by OogieFarmBlog | Oct 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
We sorted out the next batch of butcher sheep and for the first time ever they have the entire front pear orchard pasture to graze in. There are cockleburrs so we didn’t want to let the main flock out there but these sheep are going to slaughter in a couple of...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
The spare sheep has settled right in. He hardly even moves now when we go outside. He is eating the hay for the horses and donkey and we’ve had to move sheep away from where he is. I sure wish he’d head on out to somewhere else.The new batch of chickens is...
by OogieFarmBlog | May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Why dig out the string trimmer when you have sheep?After all, that’s what makes a great lawn, sheep grazing on it. So we fenced off the front of the house for the sheep. We did have to put some jug panels up on the stairs to prevent sheep from coming up onto the...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
The pregnant ewes got out on pasture today. As you can see the grass is thin, so we pre-loaded hay into the pasture and some ewes were eating it after testing the grasses.From the looks of these udders, this is a typical one, it’s none too soon. I expect lambs...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
The pregnant ewes got their dewormer yesterday. One of the ways we reduce the parasite load in the pastures is to be sure to deworm the ewes 24-48 hours before they go out for the summer. That combined with our hard winters mean that we rarely have to deworm lambs...
