Just Pictures

Elsie

Flurry (or maybe Snow?)

Henrietta out in front

Pawlonia & Swan

Pistachio & little brother Fahrenheit

Swan

Vanilla

The whole gang (minus the rams)

Back to Normal (Mostly)

The rams are no longer in with the ewes. 

Cormorant misses his ewes and lets us know about it.

Hawk misses his as well but is better behaved.

When we moved Hawk, we switched the barn around.  Now it's easier for the ewes to go to the recently-fenced back pasture (the rams and wethers never even checked it out, despite ample opportunity!).  Barack O'Llama loves the change of venue.  Not only is he a fan of the pasture, but he also enjoys sticking his head out of the barn when we open the door.

Happy llama.

"The blue sky brings out the auburn tones in my fleece," BOL

The ewes still love their peanuts--except Czadas.  She seems to have lost her taste for them, but that didn't keep her from being pushy.

Czadas & Vanilla

It's Been a Long, Long Time

It's a boring time for the sheep right now.  It's deer season, so for the sheep's safety, they are confined to an area close to the barn.  It is the height of breeding season, so maybe they're not too bored. The rams are walking the fence line, hoping to get to the other side.  So far, they haven't.

Most of my pictures are from a while ago.  We finally had our back pasture fenced, much to Barack O'Llama and the ewes' delight.  The rams and wethers, for some reason, will not go in to the new pasture, no matter the bribe.

The ewes needed to be led with grain their first time into the new pasture.   They only needed encouragement once.

 

Also, we had an early snow storm in November.  There was quite a bit of snow before Barack O'Llama went in the barn.  (But if there's one drop of rain he's running for cover as fast as he can!

In the last post, I mentioned that we were using just one ram this breeding season.  Since then, we've changed our minds, and we are using Hawk for the second time.  His lambs last year were gorgeous!