Desert Weyr Blog
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Shearing 102 Sheep
We sheared 102 sheep yesterday. It’s necessary for the health of our sheep, and it provides us with useful wool. We used our AnimalTrakker® system’s Scan and Print function to print labels for wool samples. This makes it easy to send them off for micron testing. We scanned and printed the labels, then pasted them Continue reading
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Ewe Ultrasounds
Today was a big day for us. We had all the pregnant ewes scanned today via Ultrasound for fetal counts and estimates of gestation days. We’re expecting between 49 and 52 lambs, including up to four sets of triplets. We had two open ewes, and I’m struggling with what to do with them. We think Continue reading
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Snowy Sheep
Here are a few pictures of the snow and the sheep, plus a video of moving the rams from pen to pasture. We’ve gotten a bit of snow, but not nearly enough to cover our water needs for the next year. Hoping for more! For now, we’re hauling water from the house for the sheep. Continue reading
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Auroras on the Farm
We captured this video on our back security camera, which normally watches for predators. Below you’ll see four hours of Aurora activity condensed into four minutes. Continue reading
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Sorting the Rams
We sorted the rams into their breeding pens today. Here are some pictures and a video of the process. We’re using AnimalTrakker® and a homemade EID reader to organize the rams. We just got a storm which brought a lot of snow, and we’re expecting another tomorrow. Many people associate snow with the color white, Continue reading
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About Our Meats
Like many other farms, here at Desert Weyr, we have our meat processed at a USDA-approved processing plant. They process our sheep who have exhausted their time here on the farm, then return them as individual cuts of meat. On our farm, though, we take traceable processing one step further. Aside from sausages and ground, Continue reading
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Winter Wool Sale!
We’ve decided to have a sale on yarn, rovings, and felt to help you keep warm this winter. If fiber products have been on your wishlist, stock up now while they’re 30% off! Continue reading
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Fall at the Farm
The leaves are starting to change up in the West Elks, on Mt. Lamborn, and on Mt. Gunnison. Fall comes with cool nights, but the days still get quite hot. Our sheep have been back out on pasture for a few days, but more for the exercise than for the food – the pastures are Continue reading
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Where Is the Desert Weyr Farm Store?
If you’ve followed our farm for a while, you’ve probably noticed that we no longer maintain an in-person farm store. It used to be located on the premises of our farm. Where did it go? It’s a bit of a long story. We first closed the farm store down during COVID, and it never really Continue reading
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Sheep on Hay and Hill Sheep Show
The drought here in Colorado continues, and that, in combination with our ditches running dry, means our sheep are in their winter corrals a bit early. It’s easier to get them water and hay that way. It’s not all bad news, though. We’ll be heading to Michigan in a few days to attend the North Continue reading