Love is in the Air
Well, it's breeding season again for the sheep. We have some excellent matches this year and I am almost as excited as when it is lambing season! I am probably not as excited as the rams though.
Everyone is in separate love nests, a ram with one or two ewes, for a period of 3 to 4 weeks depending on when the business gets done. I make checks on them a few times a day to see if the ewes have finally stopped running from the ram to settle down, and I can record the date for the upcoming blessed event.
Then in December it starts all over again with the ewe lambs, who will not be ready until then.
If all goes as planned, lambs will start arriving about April 1st, and the last ones will come in May, hopefully mid May, before it gets too hot.
We have posted all the pairs on the Our Flock page, so you can imagine how the new lamb crop will turn out! Stay tuned!
Everyone is in separate love nests, a ram with one or two ewes, for a period of 3 to 4 weeks depending on when the business gets done. I make checks on them a few times a day to see if the ewes have finally stopped running from the ram to settle down, and I can record the date for the upcoming blessed event.
Then in December it starts all over again with the ewe lambs, who will not be ready until then.
If all goes as planned, lambs will start arriving about April 1st, and the last ones will come in May, hopefully mid May, before it gets too hot.
We have posted all the pairs on the Our Flock page, so you can imagine how the new lamb crop will turn out! Stay tuned!
posted by Sue | 2:57 PM
1 Comments:
Sue,
We greatly appreciate your blog. We have been revisiting the issue of farming.
I was raised for many years on a farm, and as a young adult began my own, but life happens.
I admire the mixed blessings and can picture myself mucking through the pastures, searching for escape routes. Feeling the chill of winter settling into the bones. Looking on with amazement and awe as new life is given birth.
Keep up the blogs I am certain others find them as much of a blessing.
Thanks again, LMF
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