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Since Lorelei didn’t give us any bottle babies this week, I went and found my own 😆Chicory is a 75% black belly 25% dorp...
03/06/2026

Since Lorelei didn’t give us any bottle babies this week, I went and found my own 😆

Chicory is a 75% black belly 25% dorper ewe lamb.

I have double, and triple, and quadruple checked Lorelei’s breeding date, positive pregnancy test date, and due date. Bu...
03/06/2026

I have double, and triple, and quadruple checked Lorelei’s breeding date, positive pregnancy test date, and due date.

But at this point I’m thinking she resorbed her confirmed pregnancy. This pregnancy test was from last night. It’s a faint positive but I don’t know if it’s a true positive or just residual hormones. I’ll be taking her to a friend with an ultrasound to see if she got bred on a later cycle or if she’s open.

Our first egg since the chickens got moved 2 1/2 weeks ago. Chickens can be divas about the littlest thing, look at them...
03/04/2026

Our first egg since the chickens got moved 2 1/2 weeks ago.

Chickens can be divas about the littlest thing, look at them wrong and they pause laying 😆

Hopefully we’re on the upswing and can load an incubator soon 🤞🏻

I want a tractor 😅
03/03/2026

I want a tractor 😅

Lorelei still hasn’t kidded, which is starting to make me question my dates…But I know she was bred Oct 1st, here’s a pi...
03/02/2026

Lorelei still hasn’t kidded, which is starting to make me question my dates…

But I know she was bred Oct 1st, here’s a pic from her and Elevan’s ‘date’ 😆

Still waiting

A bit late to be calling it ‘winter sowing’ but this is one of the things I worked on today. Hands down my favorite way ...
03/02/2026

A bit late to be calling it ‘winter sowing’ but this is one of the things I worked on today.

Hands down my favorite way to seed start perennials.

Today I planted:
- Johnny jump up
- common milkw**d
- butterfly w**d
- Chinese Angelica
- pastel yarrow
- motherwort
- marshmallow
- clary sage
- rue
- valerian
- elecampane
- oregano
- thyme
- winter savory
- summer savory
- Russian tarragon
- lovage
- German chamomile
- foxglove
- blue scabiosa
- florist pepper box poppy
-ground cherry

Kidding pens going in! Lorelei is still holding out on us, pens should be done by the end of the day and then she’ll be ...
03/01/2026

Kidding pens going in!

Lorelei is still holding out on us, pens should be done by the end of the day and then she’ll be moved until she kids

On our farm, we turn trash into bacon 🐽🥓
03/01/2026

On our farm, we turn trash into bacon 🐽🥓

02/28/2026

Today would be a great day to be born, it’s nice and sunny!

But Lorelei, if you could hold off until we have the pen ready, that would be great 🙂

Bonjour and Wishes will be going on maternity leave in the next couple of weeks. Bonjour’s last day milking this lactati...
02/28/2026

Bonjour and Wishes will be going on maternity leave in the next couple of weeks. Bonjour’s last day milking this lactation is March 9, and Wishes’ is the 19th.

Bonjour is already looking pretty wide. Wishes has only had bucks in the past so I am really hoping for a doe this time around.

02/26/2026

I am really impressed with how easy Lovis is to milk and how much she’s producing. I was expecting itty bitty teats and maybe a pint of milk (like a badly bred Nigerian dwarf 😆)

Since she just has a single lamb on her I’m milking twice a day to keep up production. She still has colostrum in her milk so everything I’m getting is going in the freezer for future use.

Looking forward to trying sheep’s milk in a few days

02/25/2026

Yesterday, 3 hours after I found Lovis with her ram lamb, I went back out to find her with another ewe lamb! The little girl is doing terrific - she’s very bouncy and active and alert. Unfortunately we did lose the ram lamb. You can see in this video he was breathing heavily. He probably inhaled fluid while he was being born and try as I might I couldn’t get it to come up and out. He passed this morning.

Feeling extra grateful for his surprise sister, Ronia.

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