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

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

Lol, Billy sounds ANNOYING. If it were me, hed just be tied up within reach of his food ad water, with a chain link rope or somethng !

What blind wool?

Lady gaga is PRECIOUS!

 

[SheepGirl]

Yes I used to like Billy but now I can barely stand him

And wool blind is where the wool grows around the eyes and the sheep becomes blind, hence the term, wool blind. However over the past couple of days I've noticed that the wool type around her eyes has changed a bit so maybe I'll get lucky and she won't be wool blind

I think Lady Gaga is like the cutest sheep I've ever seen, but then again I'm pretty bias lol

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

Yes I used to like Billy but now I can barely stand him

And wool blind is where the wool grows around the eyes and the sheep becomes blind, hence the term, wool blind. However over the past couple of days I've noticed that the wool type around her eyes has changed a bit so maybe I'll get lucky and she won't be wool blind

I think Lady Gaga is like the cutest sheep I've ever seen, but then again I'm pretty bias lol

LOL! Sounds like our wether *sigh* the thing is so skiddish, and wont shut up if you get near him

Could you prevent it i fyou cut the wool around the eyes? fingercrossed she isnt

 

[SheepGirl]

Could you prevent it i fyou cut the wool around the eyes? fingercrossed she isnt

Yep, but then they look funny and also wool blind sheep tend to wean fewer & lighter lambs. Open faced sheep tend to wean more & heavier lambs, which means they are more profitable, which is obviously a desired trait in most flocks lol.

And because she really is the better of the two lambs in terms of muscle mass and growth rate, I really hope she isn't wool blind because since she is inbred, if I outcrossed her, I imagine the lambs would be downright awesome in terms of production traits.

 

[SheepGirl]

We had a real nasty storm earlier today. I went out to go feed my sheep at around 5 and I heard thunder and when I went outside there was tons of lightning and the sky was a really dark shade of gray. So I quickly fed them and I laid a tarp down on top of the deck for my ram and a piece of plywood on top of the stair landing at the door to the garage for the ewes. So I went inside and got the scale to see if I could get to weighing the lambs real quick before the storm hit since I didn't know how long it was supposed to last. So I get out there and as I'm untying the gate to get into the pen, rain starts pelleting down and I become drenched in like five seconds. My sheep ran under the stairs and Billy ran under the deck and I ran inside lol. I watched the sheep from the basement/guest bedroom since there's a window there that I can look out at. At this point we had lost power and the window in the basement started to leak, but I was too scared to go into the bathroom to get a towel cause it was pitch black lol. But I had looked out the window and my poor sheep ran out from under the stairs and they were standing under the deck with their heads hanging low and their ears were all droopy and they were soaking wet. The poor lambs were all hunched up and shivering.

So I decided to evacuate them to our garage. I went outside and the tarp was blown up, even though I put chairs on top of all the corners. The power was still out so I couldn't walk them to the front of the garage because we have the automatic door openers, so I had to try to push the sheep up the steps. Oh did I mention it was hailing, too? Only Ali and Billy followed me out of the pen. Billy would not go up the stairs but I was able to get Ali up the steps and I had her in the garage while I was trying to get the other sheep. And whaddayaknow, the rain stopped. So I decided to put Billy back and once I did I got Ali and I tried getting her down the steps but she would not have any part of it. Still out of power, I couldn't open the garage door so I walked her through my house (shhh....don't tell my mom that ) and around to the back of the house. So now that all the sheep were back in their muddy pens, I went and I got some straw and laid it out for them so they can lay down someplace dry. Then I went and I took the hay out of their feeder (luckily it wasn't very much) and I tried dumping out all the water but it was hard due to one of the pieces of wood coming off (so much for my handiwork lol).

So after I got the sheep all situated I went and I cleaned the deck since all of our furniture and our grill and all the flowers were all over the place. I went around to the front of the house to check on my grandparents (they live in an RV parked in our front/side yard) and they were out there talking to the neighbor in front of us. Turns out their apple tree fell down That was a HUGE tree that they would let us pick apples off of every year and we would make apple pie.

But there were so many sirens and I saw so many ambulances and police cars go down our road. I'm sure there will be a big write-up in the paper tomorrow about this storm.

We finally got our power on about an hour ago, it was out for 3.5-4 hours. It came on as I was getting my sheep some hay, which I was happy about cause I was in the dark in my garage with a lil old flashlight (can you tell I don't like the dark? lol).

 

[SDBoerGoats]

Sounds kind of like my day! It has been pouring here too, thunderstorms, and I lost my satellite for a while, but no power. I hate it when it rains like this, but my goats have 3 sided sheds they all run into. I have been watching all the beautiful hay across the road from my house that I had planned on buying get ruined!

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

(at the 'shh dont tell my mom' ) LOL !!!


Wow... Whadda day. eh? Glad your sheep are happy, and I agree, ME NO LIKEY DARKEY (Reminds me of ' Dum dum give me gum gum' , 'Dum Dum give me LIGHT' , LOL ,random, Yes i know)

 

[SheepGirl]

SDBoerGoats, I know what you mean about the hay. I hate seeing hay fields ruined by the rain!

 

[SheepGirl]

My grandma cracks me up. She was out looking at my sheep and she took one look at my ram and she's like "it's a wonder his legs aren't bruised!" I just about died laughing lol

 

[elevan]