Keeping up!

As much as I love blogging..i have a really hard time remembering to do so! Soo Ive made blogger my home page and hopefully that will help me remember!

Late summer is fairly quiet here on the homestead. We have two late born lambs and the ewes and does have come in season early.. so its not exactly quiet..but not a lot for me to do.

Our losses to coyote have been bad this year. 6 lambs and a goat kid. 2 of them bottle babies :( So now when the sheep flocks let out to graze I have to keep a constant eye on them to make sure that they stay close to the house where they are safe. Its a real time eater but i have no choice. Hopefully the coyotes will move on before spring lambing season.

Ive sold all but my egg flock of chickens and my small gold laced cochin flock. That will make this winter much easier! Except that hay is scarce and high so far this winter, mostly because 0f hoarding i think, so feeding the horses will probably be a lot more time consuming than in the good hay years when i can just put out round bales.

Its barely 6 am here but ive been up since 4. The cat decided to remind me that i hadnt filled her catfood dish before i went to bed with a tiny pat on the face..claws out! That woke me up fast. Then i remembered that id left one of the milk goats out to graze..with the coyote problem that brought me to my feet and out the door fast! Fortunately she was sleeping with one of our livestock guardian dogs, who are worth their weight in gold, and all was well!