I am not sure what has happened, but in the last three days we have had gusty winds, strong enough to blow the chairs off the deck, coupled with below average temperatures! Grass is always a problem for us, as we are still in the process of re-developing pastures and with the weather we have had in the last couple of weeks, everything seems to standing still. Unfortunately, we have all added our own pressures on our pastures -Mike raises Belted Galloway cattle, and pastures Large Black pigs. Jen has her own herd of Jersey and Jersey cross animals as well as about 150 pasture raised laying hens and then there are the meat birds who are also pasture raised and then we get to the sheep ... so our pastures are stretched to the limit.
We have had some winter damage and less than good catches on last year's seedings. So, I am trying to figure out how I can downsize the sheep flock to ease some of the pressure that we are expecting this summer.
You will notice that I have listed the Charollais ram that we bought last fall and hope to list the BFL x NCC mule ewes for sale as well in the next couple of weeks. Much as it pains me to do so, I am also going to cut back drastically on my BFLs and Gotlands . I will be identifying ewes, yearling ewes, and lambs to sell this spring and summer so if you are interested in getting started in either BFLs or Gotlands, this might be the opportunity that you are looking for. Watch the "Sale" pages for updates as I begin the process of identifying and photographing the animals that I am prepared to part with!
