Category: Other Animals
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Dog Days of Summer
It’s summer, and things are very hot. We’re going through a major drought. The hot weather is coming about a month early; we’re getting late July-early August weather in late June and early July. The guard dogs are still on duty, though. Leena and her lambs enjoy finding some shade in the heat of the… Continue reading
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How I Got 15 Meals From a Nine-Pound Heritage Turkey
Thanksgiving is over for this year, and all of the leftover turkey is gone, too (finally). For the last several years, we haven’t had turkey on Thanksgiving. It was because I couldn’t find a locally raised heritage bird. I like the flavor of heritage breeds, and I want to support rare breed conservation. If I… Continue reading
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Front Yard Elk
It’s the end of March, and a large elk herd with upwards of 50 members moved through our front yard. I think this is the latest we’ve ever seen the elk here. Continue reading
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Elk at Sunset
Here’s a gorgeous picture of some elk at sunset in the Terror Creek Winery hay fields. Continue reading
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Digging Out and Turkey Roosting
The gate into the ram pen is finally dug out. We mostly did it by hand. We also saw a turkey flock roosting in the trees on our way up the hill. Continue reading
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Valley Elk
Driving back from Hotchkiss, we saw this large herd of elk in the valley. Continue reading
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Not a Good Start to the Year!
Winnie got injured. We called the emergency vet to come out and stitch her back up. She crawled through the water tank to get to the other pen of sheep. Something was in there. She got caught on an exposed piece of welded wire and ripped her side badly. Continue reading
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End of the Year, Sofia Is Growing
It’s the last day of 2015. Sofia goes out with us to feed the sheep every morning. Below you can see her learning how to sit quietly and guard the hay. She’s a big fan of the snow. She also loves the rams. There’s one that comes up to her to have his face licked… Continue reading
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The Elk Are Down
The deep snow up high has brought the elk back down to the valley. This big bull is eating the old hay we spread as mulch last fall. Meanwhile, Ken is trying to clear out enough snow from the aisleway to let us in to feed the ram lambs. Continue reading
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Sofia Is Growing Up
Sofia is growing fast. She’s now going out with the ewes under supervision, and she’s been doing well. We’re really pleased with her so far. She has the best instincts at her age of any guardian dog we’ve had. Continue reading