Monthly Archives: March 2012

Birthday Loot

Here’s some of the stuff I received for my birthday yesterday.  Some of it is kind of sheepy.  Tom did not get me expensive jewelry because of my tendency to lose or destroy it.  I also receive 3 cool kindle … Continue reading

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Skirting Last Day!

I finished skirting the last 4 fleeces today- a Shetland, a Cotswold and 2 Gotland-crosses.  Overall the fleeces turned out well.  We had really early rooing this year (I think because of our screwy weather this winter) so a few … Continue reading

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Lambing

Lambing began yesterday morning here.  This little guy was born around 5:00 AM.  I found him at 5:30 and dried him, and dipped his umbilical cord.   I stripped Wink’s teats to make sure he had access to colostrum and … Continue reading

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