Twin lambs on the ground,
Safe and sound with their mama,
Their whole life ahead.
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The Centennial Livestock Express
Luis looking for the drys
We are almost done lambing out the purebred ewes (one left to go). We have a few ewes who need to go to the auction because they were dry (not pregnant) or otherwise not likely to produce a lamb next year. Here are Meghan, David and Luis catching the ewes who will go on the Centennial Livestock Express. Here also are lots of successful moms and cute baby lambs who will grow up to be our replacement ewes, bucks and 4-H lambs. It is starting to green up, so the ewes are eager to get out of the corral to chase after those early sprouts.
Luis stalking the elusive dry ewe
Davis and Meghan consulting
David and Meghan checking for milk
David with the sheephook
some Hampshire lambs
ewes and lambs with Bakers Peak
guard dog with blackface ewe
Seeking green grass (on the future site of the transmission lines)
Lambs on the ground
Mama ewe on the alert
It must be spring! We’ve got lots of baby lambs on the ground. We lamb the purebred Hampshires and Rambouillets in March at Powder Flat. These babies grow up to be rams and replacement ewes, and a few will even become 4-H lambs.
Thanks to our great crew–Edgar, Luis, Uribe and David for all your hard work and long nights. Now we pray for warm rains and green grass.
Home on the hay pile
morning in the corral
Rhen with a crossbred lamb
Rhen watching Luis on the run
NOT wanting to lie down with the lion
Lambs–and the livin’ is easy
Lambs on feed
After our lambs are born, on the range or in lambing sheds, after they spend the summer grazing on the Forest with their moms (dodging bears and coyotes), after they are weaned, they ride on big trucks to a feedlot near Greeley, Colorado. There they are fed on a natural ration until they become lamb chops, sold through the Mountain States Lamb Cooperative. In the meantime, they are well-cared for by the feedlot folks, who see to their well-being.
Sometimes the lambs share their feed in a sort of multi-species way!
Babies!
cows and calves in the Upper Smylie
Happy cow, happy calf
Living the life at Wasatch
Ewes and lambs see sunshine at last!
Meanwhile back at the lambing shed
Uncle Chris, Tiarnan and puppy
Some are lambing, some are still pregnant
Enjoying the sunshine
ewes, lambs and bulls
Pregnancy testing ewes on the Red Desert
Snowy Days at Powder Flat
Powder Flat Headquarters
Finch enjoying the sun
Heifers on the grub line
The ewes waiting for hay
Guard dogs playing
Tiarnan checks out the only (so far) two lambs
Tiarnan on the run
Ladder Ranch
