Just Pictures

Adelie

Barack O'Llama

Cashew

Sprite

Sprite again

Elvira & the ewes

Pawlonia & Henrietta

Pawlonia

Pina Colada

Sassy

Snow

Tiffany

Cisco & Mojito

Cisco loves hanging out with his best pals, Dr. Pepper and Mojito.  They've been a good influence on his as he is no longer so skittish.  Now that he's not so terrified every time he sees me I took a few better pictures of him. 

Cisco

Cisco

Cisco with Spruce

His buddy, Mojito, is going to be a show sheep again this year.  While he was practicing yesterday, he escaped.  He was as scared as we all were, but eventually, he rejoined the rest of the boys.

Mojito

Mojito (with Cisco)

Big Days Ahead

Busy season--shearing and lambing--is approaching. Right now is usually the calmest time of the year, but we have a had a little drama this winter.  Happily, it's just been sheep with minor injuries (who are all better now), a pest in the barn (that we caught), and the usual issues with coats. 

Cashew

Vanilla and Sassy

Sky and Pistachio

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Elsie

Peat

Barack O'Llama

Snow Pictures

Cisco Goes on Vacation

Cisco has finished his job for the year.  Even though we were concerned about his young age, we're fairly certain all the ewes who were in the pen with him are bred.  We won't know for sure until the end of April. 

Cisco moved into the ram pen with the other rams (Cormorant, Mojito, and Dr. Pepper) and the adult wethers.  He is not happy about the move.  We humans have seen much, much worse ram introductions, but Cisco thinks it's bad enough to baa about it and act skittish around the larger guys.

Cisco meets his new friends.

Barack sniffs Cisco for the first time.

The ewes are back together.  Hopefully, we're settling in for uneventful winter. 

Elsie, Cashew, & friends

Iced Tea

Myrtle

Pawlonia, Peanut, and Elvira know something is going on.

Cisco & His Ewes

We put Cisco in with his ewes over the weekend.  We're a bit nervous because Cisco is young--born at the end of June.  We've used ram lambs with success before, but they were born in March or April.

Cisco is not so sure about his new roommates.

 Cisco is intimidated by the ewes, maybe because they are some of our bigger ones or maybe because they're not-so-nice to him.   He also misses his ram and wether friends.    Nevertheless, he's at least trying to do his job.  It will be a while until we know if he has been successful or not.  

Barack O'Llama supervising the new living arrangements.

Cisco catches up with the ewes.

Cisco's ewes.

Vanilla leads the pack.

Vanilla is out in front (again)

New Things

The ewes received a new feeder this weekend.  While it was being constructed, I kept the ewes busy with treats.  Snow ate out of my hand for the first time, and once she started, she kept trying all the snacks.

Snow

Llama approved

I started by handing out corn rather than peanuts, and a different crowd surrounded me than usual.

Myrtle

Opal

Opal & Sky

Sassy