SheepGirl's Journal - Photos of the sheep 4/25
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bridget!!! 
The kind I got was the VS-660 and what made me really want to get it was that it was only $315. All the other scales I've seen are $800+. And free next-day shipping, too!
The only downside I've seen is the owner's manual--it's not grammatically correct and they spell please like pls. So that worries me a little that so little attention was paid to the owner's manual, but so far the scale is good (course I've only had it a day) 
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Herd Master
Thanks for the scale info.
BTW I love the POW photos of your sheep! Especially that first one where they are all running toward you!
BTW I love the POW photos of your sheep! Especially that first one where they are all running toward you!
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hahah thanks!
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So it's been raining all day and I was wondering why the sheep wouldn't go in their shelter. Well when I went in there (I had grain so they'd follow me in), I figured out why! The sheep would be eating the hay in the corner or the grain in the pans and Hank would come up behind them and rape them! (They aren't in heat that's why I'm calling it raping.) So to get my sheep to use their shelter I have Hank in 'jail' in a dog kennel in my garage. I'm sitting with him right now so he's not lonely. But he's laying down and chewing his cud right now and I'm looking out the window on the back door and my sheep are in their shelter Problem solved lol.
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I put Hank back out with the ewes because I was getting cold, lol. I didn't want to stay out in the garage with him but I didn't want him alone...so out he went. So far he's been behaving himself.
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Congrats on POW! I do love that cuddly look and wooly coat! Kinda like a pyr.
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Haha thanks
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Power came on after nearly 80 hours without it
Sheep are good and so far they are due 3/3 and 3/9. But I think Ciqala will have hers on 3/8 since it's a Friday. She always lambs on a Friday (except once and it was a Thursday). Ewe lambs have yet to come into heat (and that's good because they aren't heavy enough yet), but Hank always feels the need to breed them when they're eating. He especially loves Lady Gaga. If both lambs are eating, he will always go for Lady Gaga rather than Katy Perry. So I've been bringing them out of their field and feeding them right in front of the gate. I always have a handful of grain to lead them back in with. And my dog Maggie loves to eat along with them lol I always tell her not to eat the sheep food, but she sure does love the pellets! (She won't touch the barley, though.)
But anyway, at work there are 2 day old twin bucklings (they are soo tiny and they are much more active then lambs and they filled out a lot quicker, too) and this morning a baby girl alpaca was born! I was there when the momma alpaca passed the afterbirth. I couldn't get over how much crias look like little giraffes! hahaha and they are soo much softer than newborn lambs, too! (But lambs are cuter
) When I clean the farrowing crate, the baby pigs (now a month old) nibble on my boots and they've chewed through them. They are always at my feet when I clean out their poop & pee. But good thing is, since they were a week old, they have only gone potty on the edges of the farrowing crate. Which makes it easy & fast to clean so they don't have much time to chew on me. But Sunday is my last day ... The rented critters (the dairy cow, sow, and boar) are going back to their home farms on Monday. But the poor sow, Helga, won't stay long at her farm--she's from a commercial hog operation (it's legit...the barns are ventilated and they are kept at 70* and the sows are fed meticulous diets and everything) and she's 4 or 5 yrs old so she's going to be culled here soon. I wanna buy her or some of her pigs but my mom thinks pigs are ugly so she won't let me have any... And she doesn't know how to eat pumpkins. Boarris the hamp boar does, though! He pretty much eats them whole, lol while Helga plays with it.
Okay....I think that's all my updates for now
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Power came on after nearly 80 hours without it
Sheep are good and so far they are due 3/3 and 3/9. But I think Ciqala will have hers on 3/8 since it's a Friday. She always lambs on a Friday (except once and it was a Thursday). Ewe lambs have yet to come into heat (and that's good because they aren't heavy enough yet), but Hank always feels the need to breed them when they're eating.
He especially loves Lady Gaga. If both lambs are eating, he will always go for Lady Gaga rather than Katy Perry. So I've been bringing them out of their field and feeding them right in front of the gate. I always have a handful of grain to lead them back in with. And my dog Maggie loves to eat along with them lol I always tell her not to eat the sheep food, but she sure does love the pellets! (She won't touch the barley, though.)But anyway, at work there are 2 day old twin bucklings (they are soo tiny and they are much more active then lambs and they filled out a lot quicker, too) and this morning a baby girl alpaca was born! I was there when the momma alpaca passed the afterbirth. I couldn't get over how much crias look like little giraffes! hahaha and they are soo much softer than newborn lambs, too! (But lambs are cuter
) When I clean the farrowing crate, the baby pigs (now a month old) nibble on my boots and they've chewed through them. They are always at my feet when I clean out their poop & pee. But good thing is, since they were a week old, they have only gone potty on the edges of the farrowing crate. Which makes it easy & fast to clean so they don't have much time to chew on me. But Sunday is my last day ... The rented critters (the dairy cow, sow, and boar) are going back to their home farms on Monday. But the poor sow, Helga, won't stay long at her farm--she's from a commercial hog operation (it's legit...the barns are ventilated and they are kept at 70* and the sows are fed meticulous diets and everything) and she's 4 or 5 yrs old so she's going to be culled here soon. I wanna buy her or some of her pigs but my mom thinks pigs are ugly so she won't let me have any... And she doesn't know how to eat pumpkins. Boarris the hamp boar does, though! He pretty much eats them whole, lol while Helga plays with it.Okay....I think that's all my updates for now
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So glad you got your power on.
That job sure went by fast. I know it was only a short term job but it just seems like it was the other day.
That job sure went by fast. I know it was only a short term job but it just seems like it was the other day.
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Oh I know. The month of October flew by but I had a lot of fun! And I have a job interview at McDonalds coming up...so hopefully I won't be unemployed for long lol.
And probably on Monday I will upload all the photos I took at the farm and I will create a new thread with critter pics
And I have a job interview at McDonalds coming up...so hopefully I won't be unemployed for long lol.And probably on Monday I will upload all the photos I took at the farm and I will create a new thread with critter pics
