SheepGirl's 2013 Lambing Thread - Update - July 2013

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Well I got some free hay from my neighbor :D Well not really free lol I offered to bake him cookies (and I did) since he didn't want to accept any payment lol. But it's a round bale, first cutting grass hay. He even dropped it off for me and helped me put it in the feed shack. He said for the second cutting he will make them into square bales and will work out a deal with me and will even keep them in the Quonset hut attached to the greenhouses if I don't have enough space for all I need :D
 

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Pretty good, working a lot. Getting lots of overtime :D I just got back from a vacation in Florida Saturday night, we were gone for 8 days. My sheep were being watched by my best friend (who has cattle, horses, goats, chickens, turkeys, ducks, dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, peacocks, and a bunch of other critters lol....basically she has everything BUT sheep :lol:). We stayed at a Marriott Resort in Orlando (my mom works at the Marriott headquarters so we get an employee discount on rooms) and we went to Busch Gardens, Clearwater Beach (met family there), we spent a day in Miami, and we spent our last morning in Orlando at the hotel's pool. It was fabulous and so beautiful. AND I got a tan! lol I'm so happy. I have a bikini tan line now hahahahaha

How about you?
 

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It is awesome to get a much deserved holiday every once in a while! I get to go on a 2 week one next week!!!! :weee Lol, I can't wait!!!
Glad you had a good time!!!:celebrate
 

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Emmett is 55 days old today; he and Edward will be moved into Hank's pen on the 14th. I'm half tempted to move all the lambs into Hank's pen to get them all on feed, but the shelter isn't big enough for a 130+ lb ram, a 40+ lb ram lamb, and three 60+ lb lambs. Sooo I think I will just have all my boys in Hank's pen.

Anyway, I got some photos today. Of course I decided to go out while it was cloudy out and raining a little and then as soon as I started heading inside it was getting sunny out :rolleyes: Oh well...the photos still turned out pretty good. And what I don't understand? The ewes are out in the pasture and they're all muddy. And Hank's in a pen I've never cleaned out and he's the cleanest sheep I have lol. Crazy how things work out.....

Hank's Sheep Apartment -- it is 4' high x 4' wide x 4' long. He likes it. Please excuse his awkward position, he was standing up to come say hi to me lol.
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Hank's got a perty face :)
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The ewe flock
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Oh hai there
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Emmett was squeezing his way through the flock
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Rosie and Bella
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I love this photo of Rosie! New desktop background, lol
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Thar she is again
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Emmett, what a cutie
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Eduardo
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This photo is kind of blurry, but I think her face looks so pretty in it. And excuse the fruffiness of her neck, I was cutting burrs out of her wool. Figures she's the only one with burrs :rolleyes:
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