umbrella category for everything about lambing (at least that I can think of)
Our friend Ida had so much fun visiting us during lambing in 2013 that she applied to return this year. In my last post, I tried to set the stage for Lamb Camp 2015 by sharing the backstory of Ida’s first visit. By the time Ida and daughter Whitney and niece Audrey arrived on April […]
I have an unlikely Soay sheep tale to share with you about a magical three days we just experienced when three utterly delightful women — one from Cleveland, one from Cincinnati, and one from St. Louis — came all the way out to Oregon to share lambing with us for just three days — almost […]
I just uploaded a 3-year old post to the “from the archives” section over on your right. Check it out for a fun video of a newborn lamb trying to get up on its feet for the first time. The video will give you a good idea of what a one-minute old heritage Soay lamb […]
Once again our heritage sheep have confirmed the legendary hardiness of Soay. It was March 28, 2014, a full five days before our first lamb of the year “could” arrive according to the 148 days universally accepted as the length of sheep gestation, and at least 8 or 10 days before we expected the first […]
It could have been worse. The better news? All the lambs are robust and cute and cavorting around the play yard, and it doesn’t get much better than that in the shepherd’s world. Here’s hoping your lambing season was as rewarding and fun as ours was! [table th=”0″ colalign=”center|center|center|center|center|center|center”] 2014 Saltmarsh Ranch British Soay Lamb […]
No sooner had I first posted about the ewe/ram lamb coin toss than my brother Jim started firing off emails to me on the finer points of odds-making, including an old game show involving cars and goats. Ordinarily I would ignore anything that concerned goats rather than sheep, but I decided to throw down a […]