by OogieFarmBlog | Mar 1, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep
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...
by OogieFarmBlog | Feb 15, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep, Livestock Guardian Dogs
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...
by OogieFarmBlog | Feb 12, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep, Equines, 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...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jan 28, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep, Farming Life
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...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jan 3, 2015 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep, Solar Energy
Ram lambs, now yearlings eating fresh hay under the solar trees.
