This post could have a lot of titles: Brrrr it’s Cold, Who thought this was a good idea, We’re moving to Cedar Pond (more on that later), Murphy’s Law is in full effect – well you probably get the idea…
The first round of shearing happened Thursday morning and that night it dropped down to 30 degrees!!! The previous week felt like Spring and now it definitely feels like Winter. It never fails that when we shear in the winter time, the weather makes a drastic turn for the worse and this year was no different.
This morning I woke up to blue sky and frost everywhere and boy was it chilly!
I started out by telling the girls that I was very sorry and that I would give them extra food. They promptly told me that they were running away from home and were going to hitchhike to Cedar Pond’s farm. They heard that Kathy gives her girls heat lamps to huddle under. They didn’t care how much extra food I was going to give them. So, to keep them from causing a pile up on the highway, I had to resort to turning them out on the green grass…
It may have been sunny when we started shearing, but the fog quickly rolled in and it looked like this when we were done…
and it just got worse as the day progressed. Luckily it isn’t going to be freezing tonight and they are all tucked in the barn with extra straw tonight, but if any of you see a group of Jacob ewes hitchhiking up I-5 will you please send them home…