Our First Corriedale and Romney Yarns
Our first Corriedale and Romney yarns are back from the mills…
Our first Corriedale and Romney yarns are back from the mills…
Celeste is our oldest and wisest ewe, a 9-year-old Romney who we acquired with our starter flock 3 years ago. When I asked, “Really, you are selling me a 6-year-old ewe?” Carol said she doubted that I would be disappointed. And I was not. Celeste is a fierce and devoted mother, an independent ewe who …
Wednesday was Lisa’s day off, so I had the evening shift. I brought the ewes into the barn just before dark, and then went to blanket the horses. Five minutes later I looked back in the drop-pen, and there was Flora, one of our white Corriedales, with a head protruding! I couldn’t imagine how I …
No matter what, it always seems that lambing catches me by surprise, a week before I’m ready. This year was the same! We expected first lambs around February 16. On February 11 Melinda, Lolo and I got the lambing barn all set up, and I set out all the supplies in the tack room, so …
October is breeding season, and Perry the Cormo, Mitt the Romney and the rest of the rams are making the most of it…
We trimmed feet and changed coats on all our ewes on Thursday. Gone are the days when we could maybe manage to trim feet on 15 sheep in a session, struggling to tip our 200-lb ewes back into a sheep-chair, and then getting kicked in the face by flailing feet if we weren’t careful. The …
Meet Oliver and Oakley, our new Great Pyrenees Livestock Guardian Dogs…