Category: Sheep
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Weaning Time
Today, we finally sorted all of the ram lambs from their mothers. We have several who are already sniffing the ewes. I just hope they weren’t fertile yet! We also weighed all of the lambs. Most are looking good. A few of them aren’t as big as I’d hoped, but they’re also still quite young. Continue reading
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Selling Sheep and a Thirsty Ram
We’ve started our fall sheep sales. This batch of lovely yearlings is heading off to MO to join a new flock there. They’re also getting two adult rams. Meanwhile, another small flock of three ewe lambs and a ram lamb will go to another new flock, but they haven’t been sorted out yet. Meanwhile, this Continue reading
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Culinary Students, Ram Sorting, and Chicken Processing
The culinary school students came back today for more farm work. Today, we evaluated all of the adult rams, trimmed toes, and gave dewormer as needed. We then took a field trip to Karla’s to pick up our chickens, which were butchered yesterday. The students got to see a bit of the butchering process. Next, Continue reading
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Labor Day Labors
Today, we had four students from the Culinary School of the Rockies out to help on the farm and learn about where food comes from. We had a busy day! Starting at 7:30 this morning, we worked on most of the flock. We had several tasks to perform. The most important one was vaccinating all Continue reading
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Tanked Sheep
We’ve got the adult rams in the corrals to let the grass grow a bit before letting them out again. I guess this ram got tired of being butted while he slept, so he decided to find a more secure place for a nap – in one of the empty water tanks! Continue reading
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Garvin Mesa Day, 2009
Today was the third annual Garvin Mesa Day. All three wineries on our mesa – Terror Creek Winery, Stone Cottage Cellars, and Azura Cellars – and our farm all coordinate to have an open house day. We did farm tours and had our smoked sheep kolbassi sausages available to sample. Monica from Small Potatoes Farm Continue reading
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Dogs and Chickens
Here you can see Becky and Harri hanging with the rams. Today is chicken bath day. We’ll be showing them on Tuesday at the Delta County Fair, so they need to be bathed and cleaned now. Here’s Stephanie with one of the Golden Campines, as well as the rest of the unhappy, wet chickens. Continue reading
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Becky, Harri, and the Sheep; Construction Continues
Becky and Harri, the new Akbash puppy, are working well together in taking care of the rams. Harri looks one way while Becky watches me. Harri looks like he’s asleep in the field, but he’s really awake and watching for threats to his sheep. Becky came over to confirm it was me and to ensure Continue reading
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Sample Socks, Cloak, and Concrete
Today, we got back some sock samples that we’re having made from our Black Welsh Mountain wool. We’ll be offering both a hiking crew and a terry sock in men’s and women’s sizes. The labels turned out really nice. Bill used the tractor to do the final filling of the holes before the concrete truck Continue reading
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Winnie and Construction
We moved Winnie in with the rams so that we could let them graze the front pear orchard. She’s really being good about staying with them. Construction work on the new porch has begun, and we removed the old porch cover today. Continue reading