Lambing Preparations: Part 1
Lambing has been on my mind a lot lately as we prepare for the next phase of our shepherding adventure.… Read More »Lambing Preparations: Part 1
Lambing has been on my mind a lot lately as we prepare for the next phase of our shepherding adventure.… Read More »Lambing Preparations: Part 1
Blaze, our first ram, is a two year old Navajo-Churro ram that we purchased from Orion Rising Farm in South… Read More »Getting Our First Sire Feels Like Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ram
Since our last post, we’ve gotten our little freshman farm business off the ground. In the spring we fenced a… Read More »Freshman Farm: A Year of Being Shepherds
In October, I closed the last journal entry by wondering how we—and the animals—would do once winter set in. Our… Read More »Winter Wonders As The Snow Settles In
All the animals and the farmers now seem to be settling in to their various roles. The llamas know their… Read More »Routine Farm Update for the Fall as We Prep for First Winter with a Flock
As you might recall, when we first got our sheep we didn’t begin with our true starter flock. We had… Read More »Sheep Switcheroo is Simple, See
As with any new undertaking, the addition of livestock to our lives has involved some adjustments and has given us… Read More »Do Sheep Playing Dead? Of Course They Wouldn’t
A week ago, Don and Sue Mellen of Autumn Mountain Farm delivered our two gelding llamas, Guinness and Kuzco, to… Read More »Sheep & Llamas Making Friends As Animals and Farmers Figure Each Other Out
It’s a funny thing when Rick and I start brainstorming about the projects we want to take on. Our ideas… Read More »Llamas to Protect Our Flock of Sheep from Predators