As soon as I start walking around with a camera out in the paddock.. in the middle of the afternoon.... EVERYBODY wants to know what I'm doing!!
Doubled the size of my suri herd on Sunday with the addition of Hannah and her cria Harriet.
Also joining the team is Tina, who is a blue eyed white and appears to be deaf. She has had no issues raising her crias who are not similarly afflicted.
Even the sheep want to know what's going on!
And Sunday Rose likes hanging with the big kids so much that when they ran up to greet me, she forgot everything Sherrie told her, and came too!!
Ody and his half brother Rhys (left) and full brother Ody (right) all starting to gel as a team in the Ng paddock.
Such a handsome boy:
Chaska (centre) and Kantu (right) have completely settled in now, here being expertly photo-bombed by Mareebah!
Little Miss Mouthie is thriving. She is putting on approximately 115g per day, and now weighs 6.31kg. After lunch she goes out into the driveway paddock for some exercise.
She usually manages to draw quite a crowd!!
Meantime at 2 1/2 weeks of age Sunday Rose has decided she's old enough to play with the big kids, she leaves mum Sherrie far behind and hangs close with her older 'cool' friends.
Sherrie's lamb, Sunday Rose, is doing well. She had rough start to life, but now appears to be thriving. There is still a river running through her paddock so she and mum spend their days in the yards and their nights in the shed, she'll have a coat on tonight as the forecast is for a low of -2 C !!
While I was driving home from Melbourne on Sunday afternoon Sherrie gave birth to a ewe lamb. It was raining at the time, and there has been a lot more since, and more is forecast for the next 5 days!! Eddy wanted to call the lamb Sunday Roast if it was a ram, but as she's not, we've called her Sunday Rose. She has had a rough start and yesterday managed to get herself on the other side of the fence from her mother. She also has been scouring, not a good look for a day old. Yesterday afternoon I brought them into the shearing shed, gave her antibiotics and some glucose and electrolyte water to see if I could help her improve. Yesterday evening she was looking very poorly, but this morning she is looking much better :) With a river running through her paddock I think I'll be keeping her and her mother indoors for a while.
The creek broke its banks yesterday afternoon, but during the evening subsided. More rain over night and its back up again this morning.
I can see some fence repairs will be necessary.
The dam is as full as it can get - YAYYYY
The llamas and alpacas have crossed the 'new creek' to come in for breakfast this morning.
