Thursday

 Candace. A 8-9 year old Horned Dorset ewe

that we weren't going to shear until March as

we were hoping she did not get pregnant for 

the 2nd year in a row. But, no. She's is bagging

up. So, until she lambs, she will be kept separate 

and fed an extra portion of grain and hay daily.

 Harriet. The ewe that prolapsed her 

vagina twice and had to wear a prolapse 

paddle for a week and a half.

Now that she has been sheared, she is

no where near as fat as we thought she was.

Like Candace, she will be getting an 

extra portion of grain and hay.

 All of the mothers, and mothers to be, 

are now sheared. Now for the job of skirting

fleeces. So many are damp from them laying

out on the snow that I will need to leave them

open on sheets in various rooms of my house.

 The boys. They will be sheared in March

along with the coated yearlings.

These should be awesome fleeces 

as they've been coated since they were 

sheared last year!

 Lambs hanging out in the newly set up

creep feeder. Now they can eat grain when 

they want without the mothers stealing it

from them. They need to eat as much as 

possible to be as big as possible to sell.

 Just a few of the fleeces I will be working on today.

In the pink sheet is Cassidy. She is Dorset/Romney

with a smidge of Shetland a couple of generations

back. I am keeping this one for myself.