SheepGirl's Journal - Photos of the sheep 4/25

[SheepGirl]

Thanks Goatherd!

 

[SheepGirl]

WOW! I guess I am very lucky to have a graded goat and sheep auction near me. Those prices are way lower than what I normally get. Goats range from $1.60/lb to $2.50/lb depending on grade and time of year. I am not sure about sheep. There are 3 buyers that are there every month, one trucks all he buys to New Holland, one to Chicago and one to New Jersey so they can pay premium.

Yep, I wish ours was graded I'm pretty sure cattle and hogs/feeder pigs are graded, but for some reason they don't grade lambs :/ I also think that goats should be sold by the lb not the hd, but I don't have goats so I'm not gonna worry about it lol.

 

[autumnprairie]

I love the pictures especially the firts sun picture with them walking off into the sunset, it is amazing

 

[bonbean01]

Love the photos The snuggle and snooze ones are just too cute! We put our sheep out in their new larger pasture this spring for the first time after doing the fencing last winter. They too thought the grass was great for about five minutes, then started to look toward "home" and baaaing...LOL...now they are just as happy to go out in the morning to pasture as they are at night when we bring them back.

Thanks for the great photos!

 

[SheepGirl]

Thanks!

They're settleing in nicely and they are actually using the sheep shack I built hahaha and you're welcome

 

[aggieterpkatie]

My goodness, that is the cutest picture of Katy Perry and Ali (the second one). KP looks like she's smiling! And I like the one with the sunset and the silhouette of the sheep bums!

 

[SheepGirl]

haha thanks.

I took a bunch of pictures this morning before it got too hot. Here's three I put together that I took this morning:

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

haha I saw thise in the POW. They are all good. I love Katy Perry too.

 

[SheepGirl]

Forgot to update my journal about the cats...

Turns out Tigger is negative for FIP. We don't have any idea what he has, but he keeps losing weight. We've already put over $1000 into this cat since April, and we can't afford any more (especially since my mom didn't like him to begin with ).

And we're keeping Claire, but Fluffy kitty found a home with my cousin

 

[SheepGirl]

I have called the USDA 3 or 4 times since bringing my sheep up to my house (whenever I would remember to...but normally when I'd remember, they'd be closed)...and I finally got a call back My scrapie premises # is MD3188.

ETA: Makes me kind of wish I kept Paulie... he was born 3/18 and he was #88