Category: Sheep
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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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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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We’re Back With a New Shop! Plus Conservation
Did you know that our farm property is in a conservation easement? Our land is preserved for farming for the future. In Colorado, the land trust puts out a resource that shows where all of the conserved farms and ranches are. It also lists the goods you can buy from them. Now is the perfect… Continue reading
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Fall Ewe Sales List
Our fall sheep sales list is now available. At Desert Weyr, we breed Black Welsh Mountain sheep. Our flock is the only performance-recorded flock in the world of this breed. Black Welsh Mountain sheep are a small sheep that is ideally suited to small farmsteads. All of these sheep are trained to electric nets for… Continue reading
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Hungry Sheep
Our pastures are now functioning as exercise lots. There’s no feed to speak of in them, so we’re putting hay bales out for the sheep to eat. We’ve done this before during droughts, and the increased fertilizer from the sheep eating in a concentrated area has improved the soil for the next few years. It’s… Continue reading
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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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Not Dead Yet!
OK, so posting on this blog has been low on my priority list, and it hasn’t been getting done lately. However, both the farm and the sheep are doing well, despite almost no online activity. 2020 lambing has finished successfully. We had 23 ewes bred and 43 live lambs. No stillborns and no triplets, which… Continue reading