Spring??

April 25th, 2010

I have no comment.

What is it Maamaa

This little hen decided to hop into the lambs area and check things out as you can see the Suffolk lamb is quite interested in what it is. His sister didn't care to investigate and opted to stay napping.

The little hen checked out a few other lamb pens and then decided that she'd had enough and when back to her own area.

Count Your Chickens

I ordered some Red Rock pullet chicks from Rochester Hatchery. They arrived this morning and I put them with a little banty hen who was sitting on "dud" eggs. She seemed so pleased with herself. She kept looking around as I placed the chicks near her. She must wonder how she could be sitting on seven eggs but end up with 26 baby chicks.

I checked on them a while ago and they are all happy and were jumping up on their new mother and she was clucking away telling them how wonderful they are.

I guess spring is here. We're even considering planting potatoes on the weekend. That's a good sign.

Lambing

Lambing has begun here at Wind 'n' Woolly Acres. Here is a Clun Forest ewe with her just born twin lambs. They are barely ten minutes old and already following their mother's directions.

We had some rain last week and things have greened up nicely. Getting to the point where we can start to rototill the garden and think about what we want to plant. I have already started a lot of seeds indoors. I just pray that we continue to get rain each week so things will grow nicely.

We called this Rambouillet ewe "wide load" last year and as you can see she's keeping up to her nick-name. She isn't actually due for another ten days. Several of the ewes look like they are going to lamb right on the first due date.

Shearing Day

Woke up to fog and poor visability but soon the sun was out and turned into a beautiful day. Good day for shearing.

Maria and Cliff

Val was in a stall at the back skirting and bagging the fleeces we want to keep for sale or our own use. Val knows so much more about wool than either Worker Boy or I and she was able to tell which ones were the best quality. So helpful too.

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In a few hours we were all done and in the house eating supper. The sheep were all fed and bedded down in nice thick straw and seemed happy with their new wool-do's.

Now the next thing to get ready for is lambing that should start on or around April 9th.

Christmas on the Farm

It is time for me to get back to writing. I always a wonder if people even read about our farm happenings.

We had a warmer day, -17, so Garry hitched up the mares, Pip and Nan, and took everyone for Christmas for sleigh rides. Even Santa and his favourite elf showed up and took a turn with the reins.

The weather has been quite cold and it became a chore to keep the ducks warm enough until I hung a heat lamp in their building. Now when I go in to check their feed and water they are all huddled under the lamp quite happy with the heat radiating down on them. Wish I had thought of that sooner.

The sheep are all happy and cozy wearing their homemade wool coats. They also have lots of nice straw bedding to snuggle down in. I missed a photo of them still resting because when they heard me coming along they assumed I was going to give them some grain.

Time is going by quickly and before we know it there will be lambs. Around April 9th is when the first lambs are due to arrive. Well actually they won't start for over three months but we have lots to do and the time will go by quickly especially since we will all be watching the Olympics.

All of us at Wind'n'Woolly Acres (including the two goats) wish each and every one a very blessed 2010.