Callie Moo

December 1, 2024 / tracecreekacres / Leave a comment

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!

November 10, 2024November 10, 2024 / tracecreekacres / 1 Comment

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!

The Legend of Jon Bruce

February 27, 2024March 16, 2024 / Lori Crane / 1 Comment

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!)

August 10, 2023August 11, 2023 / Lori Crane / Leave a comment

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!

August 5, 2023April 9, 2024 / Lori Crane / 1 Comment

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!