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St. Croix Lambs have arrived.

Blog: Triton's Farm   -   Monday April 15, 2013   -   By Triton

This week on the farm: LAMBS!!! they have finally started arriving. We have four already and I expect another two to arrive in the next week or so. The moms did great. I didn't have to help or do anything. The babies all look very healthy, and were on...

Busy Spring

Blog: Fleecewood Farm   -   Tuesday June 05, 2012   -   By Susan

Well its that time of year again- LAMBING! We came home from a graduation reception at 10:30 pm to find that Nellie, one of our meat sheep had had quads! For you city slickers that is 4 lambs! and on her own!  Then at midnight another ewe went into a...

Brandy with two ewe lambs

Blog: The Green Shepherd Farm Blog   -   Sunday March 25, 2012   -   By Stephen & Annette

I love the look on Brandy's face !

Spring '12 Laming

Blog: The Green Shepherd Farm Blog   -   Sunday March 25, 2012   -   By Stephen & Annette

This is my first blog of any kind, so for the most part, I'm just feeling my way around.  Five of our seven ewes have lambed, resulting in twelve healthy little ones. One ram is a bummer, but seems to be doing fine. We'll be reserving up to five of the...

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Weaving spinning knitting felting and Keeping Busy...

Blog: Weston Hill Farm   -   Saturday January 28, 2012   -   By eileen

It is January and I am staying as busy as possible ! January and Febuary are the months that I get the most done when it comes to Fiber work. The weather this year has been exceptionally warm for the most part, but winter is a time where often times , you find...

alone on the farm

Blog: Fleecewood Farm   -   Friday July 08, 2011   -   By Susan

How fast the time flies.  Its been a busy spring. My husband was out of the country for a month- and I was left to finish lambing and care for a brand new litter of Aussie pups-( 8 to be exact)- on my own. Each day brought new challenges, but to my...

Emma is a tattle tale!

Blog: MM Livestock Co   -   Thursday January 13, 2011   -   By Megan

I went out to check critters tonite and Emma was hollering her head off. I figured the goat was out or something. Nope! Screamer and Blackie had lambed! Both girls are fine and 5 new lambs on the ground. Screamer had 2 ewe lambs and Blackie tripled. 2 little...

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Lambs! Lambs! Lambs!

Blog: Evergreen Students for Sustainable Animal Agriculture   -   Wednesday February 10, 2010   -   By ESSAA

I am proud to announce the births of three little lambs! Two of our ewes lambed on Thursday and they are adorable beyond all reason. We let the families into the pasture on Monday after jugging and monitoring them to make sure that they bonded and that all was...

Triplets!

Blog: Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb   -   Monday October 05, 2009   -   By Anne

I wanted to share a picture some of our gorgeous new fall lambs.  These lambs are in a jug (small pen) with their mother to help her keep track of them for the first 2 days of life.    

Lambing Season Again

Blog: Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb   -   Monday September 21, 2009   -   By Anne

Well its officially the last day of summer, and our ewes have started lambing!  About a third of the flock was officially bred to lamb this fall, however the ewes bred for late spring were run with clean up rams to catch any girls who didn't take....

lambing

Blog: MM Livestock Co   -   Friday August 21, 2009   -   By Megan

Sorry it has taken so long to get back to the blog. We've been really busy lambing! The farm flock is dropping lambs right and left! These old ladies are still getting it done, they just need a bit more care than the commercial ewes. Trip and Emma each gave us...

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Finally settled into our Hudson Farm location

Blog: Sheltie Meadow Farm   -   Thursday May 07, 2009   -   By Miana Ruiz-Ryan

We are finally settling into our new Hudson Farm location.  We are very excited to meet the community.    This is a real time of excitement on the farm with lambing.  We have 11 lambs so far this year with a few ewes to go.  If you...

Lambing Season's Slow End

Blog: Evergreen Students for Sustainable Animal Agriculture   -   Wednesday April 15, 2009   -   By ESSAA

Our last ewe to lamb finally had twins a couple weeks ago, drawing lambing season to an end. Everyone was in suspense waiting for her to lamb because she took weeks longer than the other ewes. Besides that, this ewe is everyone’s favorite. Originally she was...

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Friday Snows! Ugh!

Blog: S&S Lamb   -   Friday April 03, 2009   -   By Pierre & Sharon

Friday morning!  The end of spring break for our youngest son who will graduate this spring from High School.  While others we know are enjoying the sun of Mexico and Florida, we here on the farm, and trudging through a new covering of snow and...


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