Monthly Archives: February 2011
On Ruby and the Tremendous Commonsense Intelligence of Sheep
After my experience tonight, I’ve decided sheep really get a bad rap when it comes to smarts. I watched Ruby labor for several hours and finally I helped her deliver a gigantic red ewe lamb. But in the process I … Continue reading
On Ruby and the Influence of Smell
I learned something cool today. Well, I’m not actually sure of exactly what I learned, but I did observe something that I thought was interesting.
Today’s Baby is a Sweetie
We had another lamb waiting in the barn for us this morning – a tall white eweling born to Rizzo, one of my white Merinos. I named her Candy because she came into a world completely encased in ice and … Continue reading
Lambing season begins!
We had our first lambs of the season yesterday morning. Cricket, one of my white Merinos, dropped two gorgeous ewelings in the clean hay at the back of the little stone barn – right inside one of two jugs we … Continue reading
Alpaca Adventure
A few weeks ago a neighbor lady showed up on my doorstep with a crazy story. Her son had asked his grandparents for an alpaca for Christmas and they had said yes.
