We spent a wonderful spring day moving sheds to the lambing paddock. Only a week left until we should start seeing lambs!
While dad moved sheds the kids had wheelbarrow rides…
The sheep romped…
and ate…
Dugur watched…
and the chickens did… chicken things.
Brrrrrrrrr, we are still having some seriously cold weather. This was the weather report from this morning…
Our water was froze up and it was freezing in our house but outside the sheep didn’t seem to mind too much…
Good thing they are hardy Icelandic’s! This week they’ve been getting extra hay and always have access to the barn and sheds…
The chickens don’t seem to care for it at all though…
Good thing there are lots warm sheep taxi’s to keep them warm!
BTW, our water is going again and we should be starting to warm back up! Oh ya, we should start lambing any day now, hurry up warmer weather…
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Thursday, we continued right along with winter-like weather pattern (and have actually all weekend!)….
It was just another typical day on the farm… even if Darla was hanging out on the top van! Actually, she was trying to get away from one of the dogs trying to herd her back to the chicken coop.
It continued to snow all day and around 4, I sent Hayden out to take the garbage out to the dumpster. He started out across the yard and then dropped the garbage sack and started to run way out in the yard. He came running back in to the house with something in his hands…
A nearly half-frozen baby chick! Well, that got the household into a frenzy of kids trying to find coats, gloves and hats and hustling out the door to see if they could find more…
After scouring the yard and pastures they found two more half-froze babies! We thought for sure one was going to pass on. Tori took some warm water and started to syringe feed a bit of that to the baby while holding it next to the wood stove. Amazingly, it came around and has been a happy camper all weekend! We never did find a hidden nest anywhere but the kids found a the naughty Red Star that decided to go broody in the middle of October with the other two chicks. Seriously?! Doesn’t she know we live in MT and it gets cold in November! For now everyone is locked up in the fruit room, cozy and warm.
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Yesterday’s foggy, misty morning left it feeling like the seasons might be starting to change!
Baby it’s HOT out there…
Everyone’s enjoying a cool drink!
Boy what a messy eater…
The chickens don’t seem to mind though!
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This hen was getting a bit too ambitious scratching through the straw…
At least that’s what Audna thinks!
Another very busy week here…
Eggs in a lambing jug…
A very cute Fleur…
Handsome Draumer…
Keeping a watchful eye…
Birch and Sam…
Iris
Very close, I hope, to lambing…
Part Border Collie, part lamb…little Charlie loves to chase the chickens.
Proud Mama, Drifa!
Drifa with her ram lamb Finn, and ewe lamb Fern.
Finn, was the first to arrive and had a perfect delivery. Little Fern was the last to make her appearance. Her front feet were coming out but no head. She had it way off to the side and twisted back. At 2 am I was convinced this was a headless lamb… I was about to give up fishing for it when it last I caught hold of it. It took several more minutes trying to align it correctly and finally pull her out. She span right to life and got busy looking for something to eat!
Drifa is such a good mamma. She was holding perfectly still while letting little Finn nurse and was licking little Fern off right after she was born. Fern, while trying to figure out her legs kept going backwards and Drifa would stretch her neck a little further and keep cleaning and holding perfectly still!
The chicken stomper, Miss Freckles! Poor henny was just trying to find a spot to lay eggs, she decided that next Freckles baby was not the spot!
Eking closer!
Mr Flint…
Adorable Miss Freya…
A happy Thor dog…
Snoozing
Snuggling…
The boys delivering eggs…
Peaceful…
The sun came out for a brief moment.
Mother and last year’s daughter…
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The miracle of birth (Do you see the tiny hooves making their appearance?)
This little Auracauna is quite funny!
She very meticulously makes a nest everyday in the straw, even though there are nesting boxes. She must not enjoy the claustrophobic feeling?
She will grab little pieces from here and there, making the perfect little nest…
This day she thought the perfect place was right beside Svarta…
Perfect little blue egg!
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