Two weeks ago we got our first dusting of snow. Yep. It is early. Then last Saturday we got about ½ inch of wet snow. We are trying to expedite completion of projects before winter sets in hard, so we multi-task on the ranch. Here is an example. We needed to collect a new [...]
The new Shetland lambs arrived during April! Here are just some of them (we have a lot this year!). Aren’t they cute?! Most of them are Black (shown on the left with his black mother Hollyhock) or Moorit (which is various shades of brown) and a couple will lighten to Musket (cream or very [...]
Yep, its official… baby season is here! Cedar the Alpine dairy goat had twin girls on Saturday morning. Colette my milk cow delivered a bull calf on Monday morning. Brie the Nubian/Boer cross goat is due any moment. Ailagh’s puppies and Abigail’s calf will be close on their heels. And then there are [...]
Lambing is officially over for 2015. What a work-out! We had a total of 10 lambs born- with 3 sets of twins! Two lambs died, so we currently have 8 on the ground. There is a nice amount of color and pattern, too. This is the most lambs we’ve had yet. It’s fun [...]
