Tag Archives: sheep

Small Grazing Paddocks -New for 2012

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

Well, It has taken more years then I want to say for us to go from when we bought this farm, with no fences other then a number of dog runs from the attached kennel building to have fenced off … Continue reading →

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Baby Lamb Photo Love

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

The older lambs are going so fast and they are all eating hay and chewing their cud these days, the younger ones are part of the baby mob, and still more new ones have joined us in the past days..  … Continue reading →

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Have a Heart? Heart shaped Box of Chocolates.. nope..

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

How about a whole host of yummy hearts recipes..  In this case, lamb maybe a few chicken or duck heart recipes thrown in. So I have four to six planned recipes over the next week or two that are going … Continue reading →

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Vanilla Sheep -Need a little help girl? -Sort of Graphic Birthing photos..

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

Vanilla sheep was found hanging out in front of a jug this morning with a huge bag,  and the starting show of labour, so into the jug she went as happy as a clam and we checked on her a … Continue reading →

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First storm of the season= New lambs!

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

It never fails, I said it in a earlier post today, big storm.. momma’s decide if they need to stay in might as well have a lamb or two.. so far a new set of twins and a new single … Continue reading →

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Socks and Mittens- our first set of twin lambs of the season.

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

The first set of twin lambs arrived while I was gone, their momma is woolie, and she is a good one, she has a sturdy boy and a slightly smaller little girl, Niece #2 and #3 named them Socks(boy) and … Continue reading →

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Catalogs starting to come in now.. Got Sheep? Like Wool?

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

This past week my garden catalogs have started coming in and some of the new an amazing fruit trees and veggies are looking just wonderful but this post is all about my new woolgrowers catalog. If you have never heard … Continue reading →

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Got Sheep or Goats? Routine Foot Care

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

Well its that time of year, the frosts are here, the main lambing season is only two months away, and just as in spring, fall rountine foot care was required. Now my pastures are soft on the feet, not alot of … Continue reading →

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Foot Care..this and that post..

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Its been a interesting few weeks when it comes to foot care on the farm, in a number of ways, with the cold weather, socks/boots have become much more common on the farm, instead of crocks which are my standard … Continue reading →

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Food Storage Friday-One month in..

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Joining in the ranks of Canadian Doomer and others like Chile Chews,  and Backyard Farm along with unprocessed real food month with its daily updates on idea’s and thoughts on how to use whole food in your diet, we are eating out … Continue reading →

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