like doing it He‘s way better and faster at building than I am or will ever be, but getting him around to it is...difficult to say the least Considering he’s known that I need a stand since we got the sheepies...well, you get the picture.
On the bright side, we do have some excellent tools. I really only use the circular saw and the drill (Dewalt, I think) which are both battery powered to build with. And I measure. A lot. And still things never match up but I manage to make them fit anyway

I think Foxy might have guard hairs...here’s a pic I took of her:

All I know is: her fleece seems super fine because it’s always super matted. As a lamb, she didn’t have the little curls like Woolfie, but was more hairy/wavy.

I will be prepared to scold and slap Dingo if he tries anything. Thanks for the tip about making him move, I will definitely make sure he gives ground to me. I will also be on guard at all times no matter how “safe” he seems. It will be strange to slap and yell at him instead of just flipping him over and kneeling on him like I did with my buck goats when they got sassy with me, though

 

[Baymule]

A slap and a loud scolding is step one. Flipping and sitting on him is step two. Dinner is step three. LOL LOL

 

[SA Farm]

A slap and a loud scolding is step one. Flipping and sitting on him is step two. Dinner is step three. LOL LOL

Sounds about right