Posted in Sheep on Oct 27th, 2011
Very sad to report that our rescue lamb has not survived.. I feel so sad She just went down hill over the day & was not interested in feeding. Maybe her mother knew all was not well.. that’s the animal way isn’t it? At least I tried.
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Posted in Breeding, Equines, Poultry, Sheep on Oct 25th, 2011
I have a lot to blog about, with all the Spring happenings here, but time keeps getting away on me. Today, however, I have special news which I just have to share. This morning we rescued another lamb from hubbies workplace and, I’m delighted to say, so far all is well. Hubby spotted her […]
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Posted in Sheep on Aug 2nd, 2011
Once a week hubby works as groundsman at a factory near home. They have a few sheep which graze the land around the factory and every year hubby has to pick up dead lambs due to the lack of care from staff. It really upsets him but there was a bright spot a few years […]
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Posted in Breeding, Sheep on Dec 25th, 2010
We have been blessed with 7 gorgeous lambs this month. The little 7 month old Gotland ram we borrowed worked very efficiently.. we have 4 girls & 3 boys. We did lose 1 baby boy who was a twin born a little too early in the morning for us .. not sure if he was […]
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Posted in Breeding, Goats, Poultry, Sheep on Aug 31st, 2010
Things have been busy around here… We’ve had a nice (but smelly) buck visit our 2 young goats, ZhaZha ( Saanen/ Nubian) & Lulu (Toggenburg/Saanen). Im hoping for some coloured babies. Our old Saanen goat, Rosie, who came from the SPCA at an unknown age, we decided was too old to be mated again. She […]
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