Lambs any day?
We are checking the sheep regularly because some of our ladies look like they are about to drop any day. I have our ‘lambing kit’ ready to go but hope they all deliver safely and we don’t have to intervene.
Sheep
Sheep update
Our sheep are doing well, it looks like quite a few ewes are pregnant, but as the ram was running with them before we got them we really don’t know when they will be due. Zeke and Bolt have grown up so much, they no longer look like puppies which …
Dorper Sheep and Sheepdogs
Today we collected our small flock of Dorper sheep including Rastus the ram 🙂 We chose Dorpers as they are self shearing, are excellent mothers, have a very lean meat (essential with G’s health) and require far less physical work compared to wool breeds like merino’s. Plus their little black …
Visiting Sheep
One of our neighbours bought over a few of his sheep to help eat our paddocks down to reduce the fire risk over summer. In this case, a “few” sheep is 650 merinos!