Category Archives: sheep

It's tran­si­tion time in the pas­ture.  All of the sheep are wean­ing their lambs and try­ing to put weight back on — all except one.  One sheep had become seri­ously obese. We'd been scratch­ing our heads try­ing to fig­ure out how she got … Con­tinue read­ing →

So, the lambs are grow­ing fast now…and, being mostly weaned, they get their food from grass. Which means they eat all day, just like their moms. The glory days of lamb cavort­ing are behind us now…and the seri­ous busi­ness of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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I know some of you have high­fa­lutin' goals, like run­ning a 1/2 marathon (hi, Gar­ren!) or run­ning a coop­er­a­tive busi­ness (I'm lookin' at you, RD), but my goal lately has been to relax. In that spirit, yes­ter­day, I sat on the big plas­tic tub … Con­tinue read­ing →

Just before sun­set, one of our sheep went into labor. She may be the last for this year, but I am keep­ing a close eye on a cou­ple more. We like to wait a lit­tle while before we trim and iodine the umbil­i­cal cord, … Con­tinue read­ing →

Some of our more avid read­ers may recall this post from last week, in which Evan muses long­ingly on the cute­ness of lambs. Well guess what.  Now, we get to cud­dle a baby lamb any old time we like, because we have … Con­tinue read­ing →