Whew, another hectic day at work! Tomorrow should be better and I'm leaving at noon to meet the butcher at 1:00. I'll be more glad to see these yearlings go than any sheep we've ever had. They are troublemakers! Finally we'll get back to a sheep flock that minds 2 stands of electric fence.
Since these lambs have pretty much gone wherever the hell they want, we haven't bothered too much with controlling grazing. That will change after tomorrow. This weekend I'm getting the brush hog that I own in common with my brother-in-law and will start mowing the areas of the pasture that have been grazed and are now getting ripe. The entire fence needs mowed around inside and out including the interior subdivisions. Our charger will put out 12,000 volts on a clean fence and now we're doing good to get 5,000.
I worked on the area of the barn that we're going to use as a milking parlor today. It is swept and hosed down. I built a feed box but need to bring hardware home from work tomorrow to mount it to the wall. Sugar has gotten used to us and to Liberty Farm. I talked to my neighbor last night and he said she looked awfully confused the first couple days she was here but has settled in just fine. He greeted me by asking whether I knew someone left a pregnant cow in my pasture. Haha.
I sure hope the calf comes this weekend. I'm kind of on pins and needles, not because of the the actual birth but because of the potential for milk fever which is deadly if not properly treated and unfortunately common to Jerseys. I've got everything I need, though, and the advice of good friends.
There was some distant thunder before I came in to shower but it's pretty clear outside now. It's really dry here. Hopefully we'll get some rain out of this unstable weather that's in the area. I think I'll enjoy a cocktail before going out to bottle feed the lamb and close in the hens for the night.
Be well.
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