Desert Weyr Blog
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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
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Ongoing Drought and Lambs for Sale
The drought shows no signs of stopping, and irrigation continues to be troublesome. We’ve had to haul water in for many of our sheep. As such, we’ve decided to reduce our breeding flock by half to lighten the load. This is a great time to add high-quality breeders to your Welsh Mountain sheep flock! Check… Continue reading
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Irrigation Troubles and Moving the Rams
Our irrigation ditch is turning off this Saturday, August 2nd. We’ve been moving sheep to get them closer to the house. That way, we can more easily haul water to them if necessary. We do have a pond that holds water, and the adult rams have access to it in the lower pear orchard pasture.… Continue reading
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Irrigation System Work and Poetry
Today, we had to take a trip up to Juniper Gulch to service the irrigation system. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been working, and the part we’ve needed to fix it isn’t available anymore. Ken spent all day at his metal lathe making a new one, so now we need to go install it and see if… Continue reading
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Remembering Desert Weyr Boba Fett
Desert Weyr Boba Fett went to the freezer on the 26th of June, 2025. He was born on May 2nd, 2019, and was the son of Desert Weyr Wibbly and Desert Weyr Yolanda. He was born unassisted and weighed 9.79 pounds at birth. He grew to reach 145.74 pounds. His NSIP USA Maternal EBV Index… Continue reading
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Checking the Hay
We went out to check on the hay at Juniper Gulch today. It’s ready to bale, so it’s a good thing we took a look. It should be done and baled by this evening. We’re taking bets on how many big round bales there will be. Last year, our first cutting resulted in 24 bales.… Continue reading