Jan 25
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
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
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 15
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 02
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
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
Abby Dabby (Abilene) is taking good care of her puppies! While not ever far away from them …She is weaning the puppies slowly…She is running her low growl (what are you doing ?) with the puppies! “I may have allowed you unlimited access but not no more! Milk buckets are tired! and sore! ” Puppies …
Dec 30
The puppies are settled in on the carport…In fact they “own it” my grown dogs have vacated it unless they are crated and safe from the little rascals! (You know the tail grabbing hair pulling oh you look fun ! types) My dogs “Know” they have to be good to the puppies! At least for …
Dec 26
A friend of mine shared this with me back in August…Seems Appropriate for what ever reason…I would like to share it here with you all: Kindness Posted on August 20, 2014 Every now and then I come across a poem that speaks to me. A phone call this morning from a friend, tearful over an …
Dec 26
I will look unto the hills from whence come my help! and my hope and strength! This time of year tends to cause me to reflect on what I have accomplished, where I have been, what I want to do in the coming year… I was filing emails this evening. WOW! The first 8 …
