SheepGirl's Journal - Photos of the sheep 4/25

[SheepGirl]

My dad helped me take photos of my sheep today. I was mainly trying to get udder photos but I figured a profile shot for each one wouldn't hurt either

So here they are..

Let's start with Ciqala, my seven year old ewe. Two days ago I noticed one half of her udder is really super engorged. Lambs are nursing both sides so I'm not sure what's going on. It's not hard or hot, it feels the exact same as the other half. No bumps or lumps anywhere on her udder.

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Next is Ali, my four year old ewe. I love how her udder capacity has increased since last year. 55 days into lactation nursing a single ewe lamb. She really has great udder conformation. She will have her lamb weaned on I believe Tuesday.

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And now Lady Gaga, who I was sure was open. But I went out to feed tonight and her udder was noticeably larger than it was before. She was being mounted by Hank everyday, so who knows when she's due.

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Then Katy Perry, her twin sister. She's going to have a baby in a month! (Though secretly I hope she has two so I can have a bottle baby ) She too has a great looking little udder.

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And lastly, my flock sire, Hanky Panky I love him so much. I'm so glad I bought him. His lambs are great, too. I plan on using him another year and then selling him and buying another ram. Though I don't know if I want to stick with Texels or go to another breed.

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[Pearce Pastures]

Yikes, that udder does look to have something going on. Does it hurt her?

Beautiful animals you have there. Now I want to go shave my goats down though

 

[SheepGirl]

Thanks And no, it doesn't hurt her. She lets both lambs nurse out of each side equally. She doesn't kick them away when they try to nurse the engorged side. Noticed this morning though that the one half of her udder has gotten slightly smaller. Still larger than the other half but smaller than it was yesterday.

 

[SheepGirl]

Forgot to update -- her udder only looked like that for about two to three days. It's back to normal now Didn't give her anything, barely even bothered with it. Just returned to normal on it's own. So

 

[Bridgemoof]

I'm glad it went back to normal because that did NOT look good! It had to feel pretty awkward for her.

Everybody looks great! Exciting that you think Lady Gaga got bred too. Yay for more lambs!

Are you going to be at the Sheep & Wool Festival at all?

 

[SheepGirl]

I'm glad it went back to normal because that did NOT look good! It had to feel pretty awkward for her.

Everybody looks great! Exciting that you think Lady Gaga got bred too. Yay for more lambs!

Are you going to be at the Sheep & Wool Festival at all?

Of course! Except I forgot to request off this weekend...every time I thought about doing it I was at home and then when I would get to work I would forget. So I have school Saturday morning (English and Psychology -- so much fun lol) and then I close Saturday night at McDonald's. I might skip my Psychology class so I can go to the festival for a couple of hours. So I might be there around 12:30 or so on Saturday and then I have to leave around 3:30ish to be able to get home/changed/to work on time. The schedule wasn't posted for next week yet, so I'm not sure if I have Sunday off or not...so I'm not sure if I will be going then.

 

[SheepGirl]

So I dyed my hair last Thursday. And I got it cut, too. Not sure if I like it.

My hair was long (mid-back) and a medium brown. Naturally wavy and it looked soo cute. It looked good when I would flat iron it, too lol. But it was pretty and shiny and soft.

I got my hair dyed dark brown and I got blonde highlights. Blonde does not look good on me!! I like the dark brown though. But my hair feels funky, the color is flat, and it still has a faint smell of hair dye And when I pull my hair back into a ponytail for work, I have a blonde stripe going down the top of my head. My mother told me I look like a skunk! And this guy at work is so funny. He's like "What's that I smell? Is it...a skunk?" But my hair is also really short now. The lady who did my hair (who also happens to be one of my managers lol) does not speak much English (she speaks just enough to get by as a manager...funny since her kids talk English to her lol) and so she was talking about dead ends and cutting it off...not realizing she switched the conversation to how much hair she asked to cut off I said "a lot" (thinking of my dead ends) so she ended up cutting off 6 to 7 inches I miss my long hair. I was really in love with it. I'm not mad, just a little sad. It will grow back. But right now it is down to my shoulder blades instead of my mid back.

I think I miss my long hair mainly because I was able to do so much with it...pull it into a ponytail, have a side braid, keep it down (especially when it was wavy), pull it back into a messy bun, etc. I can't do that with my short hair now And my waves with short hair are just ugly so now I have to straighten it everyday if I wear it down lol.

My first hair dye experience--not sure if I like it! I probably would've liked it more if I didn't get my hair cut. I think that's my biggest complaint.

 

[PendergrassRanch]

I have medium brown hair and if I ever dye it, I get dark brown low lights instead of high lights. That way my natural brown becomes the high light and it looks much more natural. My hair is long too (mid back) and I only trim it. I have always wanted long hair but it never grew past my shoulders when I was growing up. Now I see all these cute summer cuts and I'm tempted but I love my long hair.


Lets see a photo of your hair! I am sure it looks great!

 

[bonbean01]

I'm sure it looks great! I'm much older than you and I have learned from past hair times...leave it alone...wavy? Let it be...and I agree, with long hair you can do so much more with it...in hot weather I put it up and my neck is so much cooler.

Your sheepies look great!

 

[SheepGirl]

Wow, I haven't updated this in forever!

Well...my birthday's almost over (I'm 19 now ). I have an early day tomorrow--we are going to my great aunt's house to pick up tents and picnic tables because next weekend we are having a huge party at our house to celebrate my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary. A couple weeks ago we had 65 people RSVP, and that includes the 25 people in our 'main' family (grandparents, their kids + spouses, and us grandkids). So I'm not sure what the number is at now. But I was appointed the official photographer haha. We have people coming in from WI, FL, NC, VA, WV, and of course MD.

It will be an evening party and we were talking about stringing lights along the fence line. It will be so pretty. I'm not sure if the acre we don't have fenced/in use as our main yard will be parking or if it will be the party area and people will park in the field where the sheep are. Because I can always move all my sheep over into Hank's pen and then we have the whole field to use for parking. My mom and aunt (her twin sister) are the party planners and will be talking tomorrow when we get the tables and tents. So hopefully we will have a better idea of what we will be doing.

I have a lot more to add, but I think I will wait until tomorrow. It's a lot of drama. :/