patandchickens
Overrun with beasties
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For those who have been following my "I want something to milk for cheese" saga, you may recall I got a couple January-born dairy ewe-lambs a few weeks ago. But, needing some way of freshening them, and getting somewhat sidetracked somehow by offers of cute fluffy sheep , I up three Shetlands yesterday. Here they are (duplicated from my thread on SufficientSelf.com):
Carload o' sheeps (observation: sheep defecate PROLIFICALLY in the car, and many of the happy little brown jellybeans roll off of the tarps one has placed underneath and get lost in the nether regions of the upholstery etc):
Me and sheep, in dog-run pen:
Yearling ewe Kurrant (needing of new nickname - Kurly?) and not quite 3 wk old wethered lamb we are calling Lambert:
Yearling ram "Jose Ferrer" - I have no idea why a Shetland would be named Jose Ferrer but it actually sort of suits him so I think he will stay a Jose. He is *exceedingly* handsome, although apparently fully horned (which is not what I was originally being offered, but, oh well):
Jose with his future brides:
Two of the horses detect presence of sheeps:
Fat white pony observing sheeps for signs of suspicious activities:
Absence of suspicious activities among sheeps:
So far they have survived the night and seem happy enough with their new home. Jose lightly butted an empty water bucket I was carrying, out of annoyance that it was not a full grain bucket, but almost immediately discovered that the *other* water bucket I was carrying was *not* empty (not til its contents were dumped onto his head, anyhow) but seems pretty easygoing and kind otherwise. Whereas the dairy ewe-lambs had to be taught that I was the Food Lady, this crew needs to be taught not to swarm and trample the Food Lady
I need to make a rope halter and let them settle in for a coupla days, and then I may try seeing if I can get any milk out of Kurly.
Thanks SO much for all the info and help y'all have given me to get to this point,
Pat
Carload o' sheeps (observation: sheep defecate PROLIFICALLY in the car, and many of the happy little brown jellybeans roll off of the tarps one has placed underneath and get lost in the nether regions of the upholstery etc):
Me and sheep, in dog-run pen:
Yearling ewe Kurrant (needing of new nickname - Kurly?) and not quite 3 wk old wethered lamb we are calling Lambert:
Yearling ram "Jose Ferrer" - I have no idea why a Shetland would be named Jose Ferrer but it actually sort of suits him so I think he will stay a Jose. He is *exceedingly* handsome, although apparently fully horned (which is not what I was originally being offered, but, oh well):
Jose with his future brides:
Two of the horses detect presence of sheeps:
Fat white pony observing sheeps for signs of suspicious activities:
Absence of suspicious activities among sheeps:
So far they have survived the night and seem happy enough with their new home. Jose lightly butted an empty water bucket I was carrying, out of annoyance that it was not a full grain bucket, but almost immediately discovered that the *other* water bucket I was carrying was *not* empty (not til its contents were dumped onto his head, anyhow) but seems pretty easygoing and kind otherwise. Whereas the dairy ewe-lambs had to be taught that I was the Food Lady, this crew needs to be taught not to swarm and trample the Food Lady
I need to make a rope halter and let them settle in for a coupla days, and then I may try seeing if I can get any milk out of Kurly.
Thanks SO much for all the info and help y'all have given me to get to this point,
Pat