We're going to be shearing a bit later than usual this year, so we needed to do some prep work so that our ewes with early due dates will be ready to go. We gave them their annual vaccine and crotched them. Crotching is trimming the wool from around the udders and the other lady parts. It helps us if we need to assist with lambing, and it helps the lambs find the udders. And yes, it's really called crotching.
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| One of these bottoms is not like the others. |
A little while later, we noticed something strange in the ram pasture. This:
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| Pecan and Sally nuzzle. |
We checked on Pecan. He wouldn't have let another sheep do this to him. He was perfectly fine when we arrived at the field, so perhaps he is just partial to Sally.
While we were there, we gave the boys their minerals.
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| The rams sharing their minerals. |
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| "Yum, yum" Feldspar |
The boys also enjoyed some chin scratches.
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| Chert |
Chert seemed to be checking in with Elsie. Asking her how the lamb(s) are doing, perhaps?
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| Concerned father? |
We're wondering, too.
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| Elsie: Size of a small planet. |
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