Our sheep were supposed to get shorn today, but it rained last night so now they can’t. They’re relieved and upset at the same time. They don’t like to be caught and rolled into all those weird positions, but they say it’s nice to feel the cool breeze on their skins afterward.
I visited a friend’s house today for a little garden tour and a lunch date. I love to see other people’s gardens and find out what they have going on.
Everything is muck and mire on our farm. According to our rain gauge, 13 inches of rain fell in just four days! Uzzi and I huddled in our Port-a-Hut while storm after storm roared by.
Last night, my boy Drex (one of Bon Bon’s triplets) came galloping to the dairy-goat barn with a downcast expression on his face. "It’s embarrassing,” he muttered. "What is?" I asked him.
Have you ever heard of Cheviot Dolls? They’re half Babydoll Southdown and half Miniature or Classic Cheviot. We’re going to get one!
Last week, a lady brought her children to our farm to meet us. The little boy looked at me and said, "What’s he chewing?” "His cud,” his mama told him. "He chews up his food and swallows it, then horks it up again and chews it some more. And you know what? He has four stomachs!”
Mom has been collecting trivia about sheep to go in the book she’s writing. She said I could share some with you. Isn’t this fun!
I remember the first time I saw her. She was a little gray ball of fuzz, no bigger than a mouse.
The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy begins its second year in a project to recover America’s second-oldest chicken breed.
Last night, Wren had her babies in one of the stalls attached to the round pen. That’s only a little way from my buck pen, so Uzzi and I got to listen in.
Our baby Buckeyes are doing fine and growing up fast! They all have feathered wings, and some have tiny tail feathers, too. Buckeyes are big, active chicks, so ours are already trying to hop out of the brooder.
Our chicks arrived on Friday, and now there are 10 red-and-yellow peeps in the living room. (Their brooder makes a good light for when me ‘n’ Uzzi creep in at night to use the computer.)
