Holding pattern

Random bits while waiting for the 2013 cria dam to truly break: 1. La Vie en Rose and Capella, who were both due in May have now had their crias (1 female, 1 male for whatever it’s worth) but that leaves 60+ more females that are due between now and December, the vast majority over the…

A tick bit you where?

A tick bit you where?

So, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that it’s probably not such a great thing when the penile sheath of one of your Herdsires looks more like the engorged teat of a holstein cow, right? Jennifer had gone down to the Stud Barn last Thursday with our vet, Susan Johnson,…

Shearing scenes

Shearing scenes

We just got through the first 2 of 3 days of shearing here. All told, we sheared some 140+ animals Wednesday and Thursday and we’ve got the usual aches and pains to show for it. Because of a slight scheduling oddity that might have had us headed to a show today, day #3 isn’t scheduled…