Being Thankful

I am particularly grateful to God right now. On Monday, myself, my Mom, my Grandma and Angus were involved in a high speed head on colision. We are so thankful to be alive. God was watching over us that day. Myself, mom, and grandma are all very sore but no serious injuries, and Little Angus was snug in his carseat and did not even have a scratch on him. It was a true testament to wearing seatbelts and having babies in carseats. Sadly the woman that hit us was killed on impact. Until the official police report comes out we won't know for sure what happened. I suspect that she fell asleep. I ask for you prayers that we will all heal physically and emotionally. I also ask that you pray for the womans family that they may find peace. It is so important to count your blessings daily and always say I Love You.

Shearing

Yesterday we were finally able to shear the sheep. Angus took a nap in the car and then woke up to help Grandma supervise. The weather was cool and windy but we were still able to get it done uneventfully. There are still no lambs but shearing the sheep tends to kick them into gear. I am sure they will start popping out left and right here pretty quick.

Below are some pictures from yesterday. Hope you enjoy!

New Baby

Yes I know I said I would post yesterday, however our day didn't end until about 830 and the little man needed me. This is a little steer calf that I bought yesterday. He will get adopted by the milk cow in a couple of days. Right now he is in quarantine, we want to make sure that he didn't bring home any sickness that could be spread to the other calves. He gets bottle fed in the meantime, hopefully Sunday he will get to meet his new mom and sister.



Today we vaccinated the cows and the horses. Then we moved them to different pastures. I had my hands too full to take pictures.

We are hoping to shear tomorrow as long as the weather cooperates. If the sheep are damp at all then we won't be able to. Still no lambs, hopefully they wait for about a week before they start.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

My Challenge

I know I haven't been posting as regularly as I should be. I thought I would challenge myself to posting everyday through lambing and give you a taste of what A Day In My Life is really about.

The ewes are getting very close to lambing. Last week we were supposed to shear however bad weather made us call it off, now we have rescheduled it for Saturday. Now the ewes are so heavy with lamb that we run the risk of lambing problems after shearing. But we must get the shearing done as the benefits outweigh the risks. We have one old girl suffering from what is called Twin Lamb Disease. This occurs when the ewe gets so heavy that she has a hard time eating enough to sustain her and her lambs because of the pressure on her stomach. She is deficient in calcium and her sugar levels are low. She will undoubtedly lamb early and we must take extra precautions because if she were to go down (lay down and not be able to get up) then an emergency caesarean section must be performed. We will do our best for her and hope she lambs on her own without complications. Sandy gave her a drench of calcium and glycol. I promise to take pictures for the next post.

Other news from the farm.

We are all done calving, hopefully I can get a bum tomorrow from the sale yard and have Dixie the milk cow adopt it, then all the cattle need brought in and given a dewormer and a vaccine to keep them healthy before breeding starts next month. I think I will try AI'ing them all this year so I can pick a different sire for each cow.

The "new" chicken coop is nearly completed. I am remodeling an old grainery and turning it into the new hen house. I have a good days worth of work on it to do before it is ready for baby chicks. So I had better get after it.

I have the garden plans all completed and have some seeds started allready inside. John needs to get the sawmill fired up so he can cut the boards that I need to build all my raised beds and finish the addition to the greenhouse. The posts are in the ground for our yard fence and the snow is almost melted enough that we could get the wire put up.

Since I really have no idea of who reads my posts, I would like to encourage you all to leave a comment so I have an idea of who my readers are. Thanks so much!
Hope you all have a great day and be sure to stay tuned in for tomorrows edition(:

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