Where have we been lately?

I haven’t updated the site in a long time. Life got busy and I forgot passwords and web browsers have to be updated. Oh My! but none the less… I’m going to try to use the blog much more now that I’m back in. The last post was quite a while ago and those babies have grown so much. I’ll have to get you some recent photos of just how cute these guys are these days.
The goats have proven themselves to be a challenge to us and our lack of goat raising knowledge. But the men folk on the farm have really been trying to get a handle on the issues and we are trying to improve the health of the herd. Farming is not without heartbreak. and we have had our share of it this year. But right now things are looking good and we are prepping for the 4-H sheep show in a few weeks. Try to stay cool folks. And when you walk out side and feel this nasty heat, say a little prayer for the farmers that are out there working in it.

Growing babies

Pepper (our early born baby) is beautiful! She is so big and her composition is fantastic. We won’t be able to show her more than likely because she is too old. But, she will be staying on the farm to grow our flock because she is just beautiful. 

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The two sets of twins are getting big quick too. ImageImage

 

I can’t leave out our single births. The second one is the last baby that was born. We are about to have a cold snap again here so more than likely one of our ewes will decide to lamb in the single digit weather. That is always how it seems to happen.ImageImage

The new arrivals!

So far there have been two sets of twins and another single birth over December and January. We had some extremely cold weather over the last month and we were fortunate that the new barn and set up kept everyone safe from the frigid temps. Of course we had to have a baby born during that time. The single birth lamb was able to be dried pretty quickly after birth and her mother took to caring for it pretty quickly.

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Little lady and her lambs

So… our little lady participated in her first 4-H lamb show. She showed a beautiful ewe lamb and an another wether lamb. She just turned 3 so this was the first year she was able to participate. Our ewe lamb won the Grand Champion for the commercial ewe class and she also won grand champion in the Cloverbud class. The wether won Reserve Grand Champion in the Cloverbud class. Image

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on the right is the ewe (Cloverbud Grand Champion) and the left the wether (Cloverbud Reserve Grand Champion)