Recent content by Margali

As I posted on Leonidas' thread, Oreo had a beautiful ewe lamb! 🥰 She is 7/8th registered Katahdin and potentially upgradable to 100% after yearling hair coat inspection. Only thing is she has an extra nipple on one side. Katahdin standard is vague so I don't know if that is a big deal or not.

So Leonidas passed a unexpected test. I thought Oreo wasn't pregnant since she was due before end of March. So I wasn't worrying about keeping him separate once Peggy lambed. Oreo surprised me with a ewe lamb yesterday. Leo was super concerned during labor the locked baby clean. He ate the...

IT WAS BRUNO!!! I'm heartbroken but he is being put down today. The kids have been told he's "going to a new home without sheep since he's hurting ours". 😭

@Baymule knows most of this already but I've been too upset to post here. Friday evening I came home from work to discover Aria's big twin injured and Panda dead in the night pens. Panda was also partially eaten. Between weeping I took care of things. I arranged for a coyote hunter to come out...

@Mini Horses Painted Peggy was off cycle vs everyone else. Other ewes have already weaned their babies. Coconut is up to 8.02lbs from 5.28lbs Tuesday a few hours after birth. She's almost caught up to twin's birth weight of 8.82lbs. Her brother now weighs 10.46lbs. So Peggy at least has enough...

Mama is neutral to Coconut now. Coconut won't try and nurse so I have a friend. *Sigh* Good thing she's a cute stinker, I thought I was done with diapers.

What I am getting is the square tube gates and panels from dslivestock.biz . They are the best price for items I need so far.

I totally get you on paying premium for lightweight equipment. It's the reason. I'm looking at paying to to ship in equipment panels from Maryland. I will take lightweight box material hot dip galvanized over heavy drill stem and paint anyday!

Are you going to be offering install services of items you make? If so I think Weldman's Fabrication or Weldman's Mechanical would be better. To me "welding" implies a narrower scope.

Since approx 1pm she sucked down 12oz of colostrum and 5oz of @Baymule formula mix. Peggy loves her and stands still. Coconut tries nursing in all the wrong spots though. Coconut is up to 7.68lbs and pretty perky. I'm letting her spend night with family. I will feed a bottle morning, lunch...

So when I came home for lunch GWR2410 ewe lamb was listless and mouth lukewarm. I decided to get some colostrum in her quick since she was about 24hrs old already. She came to work and made my co-workers day.

The journal is still there. Somehow the thread title was edited to a bunch of periods. https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/44258/post-744999

Ugh, puppy drama. Leonidas decided Draco cat MUST be dangerous. He came thru fence between paddocks and home acre to confront Draco. From the puppy yipes, Draco put him in his place. Hera stayed in paddock and issued sharp short barks at Leo. Pretty sure they translated as "You idiot! The cat...

Today is bring your lamb to work day. 🤪

🤦 I just told my boss the "work is my sane zone". I LOVE, LOVE my kids but I can only handle all 3 in limited amounts.