Everything is Covered in Excrement

That is going to be my new blog name.

It started with trying to shear the sheep myself.  I built rails and a ramp for the milk stand and stocked up with bribes.  I got the first sheep up there with less difficulty than I anticipated, but it quickly went downhill from there.  Tethera did not enjoy the experience. It took a long time.  My shears wouldn’t even go through some of her wool because it was too coarse.  She expressed her dissatisfaction by throwing her rear around between the rails, and pooping at me.  And peeing at me.  Yes, at me.  By the time we were done, everything was coated: me, the milk stand, the floor, her legs, everything. Jeff texted me from Adam’s soccer practice to ask how it was going, and my answer included the title above.  Jeff thought it would make a great name for a band.  It keeps coming up, like it is my new mantra.

Tethera on the stand… before it started going wrong… and everything was covered in excrement.  AND there was still another sheep to shear!

Four lambs.  Yup, four.  Tethera surprised us by popping a couple out on the front lawn a week ago Wednesday.  There was, of course, plenty of mess to go with that, as well.

A respite.  Many if not most bunny visits to the house end with the rabbit peeing on someone and being put back outside just a few minutes too late.  Amazingly, with four ‘Easter Rabbits’ out, no one got peed on.  They must have been honoring the holiday.

We picked up a six-pack of chicks to refresh our flock this spring.  They are growing like little weeds, and were becoming difficult to keep in their storage tub.  Wonderful Jeff built them a pen in the garage.  Then I had to clean the bathroom they’d been in.  You can guess by now, I am sure: EICIE

There have been many more examples that, regrettably, do not have pictures to go with them.

I know you are disappointed.

SOLD!

Hello everyone, this is a guest post by Adam. Just letting you know in case the style is different. 😉

Apparently there was a disturbance in the cuteness factor of the universe because ALL goat babies were sold without us even having to advertise! One just recently was sold to a family in 4-H and they seem very well prepared to have baby goats. So, Eunice’s babies are only around till Easter, leaving a few weeks for us to sneak in more snuggles. I don’t know when the other set of goat babies will have to go…. But I secretly hope that it’s not very soon.

Eunice’s 4-H Family Baby Buyers showed up last evening. THEIR kids(hee hee) wanted to pet every single thing in the barn, but Mr. Tumnus got most of their attention. Then again, he does grow some great beards and mustaches. Plus, who could resist these faces. The chances of Baby Buyers saying “no” the cute face under Mr. T’s, NONE WHATSOEVER.

Lois’ herd are still bounding and climbing, but they are also getting heavy! Especially the white one. OOF!

Eunices’ might need more quality time. Despite what the picture below might tell you, this girl is actually VERY active, in fact, just the other day she was trying to get a day-and-a-half-old sheep to headbutt her.

 

“Kid on someone your own size”

 

Babies Round Four

Methera did not want to graze in her temporary fence yesterday.  She just wanted to go back to the barn.  She stood with her front feet on a hump, pawed the ground, bit the tree, paced, laid down just to get back up again minutes later, etc.  Sure enough, by evening we had twin lambs on the ground.

We have witnessed it so many times now, but it is still amazing how quickly lambs and kids try to get on their feet.  I guess it’s the motivation of finding that milk for yourself.

Look at those faces!  The cuteness!

Now that they are all dried off, they are even more adorable, and soooo soft!  They are soft in a different way from the kids or bunnies.  I can’t describe it.  You will just have to come feel for yourself.

Six- Sethera

This little ram came first.  Methera had to work hard at getting that noggin through.  He decided things were taking too long and pooped while waiting which is why these white lambs have brown wool.  That newborn tar stains no matter what the species, apparently.

Seven- Lethera

This little girl is so much harder to get a picture of.  She is several pounds lighter than her brother, so I guess she feels she has some catching up to do because her face is almost always turned toward her mother’s belly.

Adam wants very much to keep the boy as a wether.  I don’t know yet.  Right now, I just want to cuddle that baby wool while they let me.  Their legs will grow springs soon and there will be no catching them for a while!