Tag Archives: sheep

Lambs are off to the Butcher!

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

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Friday Ramble-Prepping for Another Lock Down

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

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 | 8 Comments

A little light hearted fun.. Mrs. Brown and her twins.

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged Its the small things, Knitted lamving wool mother sheep with twin lambs, Knitted Wool Sheep, Knitted wool sheep with lambs, Knitting, Lamving, sheep, Take your breaks when you can | 5 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

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

Reuse and Recyle- Sheep Feeder

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

This pen normally has hay net feeder and or a single corner hay feeder.. neither of which worked for the ewe sheep that are using my big back corner stall as the nursery pen at the count down to lambing.. A little extra … Continue reading →

Posted in sheep | Tagged lambing, Reuse and recyle on the farm, sheep, sheep baby bellies, Sheep checking bags, Sheep feeder, Wall sheep feeder | 5 Comments

Big Barn Prep-Lamb Watch 2017

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

The Big Barn is old, really old, its coming into it’s 90th year per the locals and its been repaired, its had add on’s done to it, and its also aging.. always aging, always being putter on, working on.. This … Continue reading →

Posted in farm, homestead, sheep | Tagged barns, composting, deep pack method, farm, Farmgal, jugs, lambing, lambing prepwork, Mild snap in winter, old barns, sheep, working in barns | 5 Comments

Farm Puttering

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

A farmer friend said, you want some oats, I have to much for the bin, and so the extra are in the one ton bag and I said, I would be interested, I had gone off the farm and when … Continue reading →