The most useful farm tool that I have is by far our Border Collie Gus, he proves to be helpful more than I can count. I know that if the sheep we’re to get out that I wouldn’t have to much trouble getting them back with Gus’s help (Purdy is another story) which is a load off my mind. This morning when I went down to do morning chores I saw that Jenny one of the brown spotted ewes had…
Purdy our guard llama has been here about a week now and I couldn’t be more pleased with her! She bonded very quickly with her sheep especially Ewestace, they all sleep together in the shelter at night even though I no longer shut them in. Every time I go down to give Purdy her breakfast or dinner she always comes right over to the fence as I am walking down to make sure it isn’t a threat to her sheep….
Yesterday we finished the first fence meaning ewestace and company could come home. I went to pick up the three ewes about five with Jeff’s truck. Amanda kindly caught all three ewes and got them into the back of the truck (ewestace started screaming her protests immediately upon being place in the truck). It was now time to drive home I made it out of the farms drive before I became overcome with fear ewestace would pop open the hatch…
Things are finally coming together here, fencing is going up and sheep will be coming home very soon! Jeff has been installing the fence for our sheep to live in this week digging post holes and pounding in t-posts. The end of this week we will be bringing home the meat sheep, Ewestace and two other ewe lambs to keep her company. Then this weekend Jeff and I will be going on a road trip to pick up Purdy the…
We have been at the farm just over a week now and still love it! My mom left yesterday to go back home to Oklahoma and we are so grateful for all the things she helped us do. Everything that we moved here has been unpacked, however we still have things at my in-laws house as well as storage. I am going to pick up our first piglet tomorow her little pigpen is all set up behind the house until…
These will be our future sheep they are Lincoln Long Wools. We are hoping to get 3 ewe lambs and maybe a ram lamb!
Since returning from vacation in florida we have been busy packing and preparing to move in less than 30 days. We have been anxiously awaiting moving day and it is defiantly fast approaching. There are still many decisions left to be made and plans still to firm up. We still need to find and buy a lawn mower as well as an actual tractor for the farm. All of the fencing will need to be installed right after we close…
Olive discovered how much she truly loves to swim while we were at the farm today!
Gus and Olive start sheep camp again today at Cherry Hill Training Center. When Jeff fed Gus his breakfast I heard him pronounce to Gus “Eat up you, got to perform well today!” Without even thinking I walked into the room and spoke up for Gus “Dad I don’t perform sheep herding, it’s a way of life.” After Gus and I straightened out Jeff’s line of thought I realized he didn’t say anything to Olive. I have decided this means one…