Brody heading out to meet the judge with his hog during the fair yesterday. They did great and will be in the auction ring on Sunday morning
Sometimes you don't really WANT to fix the hole in the hose...
The son challenging the father.
After shearing, rams don't always recognize each other or remember their status.
On the plus side, Artesson gained at least 2 inches of horn curl since the last throwdown in December, so these two can at least collide without their horns spiraling and locking together. Glad to be past that!
We put all six rams in a "ram cram" after this shearing for 4 days. I tried 3 days and they hadn't learned, so I had to push them right back in for another day. I'd like to send Artesson off, now that I got my next breeding ram out of him, and then this father-son dynamic won't be an issue on our farm anymore. He's an exceptional ram and I should have shown him. I'd love for him to contribute to someone's flock this fall. Please message me if you are interested. His mother was shown and won grand champion at OFFF as a yearling, I believe.
Bravo Zulu to these two rams. I took too long to feed today, so they broke out of their pen. 😂
Way to take initiative.
I'm loving this for you. 😜
Basajaun and Augustus, the farm heroes. I love you guys. 🐶❤️🐶❤️
Don't be afraid to think outside the box on your livestock guardians. I have two different breeds to do two different jobs. So far, so good. They are shaping their roles as the pup matures.
Watch for more about what they do here in the coming weeks. 👩🏻🌾🐏
Still as statues in
The fog so quiet, my sheep
Become the landscape
• 11 🐏 are in here •
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These two had their morning coffee!🏃♂️
Meet Mocha and Latte.🐐🤷♀️🐐 The goats I swore I would NEVER get! 🤭 Our family is like 😍😚🥰 over these two.
We bought them at our county fair's junior livestock auction under our coffee shop business @etnawildwoodcoffee. Yeah, you get it! ☕️☕️
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Demetra: It's so hot. I want to go run through the sprinklers.
Me: YOLO.
When 2 ewes lamb at the same time.
"This one's mine."
"I'm pretty sure you're still in labor."
"I must have had one after all that."
"I really think this is mine."
"Maybe. Maybe not."
This is the cleanest lamb in 3 counties.🤦♀️
Lotus enjoying the new paddock I designed for her. She met our newest resident in there as well, Dolly, who has been in my family for many years. Dolly is a sorrel mare out of a Smart Little Lena and Chexy Lady line. She has thrown two beautiful AQHA foals for my dad. This year, we'll be breeding her with GRADOSO for an Azteca foal.
Farolera de Vara is in training right now with Ellie Brown. We have reached the point where my daughter is riding her. Today was their first introduction as riding partners.
I thought, with Farolera's "I like my personal space" attitude, that she would give Ellie some trouble. Not even close. No buck or spook. And this horse is smoooothe. True to her pedigree ❤️💃🐎🇪🇦
I am excited to have these two grow together. Someday, we'll look back on this video as "the beginning." 🙂
An early Christmas present for the sheepies! The bottom 3 feet off of our humongous Christmas tree!🎄Yum!
