Hello all my steemsteader friends! It has been far too long since I've posted an update on the farm. Things have been pleasantly routine on that front. Weather has been much kinder as well!
So. What's been happening?
I went away and did some shearing this past Friday and Saturday. Here is the last sheep on Saturday, and she was the 20th one I sheared that day.
I sheared 32 on Friday, but the farmers hadn't really done their part in preparing their sheep. It's best to keep the animals off of feed for at least 12-24 hours prior to shearing, and these animals hadn't been fasting. When their bellies are full of food, it puts extra pressure on their lungs while they are in shearing position, so naturally they struggle more, because it's harder to breathe. Here are some of the results of said struggling:
The ewes at home are starting to show some udder development as lambing approaches. Here's Umbra, who is the first one due. You can see that round bulge between her hocks where her udder is beginning to swell.
They all have some very nice big baby bellies!
In between all this excitement, I've been enjoying my participation in Write Club. Our first round is over and the second round started today. So that's another busy thing on my plate. I am SO impressed by the stories that came out of our first round of writing, so this one is going to be even better, I'm sure. I'm going to try harder to post more about my process this time around, so I hope you'll come back and read about that too.
That's all for now!
