We had to have Zeb put to sleep last weekend. I think he enjoyed the last little while in the sunshine eating the new grass, but he never got much stronger and he finally got to a point where he was too weak to stand up and graze.
Goodbye Zeb. We'll all miss you, but your best bud Thomas will miss you the most.
Lucky for Thomas, he has had plenty of company since the sheep and goats do as they please around the farm. Electric wire fence doesn't stop them - they just go underneath, hang out with Thomas for awhile and leave when they please. The lambs are growing so fast!
This is what happens when you ignore goats and try to take photos of sheep. Also, proof that my hair is now considered similar enough to hay to be worth tasting.
Amelia and Thomas are shedding their coats in giant mats. This is a bad photo, but that's Zoey on the mulch pile with a huge piece of Amelia's wool/hair. Now Oprah, on the other hands...let's just say we newbie farmers had the wool pulled over our eyes (ha.ha) when we were told that Oprah was a hair sheep. Anyone know of any second hand shearers for sale? Having someone come to the farm to shear one sheep seems beyond ridiculous. Plus, Nathan's Australian.
It's so nice to see the grass coming back after a long winter!
Magpie has 4 healthy chicks following her around in the side coop. A sixth chick hatched really late (the fifth chick died) and he is under the heat lamps with the new batch of broiler chicks. It seemed like Magpie wasn't keeping him warm enough since she was busy showing the older chicks where to eat and drink and scratch around. He is doing well with the broilers but he looks so funny in there! He is about a third of their size...I'll have to take a photo.
Zoey is growing *so fast* now!
She's 4.5 months old now.
Abby loves her sister. Ryan is starting to play with her more, too!
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