Three Amigos

Shearing is slow, getting ready for SAFF is taking all my time. Trying to shear the kids and yearlings before the show and the adults will wait until after the show. Hauled a load of hay in to the barn, was planning on holding it until winter but the grass is gone and there is no rain in the forecast, and the sheep and goats are cleaning up what I feed them every morning, so they need roughage. You can get in a wreck with goats when they don't have enough roughage, and it takes a lot to satisfy those four stomachs. When I first got goats the browse was so thick you couldn't crawl through the woods, now the pastues are so clear you can see right through them. Goats love browse. They can't be filled up grazing grass, so they must be supplemented with hay to keep those rumens rumbling.