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Entries Tagged as 'sheep'

She’s Back!

March 24th, 2014 · 2 Comments · farming

Do you see a sheep in this photo? Charlotte is hiding behind a post in the walk-in shelter. When I bring grain to the cow and the boy goat, Charlotte turns into a stealth ewe, creeping closer and closer as she plots a run for the grain bucket. This is the game we play twice […]

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Grain Thief

March 4th, 2014 · No Comments · farming

The sheep give me a hard time when I feed the cow her bucket of grain. They’d like nothing better than to get their heads in that bucket and the cow–our Jersey heifer Emily–is too nice to do much about it. So when I deliver hay in the morning, I drop it at the other […]

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Home Again, Home Again

January 17th, 2014 · No Comments · Blog, farming

After the “polar vortex,” spring in January. With temperatures climbing into the 40s, I took the sheep back to the upper pasture. They seem to prefer grazing to eating hay. But they couldn’t stay long. Unfortunately, the ground remains frozen, which means I can’t move the portable electric fencing to make a new paddock for […]

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