catchall for everything non-health related for keeping your animals secure
Looking for a gift for your favorite shepherd, especially a slightly clumsy one? Can you sew a straight seam? I have just the one-hour project for you. Experienced shepherds, of Soay sheep or otherwise, and almost any do-it-yourselfer will sympathize with what I am about to say. When you feed your livestock guardian dogs in the pasture, there is nothing […]
By the time we discovered Soay sheep, we already lived on a farm with a huge old dairy barn. At first, it seemed a waste to raise animals too small to take full advantage of our cavernous barn. But we soon realized that little sheep can co-exist quite nicely with a very tall, very wide structure. […]
Perhaps the greatest initial investment a Soay keeper needs make is decent fencing to keep the little darlings home and safe. Alas, the aesthetics of a run of taught, newly-installed wire fence fastened neatly to precisely aligned, precisely vertical fence posts is of no concern to the rams, especially during rut. They bash away without […]
Allow me a brief detour from the Lamb Kit to introduce Llucy, our guard llama. Steve took this picture last lambing season. I was watching a new lamb cavorting when without warning Llucy snuck up behind me, I felt warm damp air on my neck, just barely heard a soft shwoosy sound, and I was nose […]