I remember grandpa saying a sheep was just a critter looking for a place to die.
Or a sheep would get sick, you could leave it alone and it would due in 7 days. Or you could take it to a vet, pay him, and it wouldn’t die for an entire week.
That reminds me of a saying we had when Disneyland still had different tickets for different ride. When there was some sort of "interesting" event going one we'd say.
'This is more fun than an E ticket ride".
Is every one of them critters tagged?
Probably cost prohibitive to pit tag them?
Looks like a fun time in the future for the Conrad Clan.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Did that dog come with them sheeps or have you had it around the place for a bit?
Looked like it knew its job..................until the hay wagon took of and it needed to chase it.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Nothing warms my heart more than seeing kids growing up right. Great job there.
The kids look great. That brown dog looks to be an absolute jewel. And the sheep, well they look like sheep.
Takes me back fifty years. A neighboring rancher pastured two bands on the BLM behind our farm.
When the water was out of the canal separating the BLM from our half section (Oct 15-Apr 15), my siblings and I thought that BLM was our private playground. High steep hills to climb and run back down, and not another house for a mile in any direction. 8, or 10, or 12 year old kids can make some pretty good speed running full tilt down 200 yds of 10% to 12% grade.
I remember a lovely bright warm March day, we were playing in such a manner, with a band of 1000 ewes and their lambs grazing about 1/4 mile away on a facing hillside. When we took off running down the hill, the entire band stampeded in the opposite direction.
We ran dairy cattle and were smart enough to know we had screwed up. There was nothing funny about it. That poor Peruvian herder and his border collies spent about three hours getting the flock put back together.
We were careful to never run like that again in front of the sheep. The herder must have forgiven us, as he was always friendly and waved when we were playing nearby. Though we never understood a word he said, he sent us home with a very nice border collie cross pup one spring which grew into a fine farm dog.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
Jim, That is a good looking bunch of sheep! All the same size and age it appears. Are they all bred? I don't envy you when it comes time to band them and dock their tails. It always seemed to come a time when the snow was melting and real sloppy. Oh, I forgot giving them shots was kinda interesting also. But, I never saw the owners ever complain about not making money on them. Of course the wool is big money---or can be. Good luck with your venture, it will be good for the kids.
While you do ahave a fine crop of sheepkids, ya really need a sheepdog, Kelpies rock
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
Is he going to get partners to help or can one like him guard 350 woolies?
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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