We are finished with lambing season, and after all is said and done, everyone emerged from the experience happy and healthy. We are blessed! We officially had three ewe lambs and two ram lambs from four different mommas. We are keeping the ewe lambs, but the ram lambs are available if you're looking to start … Continue reading Lambs, Lambs, and More Lambs!
IT’S LAMB TIME!
We currently have a flock of ten Southdown Babydoll Sheep. Since they are quite small for sheep, some assume Babydolls are miniature sheep. Actually, Babydolls have been around for 100s of years. They were imported from England into the U.S. in the 1800s and early 1900s. By the 1960s, producers were looking for a larger … Continue reading IT’S LAMB TIME!
Callie Moo
Our little Callie Moo is 6 months old!! We've been super busy since she was born, including house guests twice, summer harvest, an unexpected lamb, and both farmers working ridiculous hours off farm, but she's grown up anyways. She spent the first ten weeks away from her momma due to an old teat injury that … Continue reading Callie Moo
Oops! Hi, baby lamb!
This post is a little late, but here's the scoop on the unplanned lambing situation... We brought home our Southdown Babydoll ram on February 25, assuming our ewes were all done with breeding season. If you don't know, ewes go into heat in the fall, carry babies for five months, and lamb in the spring. … Continue reading Oops! Hi, baby lamb!
Sheep Reunion!
I got a phone call from the owner of Tin Stone Cattle, which is where my Olde English Southdown Babydoll sheep came from. We got two ewes (Ayla and Bluebelle) and a wether (Coco) in 2023. In 2024, we got a ram (Jon Bruce) from Hey Day Acres. The phone call from Tin Stone went … Continue reading Sheep Reunion!
New Calf and Cow Hospitals
We've had our Mini Jersey, Belle, since June 2023. She was sold to us as a top-dollar, 4-yr-old, healthy, very-well-trained, experienced momma and milker. When she came to us, it was with a 2-month-old heifer calf, who eventually went off to a new farm, but while she was here, she nursed from her momma. We … Continue reading New Calf and Cow Hospitals
The Legend of Jon Bruce
We acquired our Miniature Southdown Babydoll ewes May 2023, and since our dairy cow and her calf arrived a month later turning our schedules upside down, we decided to wait until 2024 to find a Babydoll ram. And here we are! Meet Jon Bruce!! Is that the cutest face you've ever seen?? His name - … Continue reading The Legend of Jon Bruce
April the Mini Jersey (Cuteness overload!)
We've been on the hunt for a milk cow for a while. When we were turned on to Mini Jerseys, we knew that was the perfect breed for us. They only get about three-feet tall and they only average about 2-3 gallons of milk a day. That's perfect for us. The problem with Mini Jerseys … Continue reading April the Mini Jersey (Cuteness overload!)
The Babydolls are Here!
I posted a while back that the Babydolls (Olde English Southdown Sheep) were coming. They've actually been here a while, but a couple weeks into their arrival, we also got a dairy cow and her three-month-old heifer calf, so we've been too busy to post about the cute little sheep. We picked them up in … Continue reading The Babydolls are Here!
The Problem with Bunnies
A sad day on the farm.
Trace Creek Acres 