Its always the pets that cause problems and Sammies pet lamb from last year is no exception.
Of course for the first time in weeks I didn’t check them this morning, but did after lunch. And sure enough there she was with the face of a lamb sticking out her rear end. And [...]
What a morning. I went out to do the usual feeding and checking of all our animals. Chickens are all good, pigs are all good. Normally I would feed the horses and check the cows next, but today I checked one bunch of sheep in the paddock. Some of these are looking a bit thin [...]
Its been awhile since I have written, as there hasn’t seemed to be anything that stands out to write about. That isn’t to say that we have not been doing anything, but just life been going through one of those times when it just chugs on, while you seem to just do the same things [...]
Yesterday it was time to move the older lambs – they had been in their paddock for a few weeks now. Mum and daughter had attempted this earlier in the week, but with the long grass around the gates, the lambs were reluctant to go where they were told. This resulted in five lambs in [...]
Today we had our fourth late lamb born for the year – this girl brings the mix to two boys and two girls. We are now waiting on just one or two more of the ewes to lamb late.