Four Winds Ranch
Loving the herd life
Yay!!!
You must be sooo excited!!!
Do you have any plans for future education or spacific jobs?
You must be sooo excited!!!
Do you have any plans for future education or spacific jobs?
SheepGirl's Journal - Photos of the sheep 4/25
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Sunny & the 5 egg layers
Overrun with beasties
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Congratulations! How exciting!
SmallFarmGirl
Smiley Crazy
How wonderful! Congrats!
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Thanks guys! It was a lot of fun (we graduated at Mount St. Mary's PNC Sports Complex) and I'm so glad I didn't trip in the heels I was wearing 
Tonight is the safe & sound after graduation party at a local amusement park so I will be there from 10:30 tonight to 5 am tomorrow morning.
Four Winds Ranch - I plan to go to community college in the fall (since it's cheaper, and I have to pay for my college myself) and continue there for two years and then I want to transfer to the University of Maryland College Park to get my pre-vet degree. After that I want to transfer to the UMD-VT school of veterinary medicine to become a large animal vet
Tonight is the safe & sound after graduation party at a local amusement park so I will be there from 10:30 tonight to 5 am tomorrow morning.Four Winds Ranch - I plan to go to community college in the fall (since it's cheaper, and I have to pay for my college myself) and continue there for two years and then I want to transfer to the University of Maryland College Park to get my pre-vet degree. After that I want to transfer to the UMD-VT school of veterinary medicine to become a large animal vet
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The pen for my sheep is almost done. Gotta run to Lowe's tomorrow to get some 2x4s to make the 'gate' stiffer so it's easier to use. Also need to get some hay and a couple bags of grain. Then I will need to put up the water trough and fill it with fresh water and then I can walk my sheep up the hill and BAM! they're at their new house
I can't wait for my sheep and lambs to be up at my house...I've waited six years for this day lol
I can't wait for my sheep and lambs to be up at my house...I've waited six years for this day lol
Straw Hat Kikos
The Kiko Cowboy
Congrats on your graduation and your sheep moving in!! Do you do your sheep for meat or wool?
Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Congratulations!- Thread starter
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Thanks guys
Straw Hat Kikos - My sheep don't really have a purpose right now lol. They have medium grade wool so it really isn't good for anything, except for maybe stuffing teddy bears...and it costs more to shear them than their wool would ever be worth. But they lived alongside my neighbor's sheep who were raised for meat. I really wanted to eat one of my ewe's lambs this year, but she had all girls and I really want to expand my flock so I'm thinking about keeping them for breeding rather than eating one. But I would like to have them for meat. I'm thinking about selling my ram and then using that money to buy a nicer ram that I can breed all my girls to...just don't know what breed I wanna cross 'em with!
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Sheep are officially moved in
Didn't get around to getting any hay today (woke up at 3 pm since I didn't get home till 5 am, ate lunch, went to Southern States to get a bag of feed and some stakes/fence posts, then got chinese food for my bro since it's his birthday, picked up some Subway for me, stopped at Safeway to pick up an ice cream cake, got home and ate my food, fixed up the 'gates,' filled up the water trough, went down to the barn and spent forever herding my sheep into the barn, penned em up, my mom took Ali and one of the lambs and I took Ciqala and the other lamb, walked em up and put them in their part of the pen, then we went down to get Billy and Paulie and walked them up...sat outside for about a half hour making sure they were okay and weren't gonna get out, then I came inside and cleaned up a bit, and now it's 10 pm). So I'll get some tomorrow. They have grass in their pen so I'm not worried that they will starve overnight lol.
Pics tomorrow!
Straw Hat Kikos - My sheep don't really have a purpose right now lol. They have medium grade wool so it really isn't good for anything, except for maybe stuffing teddy bears...and it costs more to shear them than their wool would ever be worth. But they lived alongside my neighbor's sheep who were raised for meat. I really wanted to eat one of my ewe's lambs this year, but she had all girls and I really want to expand my flock so I'm thinking about keeping them for breeding rather than eating one. But I would like to have them for meat. I'm thinking about selling my ram and then using that money to buy a nicer ram that I can breed all my girls to...just don't know what breed I wanna cross 'em with!
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Sheep are officially moved in
Didn't get around to getting any hay today (woke up at 3 pm since I didn't get home till 5 am, ate lunch, went to Southern States to get a bag of feed and some stakes/fence posts, then got chinese food for my bro since it's his birthday, picked up some Subway for me, stopped at Safeway to pick up an ice cream cake, got home and ate my food, fixed up the 'gates,' filled up the water trough, went down to the barn and spent forever herding my sheep into the barn, penned em up, my mom took Ali and one of the lambs and I took Ciqala and the other lamb, walked em up and put them in their part of the pen, then we went down to get Billy and Paulie and walked them up...sat outside for about a half hour making sure they were okay and weren't gonna get out, then I came inside and cleaned up a bit, and now it's 10 pm). So I'll get some tomorrow. They have grass in their pen so I'm not worried that they will starve overnight lol.Pics tomorrow!
Straw Hat Kikos
The Kiko Cowboy
Cool. Sounds like a plan!! What are your fav breeds?
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I really, really like Katahdins, but they are a hair breed and I don't want to deal with a hair x wool cross, so I'm pretty much 'forced' to choose a wool breed. I was thinking of crossing them with a Texel since he'd be the perfect size (don't want a big ram because my smallest ewe weighs ~130 lbs) and then I'd get some nice meaty lambs. But I also want to get a Finnsheep or a Romanov to improve the prolificacy in my flock (not that I need that after my ewe had quads two weeks ago lol), so I don't know. The possibilities are endless
I really need to sit down and think about what my ewe's strengths and weaknesses are, and then pick an appropriately-sized breed (so my little ewe won't have any issues lambing) that will help with their weaknesses. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow...or sometime before I want to/need to buy a ram haha.
I really need to sit down and think about what my ewe's strengths and weaknesses are, and then pick an appropriately-sized breed (so my little ewe won't have any issues lambing) that will help with their weaknesses. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow...or sometime before I want to/need to buy a ram haha.
