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Eating grain right in front of me! One finished her breakfast and came over to smell me, stared for a few seconds and walked away. I know they’re used to people, but they haven’t been extensively handled, so it’s really neat to see how quickly they’re adjusting.

I’ll get more tomorrow!

Did that a few weeks ago. A cut on my hand would not stop bleeding. It didn’t even work lol. Glued it shut and had to reapply the glue several times. But it’s now healed just fine!

So I brought hog panels home yesterday for new sheep. Visited neighbor for a bit and when I was walking back home I noticed my goats had escaped to eat a dying tree (that I was going to take out anyway) and dead leaves on the ground. Thankfully I had the panels in the truck and was able to fix...

This is direct from the farmer. He doesn’t always grow oats but neighbors have been asking him to. The fields are literally within walking distance, part of why they’re so affordable.

I believe my pasture is good. My goats stay in good condition all throughout the summer with very little grain (mainly treats or bribery). It also has a lot of variety. I was planning to do alfalfa hay or pellets the last two weeks or so of gestation. I was debating on how much grain during...

Your English is good. Welcome to BYH! This meme came to mind when you mentioned being a non-native speaker.

Alright. I’m getting loose sheep minerals, cattle panels (the 50” ones are only $2.00 more than the 36” right now), and all stock feed. Am I missing anything? I’ll get shears later, and I already have hoof trimmers for the goats. I plan to switch them from all stock feed (what lady said is...

So, getting more grain and hay for the sheepies. Farmer apparently had oats cheaper than corn. Are they comparable for sheep?

Alright, good to know. I’m going to have them semi introduced with a hog panel between first. I’m hoping that they just honestly observe each other and don’t integrate but don’t care. Apathy is the goal lol.

I pray for a blessed year as well. I pray that hearts are turned to the King of Kings.

Excuse my ignorance, but what does that mean in this context?

That’s what she said too! I’m a little suspicious to be honest. She said they’re six months and only 50-60 lbs. which smaller works better for me, but from what I’ve read they should be around 100 by this age, possibly larger. I’m wondering if I was reading on the UK site though; breed...

Here are the pics from Facebook.

Oh I have plenty of mud myself. It’s going to be fun! 🤣

Whitish.

3 ewes. I’ll see if I can find her pictures. She may have taken them down. I messaged within ten minutes of them being posted lol.

I do plan to switch from goat minerals to goat and sheep minerals and supplement copper on the side for the goats. I’m splitting up the yard into two, with a good buffer in between, so we get a good quarantine period. From there I’ll remove one fence section so the buffer is gone and there’s...

Ooh, didn’t think about closing them in at night. Good to know. Never had to do it with the goats. All my land is close to the house. I’ll see if I can make their shelter closable (if that’s a word.)