It’s winter again. Our January thaw has officially ended. We got between eight and ten inches of snow last night! Today is the day to put the backup rams in with the ewes. So, Ken had to shovel a path to open the ram pen gate. I was able to catch both boys fairly easily, but Hadwin took Ken for a run, and they ended up falling in the snow. Both of them are ok, and Hadwin is now trying to see if any ewes are in heat. Carey, the other backup ram, is also very strong, and it took both of us to get him safely in his breeding pen. They will stay with the ewes for three weeks.
Snow is good – it provides our irrigation water for next summer. I’d just prefer it to come in smaller portions instead of all at once.
