Feed My Sheep

Andy and Lynne left yesterday morning. It was nice having them here. Lisa has been having a good time with Andy around. She's been getting to know him again which is great.


Andy hooked up the solar charger for the shock wire that goes around the bottom of the sheep pasture. Maria, the sheep's veterinarian, came out to trim their hooves and castrate Larry and Larry.

I got to hold Lucia while Lisa and Maria worked on the Larrys. She had a device that held a band of surgical tubing. It ratcheted the tubing tight and then crimped a clamp to keep it tight. She didn't want to cut them because of their size and fear of infection. As we know now, sheepies aren't especially known for their cleanliness.

Lisa was showing the sheep how to go over the steep hillside to their new pasture. Their footsteps strayed a little when they found the dandelions. Dandelions were a lot more interesting than the food in Lisa's scoop.

I think we did pretty well leading the lambkins to their new residence.

The sheep habitat. It is very important to keep your captive animals happy. We ran out of time so I just threw the plywood up on the shed to give them a wind break for the cold weather and snow that is supposed to be coming tomorrow and Tuesday. I'll square it up and frame it out when the weather gets better.


Tractor Supply is still out of the 10 foot sections of the kid pen. We have it set up in a triangle. It's a little cramped in there but it makes it quite a bit easier to wrangle them.