Monthly Archives: March 2009

We have been checking on the ewes every 1-2 hours for 2 days now without any lambs produced.  Then this afternoon Hazel, our Red Satin Angora rabbit, produced 4 bunnies.  They look great- one is a runt but well fed. … Continue reading →

I have been skirting like crazy.  I have a hog panel set up on the back porch and between squalls I skirt the fleeces.  I have sold and shipped eleven of them but still have 12 more available for sale.  I only have 6 sellable fleeces left to skirt!

So we appear to have a problem here.  On shearing day we noticed that our one CVM ewe (not so affectionately called Mutiny) had udder swelling.  We bought her when she was 6 months old, and she has never been bred.  We have had no ram … Continue reading →