The End of a Love Affair

[Baymule]

Lambing.....tiring, worrying, sleep-depriving, cold, mucky, happy/sad, heart-wrenching........yet somehow addictive. What was I thinking?

You were thinking how much you love your lifestyle and all the above is part of what you love.

 

[Sheepshape]

Baymule....you nailed it

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I can’t imagine not calving and kidding. Lambing is part of who you are!!

 

[Sheepshape]

Lambing is part of who you are!!

Too right, Wehner. A combination of my girls' behaviour and the merest sprinkling of words from you guys and I was persuaded.

I can see that I may be regretting this in, oh, about 5 months time If so, I'll blame it on the girls!

 

[Sheepshape]

Well, tupping is truly underway. Our own tup is in with about 20 old girls, neighbour's loaned tup has the remainder.....well, had the remainder. Yesterday morning I awoke-opended the curtains and found neighbour's prize winner in the garden. He was duly returned, and then re-appeared with another less-desirable tup friend. So.....my 45 or so girls have 3 tups with them right now. We're planning to round them up again this afternoon and return them once more. In the meantime they are providing us with a bit of genetic mixture....the girls seem to prefer the prize winner, and he is clearly a ladies' man.

So, it looks like there will be lambs next year.....I'll just have to work out their EDDs now.