Desert Weyr Blog
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Early Morning Rams
It’s early morning, and we’re checking out the feed in the ram pasture. Continue reading
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No More Wide Loads and High Water Time
Tanwen lambed a large nine-pound, ten-ounce lamb with no problems. She still looks fairly wide, though! We also went down to Black Bridge Winery to take a look at the river. It’s high and muddy, but not flooding so far. Continue reading
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Alan, Joealan, and Joe
My friend Alan was here for the first part of his tour through the US. We had to take him down to Revolution Brewing, where we met Joealan and Joe. I couldn’t get all three to look at the camera at the same time, though! Continue reading
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Abstract and a Wide Load
Here’s an abstract under the big power lines that cross over the east side of our property. This is Desert Weyr Tanwen. She’ll probably be the last ewe to lamb for 2011. She is a wide load indeed! Continue reading
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Lambs and Hay
We have more new lambs! The ewe in the photo below had twins. The new hay is starting to arrive, too. This first cutting made 708 small bales. Continue reading
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Solar Panels, Ready for Hay, and My DNA Sweater
It’s time to get the solar panels up onto the shop roof for the PV system. It’s quite a long way up, and everyone is using safety harnesses and ropes. The hay barn is cleaned out and ready for new hay. It should be arriving today or tomorrow. My DNA cable-knit sweater is also coming… Continue reading
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We Lost a Ram
Our ram, Desert Weyr Kirk, died today. We had a veterinarian conduct a postmortem to find out why. He had a perforated stomach from an ulcer, and he had peritonitis. It was probably the result of the injuries he sustained in his feeder accident back in May. Continue reading
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More Winnie and Lambs
Winnie is very protective of the younger lambs. This young lamb wanted to play hop-on-Mom. The ewe is babysitting the two lambs in front while their mother is off grazing. The babysitter is their aunt. Continue reading
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Chickens, Sheep, and Nice Lambs
The dinner chickens arrived on the ninth of June, but I didn’t get a chance to get pictures until today. We lost more than usual in the first few days, but they seem to be okay now. We’ve got sheep on both sides of the center divider fence, plus a dog in each group. Winnie… Continue reading
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More Lambing and Solar Work
Desert Weyr Alice is a first-time ewe, and she seemed to be having some lambing problems. Ken was holding her head while I checked to see what she needed. Fortunately, she was quite calm during this process. She ended up having a nine-pound, five-ounce lamb with horns about half an inch long. The horns got… Continue reading