Wool bearring mammals
I had a good morning at the ranch; my headache is finally waning.
Both Rosasharn and Kia were in heat; I bred Kia to Marvin and Rosasharn to Uriah Heep. Rosasharn has been bred 3 times in the last few weeks, even after I gave her a shot to try to stop this short cycling. I don't have a doe kid out of her, and as much as I would like to have one, I might have to settle with her son Winfield.
Abby and I gathered up the sheep and put them in the pen with only a little trouble. The new ewes I bought from Kathy knew not where the entrance was, and the 2 ewes with lambs just wanted to stand their ground and challenge the dog. Eventually we got them in and I even managed to get the big calf out of the way.
I grabbed the 2 new little lambs ( more ewes, I'm running about 5 to 1 ewes..) and put bands on their tails. One of the new ewes had gotten a piece of wire wrapped around her back feet, so I got that off and doctored her. It wasn't as bad as it could have been ( or as bad as I had imagined)
I counted all the sheep; there's a total of 49, with 30 being ewes, the rest are yearlings and lambs with a few wethers in there. I'd like to ship a few of these lambs; I am sure there is a good demand for them for Christmas, but since the back window of my truck cab broke, I'm gonna have to figure out how to get that done.
Both Rosasharn and Kia were in heat; I bred Kia to Marvin and Rosasharn to Uriah Heep. Rosasharn has been bred 3 times in the last few weeks, even after I gave her a shot to try to stop this short cycling. I don't have a doe kid out of her, and as much as I would like to have one, I might have to settle with her son Winfield.
Abby and I gathered up the sheep and put them in the pen with only a little trouble. The new ewes I bought from Kathy knew not where the entrance was, and the 2 ewes with lambs just wanted to stand their ground and challenge the dog. Eventually we got them in and I even managed to get the big calf out of the way.
I grabbed the 2 new little lambs ( more ewes, I'm running about 5 to 1 ewes..) and put bands on their tails. One of the new ewes had gotten a piece of wire wrapped around her back feet, so I got that off and doctored her. It wasn't as bad as it could have been ( or as bad as I had imagined)
I counted all the sheep; there's a total of 49, with 30 being ewes, the rest are yearlings and lambs with a few wethers in there. I'd like to ship a few of these lambs; I am sure there is a good demand for them for Christmas, but since the back window of my truck cab broke, I'm gonna have to figure out how to get that done.
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