We got the renovations done and some sheep sheared to go in the pen.
Brad Found came to shear and we sorted out the ones that looked the closest to lambing. Since two had lambed already, the rest shouldn’t be too far behind!
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Progress!
We’ve been working away as we have time on the barn renovations. Got most of the feeder front up and its starting to take shape nicely…
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More Reno’s …
In the ‘nursery’ section, over the slats, we laid down some recycled plastic that we’d had for the pigs- makes a good feed manger! So now that we are working on what used to be the ‘grower’ section of the pig barn, we thought we’d do the same thing, but we needed more plastic!
Taylor Plastics near Peterborough had lots in stock, although it was a little pricier than it was 15 yrs ago when we got some for the pigs!
Picked it up this afternoon, and laid it down when I got home.. looks good! (and amazingly brighter on that side of the barn!
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Dad’s are great chore-boy’s!
I’m off tomorrow to Lindsay for another seminar. This time it’s on accounting and finance, and, surprisingly enough, sponsored by our accountants at BDO. Last week I went to Barrie with Jordy from Willowtree for a sheep day at the Central Ontario Ag Conference.
Sometimes these things get a little boring, but generally there is usually something new to learn!
It is great to be able to just take off for the day, with no worries about the sheep at home. 76 year old Dad’s who can just do all the chores at the drop of a hat are pretty cool to have around! (he seems to think it keeps him young.. so I guess I have to keep doing it periodically!?)
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Winter Wonderland 2.. or maybe 4
So this ‘Winter’ it seems to snow and melt, and snow and melt… we managed a White Christmas when it snowed Christmas Eve, but it melted Boxing Day before snowing a wonderfully pretty snowfall in the afternoon today.
The sheep were nice and quiet over the holidays.. no lambs born at all, so it has been a very nice quiet holiday for us too. (and we may still be able to get some pens finished before we need them for little lambs!)
Us on our way home…
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Death by coyote
Tuesday morning found us with 3 dead sheep in our yard. After Dad had gone on to feed some hay in the barn, he looked out again only to see one big healthy coyote back looking for more!
Had to call into the compensation board, and then to our resident ‘best shot around’ Rob Brown from Tara Hill.
The next morning, Rob was able to track a couple of them to the south, hopefully he scared them enough to keep them at bay for a little while!!
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Shearing !
A bunch of these ewes are due in January. It makes it better for lambing if there is no wool to get in the way and last year I waited until the first week of Jan. to shear them. Having a couple of the first ones sheared give birth before the last ones were finished is cutting it a little too close!! So this year I started before Christmas!
Ruco Braat from Bailieboro came on Tues. and we sheared 133 of them. Not bad for a days work!
Here’s a before and after pic. Don’t they look nice and smooth once they’re done! (and a little bit funny!)
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web cam for the sheep?
So one little side project has been to install a wireless security camera in the barn to watch the sheep. I thought it would make it easier to check up on them without having to actually go out in the cold to get to the barn in the middle of the night.
The install actually went very slick. Up and running right off! The hardest part is where in the barn to put it!
I actually had it so it was visible over the internet as well, but that function seems to have crashed on me, so we’ll let you know if I ever get it figured out!
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Snow!!
First snow of the season, and it suddenly added up to making things look pretty white!
Glad that we finished all our field work! Now we just have to get everything put away.. after this snow melts!
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Corn’s Done
We finished our Corn! The ‘new’ combine did a great (and fast) job. Our two late planted fields yielded quite a bit less (50 bu.) than the rest, but overall still a pretty good average (~145 bu / acre)
We still have Willowtree Farm’s Corn to harvest, and some tillage on our corn fields to do, but the weather seems to be holding out nicely, so all in all, the fields are in good shape!
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