But, on a better note

Breeding has begun. I am 2 weeks later than I wanted to be. But, with shoulder surgery scheduled for December 4th, and me in a sling for 6 weeks, I needed to back it up.

 Looking out to the back pasture, and 

(below) the same shot zoomed in.

 Looking up the driveway towards the barn, 

chicken house, and Candace's temporary hut.

 Looking down the driveway to Stormy's 

temporary hut.

 

 The pigs' yard is right next to where Stormy and 

his girls are. They needed to come out and say Hi!

Why does this bee feel the need to chew on this pallet?

It is one of the ones around Stormy's 'house'.

 Stormy.

 3 of this year's ewe lambs, and Socks.

Socks is a 2 1/2 year old Dorset/Romney that

did not recover well from lambing this spring.

She is getting a year off.

 Inside the boys' pen.

 Only 3 Horned Dorsets and 3 chickens 

were inside on the girls side.

Stormy, the 9 year old Romney, has girls down next to the garden in a temporary hut built with the pallets left from the pigs' pen, 2 semi-rounded cattle panels, a sheet of black plastic, a tarp and a green gate to lock them in at night.

Chip, the 6 month old Horned Dorset, has girls in the girls side of the barn. Jeremy, the 4 year old Dorset x Romney (Stormy's son) has girls in the boys pen. And Candace, the 9 year old retired Horned Dorset, has this year's 4 ewe lambs in the front yard in a temporary hut built from green horse gates, 2 semi-rounded cattle panels, a sheet of black plastic, a tarp, and a green gate to lock them in at night.

Stormy, Chip and Candace are all behind electric net fencing.

They will stay together until October 1st. Then they will all go back to their regular pens. Hopefully Chip will be big enough to go in with the boys and they don't pick on him.