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purplequeenvt
Herd Master
Pamina’s girls
Kermit helping put milk in the bucket. He isn’t taking any off the bucket himself, but he likes to be involved.
We have now reached the point of the year where I want to strangle all the ewes. The screaming and bad behavior is constant. They have plenty of hay and they get their grain every morning, but they want grass. The grass is coming in, but there’s not nearly enough to let them out for more than a few minutes.
I’m going to have to prioritize replacing the hot wire with field fencing along the property line because the hot wire is not shocking and I cannot figure out where the problem is. Fyne and her Frogs walked through the fence twice today while it was supposedly on and 1 of those times was with an electric net fence set up in front of where they were getting out. It wasn’t getting a charge either. 1 roll will finish the fence line on the ewe’s side and go part way down the boy’s side. I have to clear some brush first.
Freyja roo’d her fleece today. Rooing is a primitive trait that some Shetlands have kept over the generations where they naturally shed their fleece. At a certain point in the spring, they develop a break in their wool and you can easily pluck it off their back. Some of mine roo and some don’t, but I usually shear them before they roo.
I would post a picture of Freyja’s new look about she looks horrendous. She’s already a skinny old lady, but on top of that, because she’s so old, her new wool is coming in all patchy so she’s very bald in some places. She also hasn’t shed out her britch area yet so she’s still got pantaloons.
If you want to know what she looks like, google “Chinese crested dog” and that’s pretty much spot on.
Kermit helping put milk in the bucket. He isn’t taking any off the bucket himself, but he likes to be involved.
We have now reached the point of the year where I want to strangle all the ewes. The screaming and bad behavior is constant. They have plenty of hay and they get their grain every morning, but they want grass. The grass is coming in, but there’s not nearly enough to let them out for more than a few minutes.
I’m going to have to prioritize replacing the hot wire with field fencing along the property line because the hot wire is not shocking and I cannot figure out where the problem is. Fyne and her Frogs walked through the fence twice today while it was supposedly on and 1 of those times was with an electric net fence set up in front of where they were getting out. It wasn’t getting a charge either. 1 roll will finish the fence line on the ewe’s side and go part way down the boy’s side. I have to clear some brush first.
Freyja roo’d her fleece today. Rooing is a primitive trait that some Shetlands have kept over the generations where they naturally shed their fleece. At a certain point in the spring, they develop a break in their wool and you can easily pluck it off their back. Some of mine roo and some don’t, but I usually shear them before they roo.
I would post a picture of Freyja’s new look about she looks horrendous. She’s already a skinny old lady, but on top of that, because she’s so old, her new wool is coming in all patchy so she’s very bald in some places. She also hasn’t shed out her britch area yet so she’s still got pantaloons.
If you want to know what she looks like, google “Chinese crested dog” and that’s pretty much spot on.
Do you ever shear the lambs for the softer lamb wool? With so many beautiful babies, how do you pick any to sell? 
