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Shearing, Final Installment, For Now!

Posted in Goats, Sheep on November 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

SATURDAY.  My friend Terri came back over today and we got right to work.  This time, I decided to try it the way she does, with scissors.  Unfortunately I had missed a fine detail when looking at her scissors.  They need to be the kind with a flat bottom, dressmaker’s shears (?) like this (left):
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Double your pleasure, Double your fun!

Posted in Goats, Sheep on November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

SATURDAY.  I’ve always heard that two heads are better than one.  It just stands to reason that two shearers are better than one also, and today my good friend and goatherd buddy Terri came out to Fancy Fibers Farm and proved the point.
Terri has cashgora goats, somewhat different from my angoras, but not really all [...]

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Nighttime with the animals!

Posted in Goats, Sheep on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you were to skulk around unnoticed behind our house (like such a thing is even possible!) around 11:00 at night on a pretty (definition: not raining) night, this is what you would see:

Our goats and sheep like to be outside at night, in the light, and primarily lying around on the concrete slab that [...]

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Epiphany!

Posted in Alpacas, Goats, Sheep on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Sometimes it takes me a while to come to a conclusion that was probably blatantly obvious to everyone else.  Today I had such a forehead-slapping moment, an epiphany, a why-didn’t-I-think-of-that-earlier idea about the animals and the pastures.
Originally, the plan was to create three pastures. The alpacas could be alone on one, and the goats could [...]

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Feeding the Super-Sized Herd

Posted in Goats, Sheep on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Our second day (first full day) with our new Super-Sized Herd has gone remarkably well.  I think it’s due to working through the hassles yesterday, thoughtful reflection and conversation (some of which, unfortunately, the neighbors heard an acre or two away as things got, um, tense), and planning.  Ken thinks it was a fluke.  I guess [...]

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A Wrinkle, er, Rift in Time

Posted in Goats, Sheep on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Okay, so it’s been a day or two, or 90ish since I’ve blogged.  Give me a break! I’ve been busy!  If you receive my newsletter, you already know all the details that are fit to print.  If you don’t receive my newsletter, sign up for it and you’ll get the last issue and all caught [...]

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