Today was the day we went to get our new ram! All three of us loaded into the pickup for a three hour drive. I had to spend 45 minutes unloading tools and trash out of the pickup before we left. Plus making the pen in the back of the pickup for the ram to ride home in.
His name is Oreo, this is the second ram named Oreo we have owned and we did not name either one. He is hand tamed and we can rub all over him he is so friendly. The people we bought him from were great. He got wormed just before going into the pickup. The ride to our house was stress free. He rode great. We did get some funny looks on the freeway as people passed us. You would think they don't know what a hair sheep looks like. Unloading was a breeze, I just backed the pickup up to a sheep compost pile, dropped the tailgate and opened the fence up and he walked out. We are going to leave him in the barn lot for a few days. On Wednesday we will sort the sheep, we need to take out the one nutter baby ram and a couple of whethers to keep him company. We will stash those guys in the back barn lot for a few weeks. We are going to sort off the baby girls we are going to sell for meat. They should be old enough to wean off their mommas. All of the meat sheep will go into the upper prime pasture. We also have to sort off the two oldest calves. They are over a year old and are still stealing milk from the mommas that are getting ready to birth their new calves. Those two steers will also go in with the meat sheep in the upper prime pasture.
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| Our new Dorper/Katahdin cross 1 yr old ram |
His name is Oreo, this is the second ram named Oreo we have owned and we did not name either one. He is hand tamed and we can rub all over him he is so friendly. The people we bought him from were great. He got wormed just before going into the pickup. The ride to our house was stress free. He rode great. We did get some funny looks on the freeway as people passed us. You would think they don't know what a hair sheep looks like. Unloading was a breeze, I just backed the pickup up to a sheep compost pile, dropped the tailgate and opened the fence up and he walked out. We are going to leave him in the barn lot for a few days. On Wednesday we will sort the sheep, we need to take out the one nutter baby ram and a couple of whethers to keep him company. We will stash those guys in the back barn lot for a few weeks. We are going to sort off the baby girls we are going to sell for meat. They should be old enough to wean off their mommas. All of the meat sheep will go into the upper prime pasture. We also have to sort off the two oldest calves. They are over a year old and are still stealing milk from the mommas that are getting ready to birth their new calves. Those two steers will also go in with the meat sheep in the upper prime pasture.
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| Sheep got out for a stroll |
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| Herbicides are a glorious thing |
I am going to have to hook up the mower to the tractor by this weekend and mow the entire property. Their has been so much rain that the entire place is growing into one big grass patch.
My herbicide spraying is starting to become visible. It looks like I should be good for another couple of months before the next round of spraying.
I really want to get some fence built but it just keeps getting pushed back. I have been spending most of my spare time getting grandma's house ready for Sarah. I just about have the vinyl floor installed in the bedroom. The painting is progressing well.
I have still not mowed our front yard! On the plus side I did pickup our mower four days ago from the repair shop and it does actually run. I tested it today when I pulled it out of the back of the pickup (so we could go get the ram). It had not been there very long!! Now the mower just needs to chop down the 2 foot tall grass that is populating our front yard.
My herbicide spraying is starting to become visible. It looks like I should be good for another couple of months before the next round of spraying.
I really want to get some fence built but it just keeps getting pushed back. I have been spending most of my spare time getting grandma's house ready for Sarah. I just about have the vinyl floor installed in the bedroom. The painting is progressing well.
I have still not mowed our front yard! On the plus side I did pickup our mower four days ago from the repair shop and it does actually run. I tested it today when I pulled it out of the back of the pickup (so we could go get the ram). It had not been there very long!! Now the mower just needs to chop down the 2 foot tall grass that is populating our front yard.
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