Haircut day!

Una and Jane got a haircut today.  Farmer J, with the help of my brother B, sheared them both. J got the shearing kit of Ebay and decided, as a present and future sheep farmer, he needed to learn how to shear the sheep. 

Una went quite well. 

 

 

Jane started out really well... but then J knicked her front leg.  He quickly realized she needed stitches so the emergency weekend vet (Tim-- that you have met on a previous blog entry) came out to help.  Dr. Tim has 100+ sheep.  So he was so helpful to have on the farm today.  He stitched up Jane- with J and my help.  She got a total of 5 stitches. He checked on Aoife and the baby lambs and said they looked great! He then checked on the other sheep as well.  He didn't think Jane was pregnant but said Una and Beatrix may be pregnant.  We'll just have to keep an eye on their udders!  

 

 

 

 Today we earned the right to call ourselves farmers.  We watched our sheep give birth to baby lambs, we sheared sheep and got our hands way more than just dirty, helping the vet hold Jane still while she got stitched back up.  I feel so blessed to be able to live this life, share this life with our children and family and see my husband thriving in this farm life we have created.  J is a natural farmer/shepherd.  He is so patient and kind and loving to our animals.  They are lucky to have him... and we are lucky to have our little herd!