Good Morning. It's a chilly one at 4 above with a windchill of -7. It's going to warm up, though, to 19, which is a decent temp for Dec.
Well, we've added to the farm, again. We picked up four more Icelandic sheep, three ewes and a ram. The ram has to go back to his home in the spring, but the ewes are mine in trade for hay. What a blessing. They're from a wonderful friend who has decided to go into llamas instead of sheep. So critter count is now:
40 chickens
2 horses
2 donkeys
4 Angora goats
4 Dairy goats
6 Icelandic ewes
1 dairy heifer
3 beef heifers
7 more beef heifers on the way.
And 1 very spoiled cat.
My son took out an FSA youth loan and is buying the seven beef heifers. He already owns 2 beef heifers and the dairy heifer. The beef heifers he has are a black Angus cross. His new ones are a red angus crossed with Simmental and Gelveih. Nice looking girls. They should be here next week. So this weekend, I think we're going to reinforce our fenceline. 
Have a wonderful day. Recognize the opportunities that God puts in your path.
From Glory Farm
4 comments:
Congrats on the new sheep. Why did you pick Icelantic (besides that they are so cute!)? We have wethered shetlands, a katahdin ram, and now a polypay ewe and suffolk ewe. I like the katahdin best (no shearing).
Carol
When we first moved to the farm we had several Simmental and Gelveih cross heifers, they were the nicest calves, and so pretty!
Great trade, hay for ewes, wonderful for you!
Marilyn
Thanks Rhonda for the info on the Icelandic sheep. I think they are cute. I read that they are related to shetlands. Our poor shetlands wool is a mess. I need to get out there with a shears as they have found cockelbur. I don't know if I'll do anything with their wool. I'd love to learn to spin. I have a bag of wool from Sunny (shetland cross). I really don't know what to do with it. I know it needs to be washed. What do you do?
Carol
i saw where you posted on my blog!thanks so much for stopping by.Isaw where on your blog you said that you have a farm so do I !!! I saw that you said you have horses so do I and they are my favorite animals that my family owns!! My horse's name is georgia! She is a quarter horse we team rope, barrel race, and just rope but that's all for now plaese stop by my blog again! Hope to hear from u soon!
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