Irrigation & Garden Stuff

Ken got the gated pipe across the main orchard today and has started irrigating.


Here are the 50 honey locust trees in our temporary nursery orchard. We will eventually move them out where they belong but we done have irrigation water where they need to go.

Becky & the Rams

We put Becky in the pen near the rams but outside because we didn't want her to get crushed. She climbed through the hay feeder to be with her rams so we left her. She is very protective of her sheep.

Rams Together & Beachball has Lambed

Today we got all the rams, adults and yearlings, into one big group. It's a lot easier to manage a big bunch of rams instead of several small groups.

The first step is to cram everybody into a tiny space with almost no room to run. This also gets them all smelling like each other and reduces significant fights later.
We put in a lot of hay and make sure they are hungry when they go in. Once the hay is eaten there is a bit more room. Rams will stay in the tiny area until there is no more fighting. Then we slowly increase the size of the area until they are in the whole pen. The process can take several weeks from start to finish.

The beachball ewe, Desert Weyr Tanwen finally lambed today. She had a 9 pound 9 ounce ram lamb that was coming head only. I got the feet forward and then had to help due to his size. His twin sister was a nice robust 7 pound 9 ounce lamb. All three are doing well.