We had a nice couple of days so we got a lot done. Allen and Rachel were down from New York visiting. It was great to see them.
Heather brought Aiden over for some grooming. He needed a haircut.
The creep feeder we ordered came in. It's a gate with adjustable pickets so the lambs can get through and the ewes can't. It keeps the ewes from eating the lamb food. Lambing season will be here soon.
I was taking Nell for a walk again. The new llamas are serious about dogs. They clumped the sheep and sent them into the hollow and came running toward the threat. Dogs generally don't like it when something runs at them, especially something as big as a llama.
They put themselves between the sheep and the threat.
Okay, so Nell isn't an actual threat but she's a canine.
I don't think Nell noticed the llamas too much.
All the llamas have their own pen now. The guy from Liberty delivered them on Thursday.
He brought the cattle feeder panels, too. These go in the fence line and the cattle reach their heads through to the feed bunk which is conveniently and safely placed outside the fence line.
Nell waited while I filled the llama and sheep waters.
The new chicks are out with the big hens. No eggs from them yet.
Can you guess what Lisa's doing?
We have yellow, white, orange and red tulips.
The chicks are adjusting to life on the free range. They get up on the perches after the big hens leave in the morning.
Here's an amazing shot of...dammit Leo!
We got an electrified mesh for the garden. Freshly tilled dirt looks too much like cat litter.
We went over to Andy's yesterday to pick up some wood for the fireplace. We took the four wheeler to haul it out of the woods.
We were able to get the truck right next to where the fallen trees were. There was mud. I forgot to take pictures.
These are the big pieces we didn't split in the woods.
Andy and Allen split a bunch before we got out there.
Paige.
We wormed the sheep. There are 21 of them. The two rams got wormed but they didn't get their hooves trimmed. Everyone else got pedicures. Sheep seem to prefer having their feet left alone so they are not particularly cooperative. There was blood.
The other big project for the weekend was installing the feeder panels. There were posts and concrete. There was also barbed wire and old post removal, so there was blood and cussing.
Feeder panels installed. The cattle can reach their heads through to the feed bunks. Notice that the feed bunks are in a "mud" free area. We set some old gates as temporary fencing.
Leo had a busy weekend too.
As did Paige.
