Our neighbors, Pebbles and Bam, were the biggest help!! Tess took right to Pebbles and allowed her to lead her. We brought 10 year old Stormy to keep Tess company in the horse trailer. He was confused and annoyed that there were no ewes waiting for him at the end of the trip. That is the only other time he ever gets a dog collar and a leash to go for a ride. He was also confused by the horse trailer as he always goes in the van.
Sylvia (the owner) and Tess.
Jerry and Stormy.
Pebbles with Tess, and Bam leading the way.
He did have Stormy, but he let him go to do his own thing.
I am sitting in the wheelchair taking pictures.
Tess is not going to be convinced to go up the step.
So, around the barn to the side door they go.
We have never had grass and weeds growing like this.
#1-The chickens are not here.
#2-With me in the chair, I can not move sheep around the yards.
#3-Jerry does not have the time, nor the energy, when
he is doing his chores and mine, and trying to fit in haying.
This is the first time I have been in my barn since August 1st!!
Tess is not convinced she wants go in that way either.
Stormy
Left to right. Chip-Horned Dorset
Jeremy-Dorset/Romney. Stormy's son.
Cloud-Romney. A very OLD sheep.
Much to Chip's delight, he got moved across to the
girls side today. He will have 30 girls to himself for
the next month. Then we will send in Jeremy for a month.
Lambs could start arriving in 145-150 days.
That means lambs will be ready to leave the farm by
March 1st. Hopefully the 4-Hers will still want market lambs.
Pebbles, Bam, Jerry and Tess went to the bottom of
the hill and came up the girls hill. Let's try a big door
on level ground. I could not hop into the stall to take
pictures. Too much rain makes for slippery conditions.
I am staying on the clean wood floor in the hallway.
Tess was so excited to see the girls in the
woods, that she made Pebbles run up the hill.
Now, it is time to come through the mud.
Camelids do not like mud!
Generally I am out on the tractor back dragging
this away from the door and placing it in a pile.
The oldest piles of this is what was put in the garden
this year for the potatoes. It is basically just poop
and hay. After it 'cooks' for a couple of years, or
so, I is wonderful in my gardens. We will see this
fall how the potatoes did with it. I just dumped big
bucketfuls in the garden and planted the potatoes in the
top of each hill. Jerry said they are flowering beautifully!
It is dark and scary and I don't want to go!
Unfortunately the lights don't seem real bright
inside when it is so bright outside.
It is not her barn, and she is afraid. Bam is
comforting her, and nudging her at the same time.
The mud is not helping.
And we are in.
In the hallway surveying the situation.
And, checking out the slightly open door.
You want me to go where?
Just a bit of gentle persuasion and in she goes.
I am in the grain room trying to get her picture.
She is too busy looking at Pebbles and Bam on the
outside. She is in the stall we use for lambing. She
will stay there for up to a week in order to get used
to Jerry and to the fact that this is her new home.
Jerry said she was a little confused at him walking
around the barn with a little light on his head at 2:30
in the morning. Hopefully she will get used to this
as there will be another month before I can go back
to doing the morning feedings. He said she is not eating
grain, yet, but she is eating hay. One step at a time.
And, today I am tired!!
That took a lot out of me getting to, and in, the barn.
And, then hopping around to get pictures.
The ankle is healing. The incisions are ugly.
And, it is still a bit swollen.
I can, and do, move it a bit. But, I can feel
the plates and the pin in front.
The Achilles Tendon is super tight!
One day at a time!
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