In August we replaced our car with a better one, we also bought a farm ute and we purchased 72 elderly ewes from my father in law. We chose the older ewes because they are descended from better rams, than the younger ones. We went halves in four reasonable quality rams, from a high quality stud. These 76 sheep were the seed of our sheep flock.
Over the next few months we checked our sheep a couple of times a week, and lost two ewes. We put the rams in with the ewes and took them out again a couple of months later. We continued checking them a couple of times a week and watched their wool grow longer and they tummies grow fatter. Things were going well.
We visited the inlaws for our regular Sunday visit and check of the sheep, Father in Law commented that his lambs had started dropping and he’d been out to our farm the day before and noticed we had 3 lambs, one set twins. So we planned for checking the sheep daily during lambing. Father in Law agreed to check them on Saturday and Tuesday, as those days we are too busy to go to the farm. I would do Monday and Thursday, Hubby would do Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
This worked for a week, then Hubby changed his work team and they needed him at work ontime, no more visiting the farm before lunch and starting work at 12, he had to be there by 9, so I got to visit the farm every day except Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday.
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