Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Lambs are Weaned and All has Been Quiet!

Had a very successful lambing season with mostly twins, very little assistance, good mothering and no true bottle lambs. Even a few sets of triplets. Just how it is suppose to go! Now the challenge will be having enough forage to feed all the stock as we are in drought conditions and it is only about July 1 and the pastures are about grazed out with no regrowth due to lack of rain. Hay is short for the same reason so we will see what the rest of the year brings. Will try to move out lambs and sold stock earlier than later. Of course the direct market order lambs will have to sit a few months to get to weight. Rabbit production hasn't gone as well with small to no litters, markings not for show, etc. so we will see if we can raise any good young Juniors for Rachel for the fair. We have a few in the nest box now. If not the Seniors will have to get in shape and hope they won't be molting their fur. I am excited about Hope's(brindle female Cardigan corgi)abilities and progress training for agility. I am a newbie but I think we have gelled into a good newbie team and I need to learn how to run courses better for us to have good success. We are also attending dow shows as we need 6 points yet including a major to finish her Championship. She is maturing nicely. So life just plugs along and all has been pretty quiet yet plenty to do. Wish watering things weren't one of the daily chores. And the raccoons who were causing havoc and killing chickens are out of the picture now. Let's hope no more move in.

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