Tag Archives: sheep
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
Reuse and Recyle- Sheep Feeder
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
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Just another Day on the Farm 