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Jan 25
My Abilene…Simply Amazing!!!
Today one of the lambs was cold and not up nursing. I brought him to the house and gave him to Abilene to look after. I put the lamb beside her. She licked and mothered him, and warmed him up. I fixed some caned milk and sugar (all I had) and fed that to him. …
Jan 24
Jugging!
Sometimes a ewe will not accept a lamb…If you catch it early you can jug the ewe and the lamb(s) and use your dog to hold her attention while the lamb(s) nurse! It is a shepherds trick to use the dog. The ewe focuses on the dog as a threat and forgets she does not …
Jan 24
I Know Better!
We are lambing! We have had 8 Ewes to lamb. (I lost the first Churrio Navaho twins) That ewe walked them to death! (I did not realize they would do that!) Then I had a Katahdin ewe with twins and she lost one of them on day 3 it just died. Starting Tuesday of this …
Jan 19
Simple Country Pleasures…
Is there anything more glorious than a cool, bright, sunny, beautiful January Sunday morning? I jumped out of bed to the sound of sheep bells quietly making music in the distance. It was cool but not cold. Threw on my barn clothes. Turned the Shepherds out …and down to the pasture we went! All 6 …
Jan 16
We Have a New Lamb and 2 Beautiful Roos!
So my powers of “knowing which Ewe will lamb” Clearly Do Not Exist! I thought one of my Katahdin ewes was going to lamb last night. So at 2:30 AM I was moving sheep in the dark (well Drover was!) I had the ram in with the ewes and thought better of it! I opened …
Jan 15
Puppy Walk About…
Sunday afternoon was cold but pleasant. We had sunshine! I took the puppies and the grown dogs to the barn to hang out with the chickens and watch. The puppies are learning that chickens peck if they are to close and have a pink hind leg that kicks if they pull tail feathers and or …
Jan 05
Simple Country Pleasures…
Today Les and I cut wood. We are preparing for the cold weather that will arrive in a few days. I am guessing my ewes are waiting to lamb then too! Puppies are great! The little brown hens are well. Drover has become very efficient at putting them in the stall at night. we had …
Jan 02
Cluck, Cluck , Cluck said the little Brown Hen..
Tuesday , when Les and I arrived home from cutting wood …Scott a friend of ours had brought us 16 little Brown Hens! So pretty and brown and they lay eggs! Now we have 17 hens! Scott is bringing us a pretty Americana Rooster soon! This afternoon we turned the hens out of the barn …
Jan 01
So Very Blessed!
Today Dan, Buddy, Drover, BOO and I worked sheep . All afternoon! I am tired! It was cool and then got cold! The wind picked up. Dan had a great lesson! We penned sheep! Sorted sheep, penned them again, sorted , back sorted. Gate Sorted, Moved the sheep in and out of the field…We did …
Dec 31
The Last Time…(a passing)
Today a little lady from our church went on to be with the Lord. Ms. Joyce Gallimore…She was very short and small. She never married…She lived in the home she grew up in… till her passing except for the times she was to sick and had to be in hospital. Latter in life she could …
