We normally don’t see new lambs until April. But this morning when I stopped by the paddock to feed the animals I found these two little girls fresh out of the womb and eyeballing their new surroundings. We don’t have a barn for lambing, just a three-sided shelter, and last year we lost several newborns […]
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We said goodbye to our steer Del recently and got a hearty thumbs up from the butcher.’ “Keep doin’ whatever you’ve been doin’,” he said. “It doesn’t get any better than this!” Del (short for Delmonico) had put on a good layer of fat during his 18 months with us, which must owe to our […]
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We sold our ram Buddy to a local couple and I was sorry to see him go. We purchased him as a yearling from our friend Ashley and her father in December 2013 and he did his job well building our flock of sheep to the point where we don’t have any room for more […]
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