Tag Archives: sheep
Do you have Sheep on your farm? Ontario Sheep Support
If you live in Ontario and have sheep on your farm, then i do hope you have joined your local sub zone group of the province wide system. I didn’t for the first 10 years i had sheep and boy … Continue reading
Posted in farm journel, sheep
Tagged canada, Farm support, informtion sharing, lambs, Learn from your elders, Mental Health, Ontario, sheep, sheep news, Sheep seminars, small stock, support each other
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Feeding Times effects lambing or Kidding timing
I have noticed that this post is getting a good amount of views and for good reason, when you do your feeding times has been well studied on how it effects when your momma’s will lamb, kid or calf out. … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
Tagged birthing, farm, Farm Life, farming, Feed for lambing, feeding timing, goats, jugs, kidding, lamb, lambing, sheep, winter lambing
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Filling the Freezers -Lamb or Hoggart 2021
I had been told that I would need to wait till next week for the lamb and Hoggart to be ready, I had no issue with this, it meant that they would hang longer and I am always ok with … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
Tagged Butchering lambs, Butchering Sheep, filling the freezers, lamb meat, sheep
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Lambs are off to the Butcher!
This was truly a Ram lamb year! Out of all our lambs this year, all of them were born rams but the very last lamb, which was born late which was a little ewe.. she is super tiny compared to … Continue reading
Friday Ramble-Prepping for Another Lock Down
While it seems like everyone around me is thrilled at all the things opening up, their children heading back to school, sports are a go, concerts and professional sport events where 10, 000 of thousands gather.. As summer came into … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chickens, Farm Life, Garden, Prepping for winter, sheep, Veggies
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A little light hearted fun.. Mrs. Brown and her twins.
A lovely friend of mine made this adoreable knitted sheep.. She is a Brown girl with a black mask and a lovely full sized ewe 🙂 But she has a surprise.. She was ready to have her lambs.. What a … Continue reading
King Ram 2018
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
Stress-Free way to move the Ewe-Float the lamb..
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
March is coming in a like a lion..
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
Just another Day on the Farm 