2018, Waiting on Lambs! ♡

[Mike CHS]

We have a tarp stretched from the back of our stalls and attached to T-posts. We had an issue with the tallest part of the tarp wearing on put a 2x4 there with an old muck boot over the 2x4. Shade is shade.

 

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Ordered another tarp, 10x30ft.
Pictured one is 12x25ft.
Ordered 2 more bobbins for my spinning wheel as well.
Need more wood railing to use as support beams...lol.
The cat, dogs and alpacas use it.
So backwoods and crappy looking, but it is much cooler under it!

 

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And now #59 ewe lamb is pale and in the sick yard.
Worst year ever!!
I think I'll keep lambs up in dryer pastures for the whole year starting from next year.
Even yearlings can be iffy, but not as bad.

 

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She's alive this morning and was stuck in the fence. Tried to run away, so that's good. Gave her the sheep nutridrench, refilled their pellets and water and hoping for the best. She's fatter than the others, so hope that's a good sign she will be fine.

 

[mystang89]

Do you know why they are sick and pale? I'm new to sheep still do I don't understand what part rain plays in it.

 

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Do you know why they are sick and pale? I'm new to sheep still do I don't understand what part rain plays in it.

Worms go up in wet environments.

 

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Caught Tatiana's ugly daughter, moved & dewormed her.
Still have a couple more lambs to catch, but it's really tricky to sneak up on them when your feet keep getting stuck in the muck...

 

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Alright, let's move back to good things..

Tatiana yarn in singly ply. Waiting on two new bobbins so I can 3 ply it.

Started carding this year's Billy fleece & picking a lamb fleece that is horrendously full of vm.

 

[Donna R. Raybon]

Deer menegeal worm has little to no symptoms until too late. Sometimes you may see patches of irritated skin where animal scratches at intense itching caused by nerve irritation as worm migrates. Only thing I know is use ivomec family once a month to try and kill immature stage in blood stream. Once worm enters brain/spine nothing you can do. Around here seems to be really bad a couple years and then nothing for six or seven years.

 

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Deer menegeal worm has little to no symptoms until too late. Sometimes you may see patches of irritated skin where animal scratches at intense itching caused by nerve irritation as worm migrates. Only thing I know is use ivomec family once a month to try and kill immature stage in blood stream. Once worm enters brain/spine nothing you can do. Around here seems to be really bad a couple years and then nothing for six or seven years.

I'm talking about regular intestinal worms with the sheep.