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

[bonbean01]

My Dad had three daughters...he was a farmer...he did not think any jokes about the farmer with three daughters was funny

When a date would show up to pick any of us up...he went outside to have a little talk with them first...don't know what he said to them...but they seemed terrified to go past holding hands

And yes...we are looking out for you because we care about you sweetie

 

[SheepGirl]

omg I love you guys! You all are too funny!!

But SBC, lol. I tolerate social drinkers, or someone that has a beer every once and a while, but I don't like someone who drinks every day or is an alcoholic lol.

 

[Southern by choice]

Welllll... ok. good girl! But no underage crap!!!

 

[bonbean01]

I agree

 

[SheepGirl]

thanks guys!

hahaha and don't worry. I've never drinken, done drugs, or smoked because I know my parents will find out one way or another. lol

 

[SheepGirl]

Well my mom & I went to Lowe's yesterday and bought an 8x10 metal shed. Unfortunately it's not for my sheep to use, but rather for me to use to put my hay & other sheep supplies in, since my mom doesn't want my stuff in the garage any more Haven't had a chance to put it together yet, but it will be done soon because my mom also wants to park in the garage and she can't do that when I have a round bale against the back wall

I will post pictures as it's being constructed. We also bought plywood so I can have a floor.

It will only be a temporary fix until we build our barn. We were supposed to build it back during Thanksgiving, but that never happened, so it probably won't be until Spring.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Well don't try and put it together today, you might have pieces of sheet metal sailing across your pasture! I hate these high winds, the sheep don't like it at all.

Nice that you got your own storage facility, though!

 

[Southern by choice]

That is great! Will a round bale fit through the door?

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Come up with a name theme yet?

 

[SheepGirl]

Yep, I'm so excited to have it! We haven't built it yet, though--maybe this weekend. My mom wants it done ASAP so she can park in her garage!! lol. But she's been needing to put all the Christmas decorations away first so we haven't had time to build it.

But a round bale should fit through the door...the doors open to I think at least 54" so I would guess a round bale could fit through. I'm going to see about getting two round bales in there and then 7-10 bales of straw, plus my sheep equipment (elastrators, hoof trimmers, hand shears, breeding supplies, etc), and grain in there. Might get a bit crowded, but it's just for me & my sheep stuff lol. And then maybe I can get a solar light so we don't have to run electricity out there. And then I can hang up photos of my sheep inside on the walls

And I think I'm going to go with Twilight or Superheroes for my naming theme. I will wait until naming them until after Ciqala lambs to see what kind of lambs I get. Ali's due on a Sunday and Ciqala's due on that next Saturday, so it won't be long.

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I've been thinking about my two mature ewes.

I really like Ciqala's udder capacity (I milked her a couple days after she lambed this past yr and I got 2 cups out of her left half, and I didn't even milk her dry on that side), her parasite tolerance, her foraging ability (wanting to graze instead of eating hay), her hardiness (willingness to stand out in snow/rain) and her mothering instincts (she's very protective and she does her best not to let her babies out of her sight, whereas Ali tends to be scatterbrained).

I really like Ali's udder conformation and her thriftiness (ability to stay fat on grass & mineral alone, even coming out of winter over conditioned).

So what I think I'm going to do is concentrate on combining these two ewes into a single 'package' by keeping a ram lamb out of either of them and crossing it onto the other ewe (like if Ciqala has a ram lamb I will breed him to Ali; if Ali has a ram lamb I will breed him to Ciqala) and seeing what kind of a ewe I get. I'm hoping for a more open faced ewe, because with Ali, the wool below her eye tends to grow long, whereas the wool above her eye stays short, and then it makes her slightly wool blind. So I think that's gonna be a little side project with my flock. I may also want to add Katy Perry's genes into that mix, too, depending on how she is as a mother.