Sunday, July 11, 2010

Remembering a cooler day

By ten this morning it was already 84 degrees, this maybe the hottest day yet. Kept the yearling sheep up in the old lambing barn with a big fan blowing on them. I'll keep them from grazing for awhile, grass is where the stomach worms are picked up by grazing sheep. Sheep and all living creatures, have internal parasites, they are pooped on the grass, then when the grass is grazed the parasites are picked back up, when there are too many they suck the blood out of the sheep until they are anemic, if not dewormed the sheep will die. They looked fine this morning but it will help break the cycle if they stay in the barn eat hay and grain. Decided to keep the mama does and kids up in the kidding barn, it would be bad if they got parasites, so hard for a nursing doe and kid to fight off stomach worms this time of year. They are happy, their shepherd brings them grain, fresh alfalfa hay, bermuda hay and cool water every morning. I have become a slave to these angora goats. 

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