Final weaning

Final weaning

It got a little bit whiney around here the other day. With shearing completed early last week, it was finally time to wean the last 12 crias (8 males, 4 females) from the 2012 birth class! Fitting, I suppose, that they should leave the confines of the Arena just prior to the arrival up there…

Birthed out!

Last week at this time there were still 5 of our females left to deliver their babies this year. While that would be all well and good in the early fall when nighttime temperatures don’t tend to drop much lower than the 40s, when there are crias due and there’s a hard frost on the…

Shearing Day 1

Shearing Day 1

I am beat right now. Which perhaps begs the question why I am here in my office at 10:18 posting this when I should be curled up in bed? In any case today was a relatively easy beginning to what will either be a 3 or 4 day adventure depending on how hard we push…