Desert Weyr Blog
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First Cutting Hay Is In!
It’s the 3rd of July, and the rest of the first cutting hay is in the barn. It’s less than half the hay we got last year – only 23 tons – but it’s good quality. We’ve already called and reserved another 32 tons from another farmer, and we may buy more if the second… Continue reading
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Painting Finished and First Hay
The painting of the new shop is finished. It came out looking really nice. We have a few things left to finish on the inside, and then, we’ll finally be done. Today, we got the first of the hay for the year loaded into the barn. We received three loads of about 70 bales each.… Continue reading
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Chicks Are Growing
The baby chicks are growing well and feathering out nicely. We already turned off the big heater, and now they only have a few heat lamps at night. Soon, we’ll be able to turn those off, too. Continue reading
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Painting
Baxter Painting is here to finish the exterior of the shop. We decided that an all-red shop would be too glaring, so instead, we’re doing a white body with red trim. It’s still bright, but it should stay nice and cool in summer, too. Continue reading
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Right at Home
I guess this pile of wood shavings mulch makes a great bed/lookout area! Continue reading
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Sheep and Chickens
The spare sheep has settled right in here at Desert Weyr. He hardly even moves now when we go outside. He’s eating the hay meant for the horses and donkey, and we’ve had to move sheep away from where he hangs out. I sure wish he’d move on to someplace else. The newest batch of… Continue reading
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Spare Sheep
We had a spare sheep today – a Rocky Mountain Big Horn ram. A young one, too, by the look of the horns. He was in the grazing pen with our sheep. We scooted ours back into the corrals and took down the fencing so he could escape. That’s the end of grazing the front… Continue reading
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Snow on Mt. Lamborn and Chicken Arrival Day
On June 6th, there was fresh snow on Mt. Lamborn. I even got a picture this time. Over the last day or so, we’ve gotten almost half an inch of rain, and the Grand Mesa got four inches of fresh snow. The rains will be really good for establishing our pastures. Today was also chicken… Continue reading
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The Woolevator
The new shop’s second story is a long way up. When we stored wool in the old Red Barn’s loft, you could toss the wool boxes up, and the person in the loft could catch them. However, the new shop is much too tall for that. While going up and down the stairs may be… Continue reading
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Woolly Lawnmowers
Why dig out the string trimmer when you have sheep? After all, that’s what makes a great lawn: sheep grazing on it. So, we fenced off the front of the house for the sheep. We did have to put some jug panels up on the stairs to prevent sheep from making themselves at home on… Continue reading