On Sunday we skipped church to continue on with the long weekend of work!
In the afternoon we went over to our friends, Steve and Delia’s farm to pick up our new sheep. They asked if we would mind helping to round up some cattle while we were there, and we said SURE! It sounded like fun!
Our friends have a ‘real’ farm with over a thousand acres of land. Land, land everywhere!
Their property is actually one we had looked at to possibly rent last summer when we were in desperate need of a place to stay, with just TEN days left to find something. It was a good thing we hadn’t chosen that place to rent, since it sold just months later, to our friends!
We were able to round up the cattle out of the pasture quite easily, and into the pen. Then they were separated Some of last year’s calves were still nursing, even though new calves had come, so it was time to separate them from their mamas.
Once the cattle were all sorted out it was time to gather our new sheep. Three sheep and two lambs.
Steve taught us how to band the tails, and how to band for castrating. What a simple, effective, and almost pain free way to get the job done. It should be ‘interesting’ to see how it all turns out over the next few weeks.
As you can see, they really didn’t mind much at all.
Then we loaded them up and brought them home. Finally, all the work over the last days, and weeks, has been worth it and everyone is happily home!