Last week and weekend was a flurry of activity; getting all the fencing done and having 2 of the alpacas (Sunny and Taiga) delivered to us on Saturday. They have been spending these last few days exploring their new home and Sunday they got to head out to the field. They are loving the tall grass and fur trees. Taiga saw some deer in the neighbor’s field and I got to hear her alarm call for the first time. I had to laugh because it sounds just like a squeaky chair. She didn’t seem particularly upset but I think she…
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Chickens
Memorial Day Weekend 2015
This weekend was very interesting! On Saturday we drove up to Elma, Washington to visit Bush Creek Farm and their flock of Barbados Blackbelly sheep. Rita and Tony have the biggest flock west of the Rockies. We spent the afternoon with them learning about the sheep and decided on getting 4 babies in mid-August, 3 ewes and a ram. My plan is to not have a plan, initially, and let them breed whenever they want. I am not sure how this plan (non-plan) is going to work out but we can always modify if situations arise. The sheep will be…
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