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| Shish, Kabab, Gyro, and 24. |
It's spring once again and that means baby animals for the Bryms. We
have acquired 4 adorable black belly and painted lambs this year and
they are growing in leaps and bounds (not to mention leaping and
bounding everywhere). Keeping with tradition I got to name three of them
and Zack named one. Mine are Shish, Kabob, and Gyro. Zack's is 24
because that is the number on it's ear tag. He's so practical. This is
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| Zack's "24". |
our
first year raising lambs long term (we "raised" one for a a month or so
last year) and so we are learning all of the ins and outs of raising
sheep. As it turns out, it's not too different from raising goats and so
luckily we have almost everything we need. This weekend I get to play
amateur veterinarian and administer tetanus shots all around. Poor Zack
gets to play amateur assistant, which generally involves holding
disgruntled animals while I do the easy parts. He also gets to be our
amateur livestock wrangler. Han Solo (our border collie mix) is not
quite up to the task of corralling all the sheep and goats yet, but he
is learning.
In other news, the goats are pregnant and due in May/June.
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| Pregnant Millie. |
"How do you know they are pregnant?" you might ask. Well, first of all, just look at 'em. They are rotund. Second, if you know where to feel, you can
feel those little kids moving around inside of them. No ultrasounds for
these ladies, just good old fashioned stethoscopes and know-how. Stay
tuned, other baby animal news coming soon!
