Category Archives: sheep

3 ways to help Support your Ewe after lambing

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

How to Support your Ewe or Doe after birthing their Lambs or Kids. Everyone focuses so hard on the newborns, I know they are just so fragile and adorable and those first 72 hours are the biggest danger zone … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily, sheep | Tagged 3 Ways to Support your Ewe after Birthing, 3 Ways to Suppot your Doe after Birthing, Herbs to help after birth for your sheep, Sheep Birthing, Supporting your ewe after birthing, Use a Jug sheep ewe | Leave a comment

First Set of Twin Ewe Lambs..

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

It was mild, with low winds(that are colder) with sun today.. a perfect day to have our first set of lambs join us for 2019.. There momma did a great job, the twin ewe babies are doing well and the … Continue reading →

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Thick Plum Wool Knitted Winter Scarf

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

In this cold winter, knitting a couple new items just seems like a great idea, I have not picked up the needles in far to long.. it seems like so many things I love to do got pushed to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gift ideas, sheep | Tagged Hand dyed wool, Hand knitted Scarf, Knitting with pure wool, Supporting Canadain Wool producers | 9 Comments

King Ram 2018

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Sometimes we make choices that we regret to a point, I like King my new ram, he is a good boy, but I miss both Horny and Whiskey. I should have kept them for more years. I liked that both … Continue reading →

Posted in sheep | Tagged Breeding Sheep fall, heat effecting breeding times, sheep | 2 Comments

A little Lamb Love

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Big Female (single) at the back, then first born set of twins, Ram Lamb in the middle an his sister at the front, with a touch of Jada a yearling goat rear end Only one of the second born set … Continue reading →

Posted in sheep | Tagged lambs | 3 Comments

New Ram for the Sheep Flock and fall overview

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

After having a couple of the cutest Black Lambs born this year, I decided that we would at least for 2018 get a Black Hair Sheep Ram for the breeding season.. So we will be breeding with Onyx this year, … Continue reading →

Posted in sheep | Tagged Planning for next years lambs this fall, Raising Sheep on the homestead, sheep | 2 Comments

Stress-Free way to move the Ewe-Float the lamb..

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Todays post is short but sweet.. How to move a mother sheep from the holding, expecting pen with the least possible stress to her own jug.. pick up baby and “float” the lamb in a slow way about four inches … Continue reading →

Posted in sheep | Tagged lamb, lambing, moving a lamb to jug, sheep, stress free way to move a mother sheep with her lamb to the jug | 4 Comments

March is coming in a like a lion..

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

But it’s not stopping the lambing 🙂 It’s just ugly out there.. it hit minus 32 overnight and the average thankfully is only just over minus 20 but when you add the wind chill, we have warnings out that it … Continue reading →

Posted in sheep | Tagged lambing in winter, lambs, March, New Lambs, sheep | 3 Comments

Freezing Sheep Colostrum

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Below is a really great post on Freezing Colostrum but first a update.. I missed the post yesterday, what a day.. I was up before the sun, showered and ready to head off the farm for Eco-farm day about an … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters, sheep, Sheep Milk | Tagged Colustrum from sheep, ewe, Freezing Colustrum for lambs, milking sheep, Sheep Milk | Leave a comment

Finally, the first set of twin lambs are on the farm..

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Tess on her second year as a proven Ewe (A single on her first year) has given me two lovely ram lambs. They are looking very good.. actively nursing, attached to momma nad momma to them. She has them in … Continue reading →