Hampshire ewes and lambs
It’s that time of year again. We shed lamb our purebred Hampshire and Rambouillet ewes in March (mostly) at Powder Flat. This year we are blessed with good weather and a great crew. Our crew includes three Peruvian employees who have each worked for us for more than 20 years. The sheep are all in good hands!
pregnant ewes waiting
“Ayuda” ewe (“Help” in Spanish). She looks green due to the translucent green panels in the ceiling.
guardian dog and pups on the job
new mom with twins
LGD puppies with pregnant ewes
Anthony and Meghan
Rambouillet ewes with their lambs
Anthony, Oscar Tiarnan and Modesto
wild horses on Racetrack at Lookout Rim
Jeep after looking for sheepcamp on Lookout Rim
Tiarnan with a new lamb
Tags: Anthony, Border collies, Edgar, ewes, Jeep, lambing, lambs, livestock guardian dogs, Meghan, Modesto, Oscar, Tiarnan, wild horses
Spring has definitely sprung, if not with weather, then with spring work. After a dry winter, we have had series of spring rains and snows. In the meantime, we have lots of baby lambs and calves arriving. We are trailing sheep to spring country and preparing to shear.
Cows with calves at Powder Flat
Heifer eating afterbirth
Wild horses watering at developed well
windmill from the ground
ewes and lambs
docking the early lambs
bum lambs in a box
lambs warming up in a tub
rainstorm with Battle Mountain
Tags: Battle Mountain, cows, ewes, heifers, lambs, Powder Flat, rain, wild horses
Cows and baby calves
The cows on Powder Rim are doing a great job calving. Thanks to Casey for “going native” and tending them. Of course, I don’t know what a cow could want that they don’t have…especially fresh water!
Springtime by the reservoir
wild horses hanging around the developed water
Solar well pumping water
blessed water
Pat checking on the new babies
Tags: calves, Casey, cows, feral horses, Powder Rim, reservoir, solar panels, water, wild horses
Almost sunset over Battle Mountain
Today, we set out by air to look for missing heifers. The runway at the Dixon Airport hadn’t been plowed, but the pilot, Justin, did an amazing job of taking off and landing in quite a bit of snow in what looked to me like the Volkswagon Beetle of small airplanes. Unfortunately, in spite of several hours and lots of miles of searching, we did not find said heifers. We did see a lot of amazing country, elk, deer, antelope, wild horses, sheep (ours) and cattle belonging to our neighbors. If you see heifers with a JO brand, a red eartag and a white eartag, please let us know.
Elk hanging out on the Little Snake River, below the River Bridge
Wild horses at four o’clock (not in a Horse Management Area)
the Headquarters at Powder Flat
Here’s the Chivington Place being “reclaimed” after O&G
Eamon, as we come into the snow-covered runway
Meanwhile, back on the Red Desert, Meghan and Pepe were digging out the corn pile!
Tags: airplane, antelope, Chivington Place, cows, deer, Dixon, Eamon, elk, heifers, Little Snake River, Powder Flat, Red Desert, wild horses
Winter sheep on the trail
The bitter cold and deep snowfall during the past week has seen critters, wild and domestic, on the move. We decided to trail our yearling ewes and old ewes from the Chivington Place to Powder Flat , where they are closer to the haystack. Likewise, the deer, elk and antelope are all on the move. Here’s some of the migrations we saw today.
Yemy heading up the county road
Yearling ewes and old ewes en route to Powder Flat
The guard dogs have their back
Yemy is keeping his adopted wild horse warm!
McCoy, Sadie and Cora moving the sheep
almost there
Feral (unadopted) wild horses on the feed line with our cows
Wild horses with the cows
Elk near Sandman Mountain
Buck deer west of Baggs
Does IN Baggs
Some of several thousand antelope on the move
Tags: antelope, cows, deer, dogs, elk, livestock guardian dogs, McCoy, Powder Wash, sheep, trail, wild horses, Yemerson
Rainbow over Powder Rim
Feral horses on Racetrack
Yemerson with his sheep near Upper Powder Spring
Guardian dogs chowing down on whole kernel corn
Filo with guard dogs
Yearling ewes and old ewes
Unloading the bucks
Bucks spot the girls
Horse on the Red Desert
Lambs on Harper feedlot
Almost Solstice sunset
Sunset over Sandman Mountain
Tags: bucks, Eamon, ewes, Filo, livestock guardian dogs. Racetrack, Meghan, Modesto, Pepe, Powder Rim, Rhen, Sandman Mountain, Siobhan, sunset, Upper Powder Spring, wild horses, Yemerson
Bringing the heifers to water
We should be under snow by now, but we’ve only had a few skiffs, so in our book, it’s still fall. As much as we need winter, we are taking advantage of the relatively warm dry weather to keep catching up on fall work, and even getting ahead on some spring work, such as plowing. We are happy to have our good child labor, like McCoy, helping us out.
McCoy and Eamon at the end of the day.
McCoy helping Meghan water the horses
Prince and the feral horses checking each other out
November plowing in the Big Meadow
Tags: Eamon, McCoy, Meghan, plowing, Powder Flat, wild horses
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