Archive for 'Llama'
Posted: June 26th, 2008 by
Lisa
It often happens this way on the farm — someone dies and someone is born, both on the same day. Sadly, Misty died today from a ruptured spleen, delivered by a kick from our new male llama. We had let them get to know each other, and didn’t leave them alone until there was
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Posted under Death, Lambs, Llama.
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Posted: April 10th, 2008 by
Lisa
Flickr is now allowing short video clips. I finally figured out how to make my camera take a video and what software to use to get it to Flickr. (All by myself! Go me.) If I can link them properly in the same fashion, here are some clips from yesterday. I still need to get several critters to perform on command, so stay tuned, and hope for better weather. It’s horribly windy and cold out there today.
Posted under Birds, Bjarki, Chickens, Critters, Dogs, Ewes, Geese, Icelandic, Llama, Pigs, Rams, Shearing, Sheep, Shetland, Turkeys, Töfradís, Wether, videos.
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Posted: December 18th, 2007 by
Lisa
Bjarki had a great time today, introducing the new pup to all of the farm animals. She is just a fearless little thing. Everyone wanted to meet her, too. Doppa and Sue were the two sheep most interested, but she went under every fence, into every pen, to at least take a look. I
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Posted under Bjarki, Chickens, Llama, Pigs, Sheep, Töfradís.
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Posted: December 15th, 2007 by
Lisa
I got Ms. Misty moved one pen over today, and it wasn’t that hard. She really wants to be behind a fence right now, and when I just left the gate open and let her choose to go in with gentle pressure from behind, she walked in. Whew. Having her out the day before
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Posted under Chickens, Firewood, Llama, Snow.
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Posted: December 10th, 2007 by
Lisa
When we went to town yesterday, Frank took me out to brunch at one of the new restaurants in town. It was their first day of serving brunch, and we were their first customers of the day. I saw Biscuits and Gravy on the menu, and couldn’t resist. You can’t take the Texas out of
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Posted under Farm Life, Food, Llama.
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Posted: December 9th, 2007 by
Lisa
We’ve been pretty lucky, in that we can leave the puppy outside to play for an hour or two without much bother. He mostly hangs out with Misty, and I have got to get a picture of the two of them playing. He will bring her his ball, and she will push it with
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Posted under Bjarki, Building, Chickens, Farm Life, Llama, Pigs, Sheep.
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Posted: July 4th, 2007 by
Lisa
Walter at Sugar Mountain Farm suggested an animal roll call, which sounds like the kind of update I am capable of doing at the moment. We’ve got Egil, our Icelandic rooster, currently lording it over his four hens, two of whom are broody, and around 30 three month old chickens. I can’t tell the
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Posted under Bjarki, Chickens, Honey Bees, Horses, Llama, Pigs, Princess, Sheep.
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Posted: June 8th, 2007 by
Lisa
Remember when I wrote that Minx had gotten out and we weren’t sure whether she’d gotten into the grain or not? We think she must have, even though we had the hay house where it is stored zippered down to just open enough for the chickens to get in, so they could blasted keep laying
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Posted under Ewes, Farm Life, Llama, illness.
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Posted: May 27th, 2007 by
Lisa
I worry that I will jinx it, but we may have actually gone a whole day with the pigs not getting out. Excuse me while I rejoice. We even went to town (for so much crap for the farm!), and everyone was in the right pen when we got back. Even Misty. Pigs are
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Posted under Bleeding Heart, Farm Life, Gardening, Horses, Llama, Newts, Rain, Sheep, Weeding, Wind, electronet.
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Posted: May 26th, 2007 by
Lisa
Poor thing. She just hates everyone and everything right now. I’m trying to coddle her as much as I can, to not add to her stress. The current theory with what killed Mary is an overrun of a common bacteria that lives in their respiratory tract, and that can be caused by stress. The vet
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Posted under Chickens, Collecting, Compost, Eggs, Farm Life, Llama, Pearl, Pigs, Potatoes, Prince, Raised Beds, Red Scoop of Joy, Snakes, Tomatoes, Turtle, Valerie, Vegetables, illness.
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