Soggy Summer!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2024
- We have had an incredibly wet spring and now summer. It has delayed hay harvest, drowned out row crops and washed-out driveways. We have to plan around the weather even more than usual. The sheep and goats are doing well, and the pastures are producing well with all the rain. We have begun the weaning process. All the kids are weaned from the does and 4 of the ewes have been weaned. We put the moms in the very north field and woods when we separate them from the lambs and kids. They are out of ear shot so they can't hear each other. This has greatly reduced the stress of weaning for both the moms and babies. We have 3 ewes that do not have lambs on them. They will remain with the weaned lambs for a short time after all the lambs are weaned. They serve as a stabilizing influence for the lambs once their mothers are removed. We have a pair of Tree Swallows and a pair of Eastern Bluebirds using our nesting boxes. The Swallows have 5 babies and the Bluebird's have 3. So pleased to have these the first year. Thanks for joining us at Norwal Farm.
Michael Walsh and Roger Norgel
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Love seeing all the changes and how much the farm and herds have grown! I am learning so much. Appreciate all the insights. Thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting!
Everyone is looking great! Well done to both of you!
Thanks Craig. The does and our buck are really thin, I think due to a need for copper bolus again. I have them ordered but they are yet to arrive. We'll get there!
The birds are great to watch but it also sounds like they are giving a helping hand around the farm. The machinery these days is just mind boggling! That equipment can really cover some acreage in no time. I never realized how different goats were from other farm animals until TH-cam.😂 They are escape artists and seem to look for mischief.😆 As well, many people think goats can just eat anything and unfortunately this leads to goats with poor health. I follow Fisher Price Ranch and they raise Kiko goats. They recently moved to Arkansas from Arizona. In Arizona they were having some big time problems with the health of their herd. They chose to implement a free choice mineral buffet to their herd and the results were amazing. It was very interesting to see which minerals the goats consumed and how that evolved once their deficiencies were cured. I had no idea that the goats could tell exactly which minerals they were lacking and really self medicate. Thanks for sharing and stay safe!!🙏❤
Thanks Cindy, goats are very interesting animals indeed. We have a great variety of birds on our property, the wetlands really add to the variety.
It's a shame about your driveway.
You have to respect Mother Nature! We are supposed to get the catch basin in place tomorrow for the drain but more rain again Friday. we will have to repair/replace all the gravel. Since that photo it has expanded to 4 feet deep and feet wide. Half the drive washed into the hayfield. Just have to keep at it.