Delivering Hay
Morning Chores. We move the ewes out of the pen and close the gate. Ken can then drive a bale in and place it under the hay shed row roof. Put the hay feeder panels back around the bale and then take the twines off and let the sheep in. It's working well. These are...
Fire Mitigation
Larry is back trimming the back cedars pasture. It's mostly junipers but we've always called it the cedars. The goal is to remove all the low hanging branches so a fire won't get up into the crowns of the trees. It's a lot of work but can really make the difference if...
Ram Health Issues
So a while ago we had a ram yearling die from what we thought was injuries caused by fighting. His bladder had burst. However yesterday we had another ram yearling starting with the same behaviors. One is just bad luck, 2 means you need to look at management to see if...
Snow! Finally!
Lovely, lovely snow. About 5 inches now and still coming down.
Dry and Delivering Hay
Our dry weather continues. While the east coast is getting bombarded with snow we are in a drought. Without snow we have no irrigation water so the lack of decent winter storms is very worrying. Meanwhile we are continuing to feed out hay. We move the sheep from pen...
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Hay Delivery, Warm Weather
Today was deliver hay day. Five big square bales, over a ton of hay placed. The adult rams, the ram yearlings, pregnant ewes and horses all got fresh bales. Moving to big bales sure makes feeding simpler but it also now means that the tractor is required. The pond is...
Sheep Happens
Sadly we had a ram yearling die today. He'd been injured in a fight. As required we had to do a post mortem on him to determine the cause of death. Unfortunately it was a burst bladder, probably from getting a horn in the belly. We are allowed to bury animals on our...
Rear View Sunset
Snow Insulation
We have a hose connected to a buried pipe that runs ditch water. It usually freezes part way through winter. We leave the hose running and that helps but lately we've discovered that we can keep the water running longer if we cover the hose with snow after we use it.