Today

Today was a perfect day. A cool morning rain gave way to a sunny cool afternoon that the sheep loved. This is Sunshine's lamb, when the weather is this cool you can see them growing. It is hard for an animal to grow and put on weight when the summers get so hot. And a ewe cannot make milk when she is panting all day trying to catch her breath. Then the parasites take hold and they loose what weight they have put on. It is a full time job raising lambs and kids in the hot, humid south. An experienced eye must look over each animal everyday and just see if anything is off. If there is something odd, time to act. Keep on schedule of worming, vaccinating and feeding, check a limping foot, why are those flies buzzing around that one. Like pieces of a puzzle, there are clues to the problem if you know how to see them.