Baymule
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I love her, she's gorgeous!
My Messy Life - Journal
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SteepedInSheep
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No new babies or signs of labor today. We have two ewes left to go.
All lambs are terrific except for the one whom I wasn't sure was getting enough milk. Her tummy feels okay, but definitely on the lighter side for her frame and she's acting lethargic. Eek. I'm mixing up some milk for her and going to get it in her.
I decided to sell several lambs from last year. Several of them didn't grow very well. I don't see keeping them on our valuable grass when their frames are lackluster. I don't even see potential there.
I've never taken animals to an auction before but I'll see about doing that with these after lambing is done. Dh wants to wait until after lambing in case we get another bottle baby. Then we can take them all at once.
All lambs are terrific except for the one whom I wasn't sure was getting enough milk. Her tummy feels okay, but definitely on the lighter side for her frame and she's acting lethargic. Eek. I'm mixing up some milk for her and going to get it in her.
I decided to sell several lambs from last year. Several of them didn't grow very well. I don't see keeping them on our valuable grass when their frames are lackluster. I don't even see potential there.
I've never taken animals to an auction before but I'll see about doing that with these after lambing is done. Dh wants to wait until after lambing in case we get another bottle baby. Then we can take them all at once.
Baymule
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Do you have a scrapie number/tag? They have to have a scrapie tag to go to auction.
866-USDA-TAG or 866-873-2824
866-USDA-TAG or 866-873-2824
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Our auction will add them if you don't have, charges $1 per.
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It helped that I've watched a bunch of shirt videos by sandi Brock on yt recently. She's always casually reaching in and pulling lambs. I figured it's a skill I need to have. Grateful the lamb was ok. DH thought for sure it would be dead, though he didn't tell me that at the time.
my husband is so hard to scare. It's frustrating. I can hide put in a lot of effort to scare him and the most I get is a look of surprise. Meanwhile I'll scream and jump into the air.
I have never been able to scare my DH either. He sure gets me thought.My husband doesn't scream either...
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SteepedInSheep
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Thanks for this. I'll have to call to see what they require.
Baymule
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Most auctions around here quit tagging sheep and goats.
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I had a friend stop by today to check out the sheep I'm selling. I don't think she'll end up buying any. She and her husband are playing with a lot of homestead type stuff. I think she has enough on her plate, plus she's pregnant with her second child.
I did have a couple people interested in the bottle baby but no one has come out to look at her yet. Hopefully soon!
Today was such a blah day. DH had go work because he's a little behind on a job, but he ended up coming home early since it was rainy. I had planned to take the kids on an outing to a thrift store or something but figured dh wouldn't want to do that. I suggested to him we go to an auction just to see what it's like, but it's a long drive. He didn't feel like going just for the heck of it. I did some cleaning that needed to get done but felt largely unproductive and grumpy.
I ended up falling asleep on the couch by mistake this afternoon. Getting up early to bottle the lamb is kicking my butt. After I fed her this morning, dh and I sat on the front porch with coffee and chatted for an hour. No sunrise today because it's overcast but it was fun to see the fireflies and watch the day begin.
I did have a couple people interested in the bottle baby but no one has come out to look at her yet. Hopefully soon!
Today was such a blah day. DH had go work because he's a little behind on a job, but he ended up coming home early since it was rainy. I had planned to take the kids on an outing to a thrift store or something but figured dh wouldn't want to do that. I suggested to him we go to an auction just to see what it's like, but it's a long drive. He didn't feel like going just for the heck of it. I did some cleaning that needed to get done but felt largely unproductive and grumpy.
I ended up falling asleep on the couch by mistake this afternoon. Getting up early to bottle the lamb is kicking my butt. After I fed her this morning, dh and I sat on the front porch with coffee and chatted for an hour. No sunrise today because it's overcast but it was fun to see the fireflies and watch the day begin.
Some days are just like that. We look around and see how blessed we are and then wonder why we feel blah... if you can't tell, I've had my share of inexplicable blah days too!I had a friend stop by today to check out the sheep I'm selling. I don't think she'll end up buying any. She and her husband are playing with a lot of homestead type stuff. I think she has enough on her plate, plus she's pregnant with her second child.
I did have a couple people interested in the bottle baby but no one has come out to look at her yet. Hopefully soon!
Today was such a blah day. DH had go work because he's a little behind on a job, but he ended up coming home early since it was rainy. I had planned to take the kids on an outing to a thrift store or something but figured dh wouldn't want to do that. I suggested to him we go to an auction just to see what it's like, but it's a long drive. He didn't feel like going just for the heck of it. I did some cleaning that needed to get done but felt largely unproductive and grumpy.
I ended up falling asleep on the couch by mistake this afternoon. Getting up early to bottle the lamb is kicking my butt. After I fed her this morning, dh and I sat on the front porch with coffee and chatted for an hour. No sunrise today because it's overcast but it was fun to see the fireflies and watch the day begin.
Sometimes we need to have a "stop to smell the roses" day.
