Farm Life with Erin

Farm Life with Erin
Showing posts with label lambing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lambing. Show all posts

Saturday, April 30, 2016

The Rains are Here!

The rains are here and our faces are smiling!
It is a little later than we would have liked it, BUT some things are better late than never!


Whilst our farm has received fantastic rain not everyone has been as lucky. 
So we cross our fingers and say our prayers that everyone gets some soon!

Rain means good things, the grass will grow to feed cows and sheep, 
the crops can be sown to grow grain, the dams are filled with water,
and the rainwater tanks are topped up for our baths!




 The paddocks are very short of feed so we are feeding all the cows and most of the sheep.



The steers are very impatient. They want the grass to grow faster.
Plants need water followed by sunshine.
A few days of sunshine and maybe the crop will be ready?

With the change in the weather, the animals get hungrier!.

Every morning we check the ewes that are lambing.
Today Mum and I found a ewe cast on her side she was lambing twins.
We helped her get the first lamb out, made sure she was able to get up and left her to do the last one, I hope she can do it on her own!




The lamb is a merino, it is strong and healthy and very cute. I do love baby lambs!

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Make it RAIN...pretty please...

The seasons have changed and it is now autumn on the farm. 
The days are warm and sunny and the nights are cool.  
Whilst it is still warm the grass will grow BUT first the dirt needs a really big drink!
We need RAIN!


The dams on the farm all still have plenty of water for the animals, but the feed in the paddocks is disappearing. When winter comes it will be TOO cold for the grass to grow.

  
Gibson, Mum and I have moved the last of the pregnant ewes to their lambing paddocks.
We have to take them really slowly as they are carrying baby lambs in their tummies.

 




















The ewes love their new paddocks there is a little more grass there for them.
After moving the sheep one of my favourite things to do is climb on rocks! 
We have lots of rocks on the farm, I am up really high can I am king of the castle!