The weather is warming up. I turn the ram on the ewes.
Monday 2/24
Foggy morning. It took me a while to get things back to the old way of rows.
Tuesday 2/25
Spring is finally here — I declare it to be so. There’s plenty of hay. I can keep rolling out at this rate until late April but likely they won’t eat it when there is new grass to munch on. It’s time to turn the sheep on the rams.
Because I want to turn the ewes on the ram, I thought it was a good idea to resolve the abscess beforehand. Things went exceptionally smoothly. I poked it and it drained.
Wednesday 2/26
A “response” to Alan Westerfield. I think he wants us sheep herders to take responsibility for our animals. I explain my treatment plan and why it doesn’t make sense to doctor sheep in my case. My goals are to use aggressive culling to get my genetics in a good shape. I’ll have to keep aggressively culling even when they are in good shape. I don’t know if a sheep will get better or not if they are sick, and I don’t know that medicine will make them better or worse, since I don’t know much about sheep yet.
Thursday 2/27
Friday 2/28
Saturday 3/1
I tried to isolate 4 ewes to bring back to the rams but it did not work. Without a pen, it will be impossible. So I brought the ram to the ewes. He will have a hard time breeding them all as there are too many. If the ram effect kicks in, there will be even fewer bred. I will keep him on for a longer time than usual. In the meantime, I need to find some more rams.