A rare heavy snow coupled with frigid temps brings a week of winter land scenery to the farm. #pastureraised #farming #lamb #sheepfarming #shepherd #sheep
Wow! You got more snow than we did all winter up here in my part of PA. We just don’t get those 30-40” total season snowfalls anymore. Norman is something else, at times. 😊 Tried looking for Duck, just couldn’t see clear enough. Yep, huddle down in tight quarters helps sheep keep warmer. Hoping you all and the sheep and donkeys are doing well. Thanks for sharing. 🐑❄️🐑♥️
This looks so pretty and comfy with the sheep in the snow. I wish it would still snow where i live but the last real snow here was years ago. If you don't live in south-germany (towards bavaria for example), snow has become very, very rare here. When i was a kid, we could go sledging every winter. Now the kids don't even have sledges here anymore. I've got lucky for work-related reasons and used to live in bavaria for a few years back then and always loved all the snow there. It was also the first time in my life that I saw happy cows running around in the pastures. Before that, I only have seen cows that stood depressed in the pasture 🥲 Also i do love the fact that the little rascals also have heat lamps in their stable to keep them warm. 🤗 I particularly liked these two passages: 2:22 "Wait! Is that my bottle? Here comes the flash!" Totally cute! Almost inhales the bottle away 😅 13:49 "Hey what's that? Let me say hello too!" 😂 Anyway! Thank you for all the great videos. I look through some of them every day and am always very happy to see the lovely sheep and little lambs. I hope you continue to upload videos. because soon i'm sure i'll have seen them all ahaha 😆
I’ll bet! It’s a treat for us as rarely as we get it, but we’re glad when it’s gone! 😂 It is so very beautiful, but it brings everything to a halt down here in the South. We just don’t have the equipment and supplies to deal effectively with the bigger events like this. We just grab a few extra supplies and hunker down for a few days and enjoy the change of pace. The past few days we’ve been back up into the mid to upper 60’s.
Trying to see why you bottle feeding a lamb that obviously old enough to be weaned an already eating hay…About time to wean the lambs if they’re eating pellets.Enjoy your videos keep them coming
His mom died when he was 3-1/2 weeks old on Jan 1. Tomorrow, he will be 2 months old. While he “could be” weaned, it costs me next to nothing to carry him a little further. If his mom were alive, he would not be naturally weaned fully until 5-6 months of age (sometimes longer). The two bottles/day is inconsequential in terms of cost and effort and helps him thrive. The connection we have created as a result also compensates some for the emotional loss of his mom. As his “mom” now, he still has a surrogate mom to some degree. How much that helps cannot be measured or proven, but in the 10 years we have been raising livestock, I have become convinced they have emotional connections as well and perform better when those needs are met. And, perhaps as importantly as anything mentioned prior, I feel it is my duty to provide the best life I can for them while managing costs. I am their shepherd, not merely their owner. I truly appreciate your watching the channel and for your comments! ♥️🐑
