Lynn don't dismiss your talent!!! You are a wonderful artist!! You have created so many gorgeous pieces. I would love to see what you do with you new ducks. That was a very sweet gift! Thanks for sharing and stay safe!🙏❤
Good morning Arnie and Lynn. Hello boys the princes of the farm. I saw that ewe trying to sit I wondered what was wrong. Talk about goofy. Little Miss Muffet has really done super. The sheep really do look suspicious of Ben. Boy the gay is really giving you guys heck this year. Gosh foot rot sounds horrible. Lynn. You do a fabulous job painting. Love the birds. Very realistic. I will wait for the results on those ducks. Have fun with them. Hopefully one of Gladiator’s sons will be RR. We have been inundated with rain. The past two days have been heavy thunderstorms. Unbelievable. The still pictures of the sheep really show how very beautiful they are. Big big hugs to you both. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😉😉😉❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Oh Lynn you paint lovely. And, what a thoughtful gift that was to get. Now i see where your creative thumbnails come from. So sorry the weather for getting everything done has been a pain. I know Arnie is doing the best he can.
6:26 Some Sheep are just smarter then the others same goes for other animals haha that Ewe just is NOT the smartest of the bunch, The bird artwork is beautiful too 🐦🧡💙♥
Beautiful art work. I would love for you to paint me a sheep on something. Just love you guys. Thank you for all you do to show us sheep farming. Arnie I think you can say whatever you have to say, I didn't understand everything you said but you have that right. No one sould silence anyone. I was taught to respect others opinions. Thank you to my Mother. Love you guys. ❤
Lynn, take some time to paint those beautiful ducks or whatever ur heart needs to paint. You have a real gift, go on and give yourself permission to practice self care….so important. Dang that rain!!!! Grrrrr! All the Late to The Party lambs r looking good! And that little Miss Muffet and wee Spartacus r adorable!
@timelessacres5611 I know, but it is so hard to find free time these days! I will definitely make time though, probably in the fall, to sit down and give it a try!🙂🥰
Lynn: your wildlife paintings are excellent. The choice of "canvas" to paint on is also first class. This is right up there with anything I've seen in art galleries. Perhaps you can look at your future retirement from full-time sheep farming as the opportunity to pursue a new career.
A few things... 1) No matter what you do to prevent it, e.g., building your own feeders, if there is any trouble to be had or created, sheep will find it. For example, in the jugs, if you have a gate and a water bucket, you have a baby trap. Back in the early 2000s, I had a Corriedale ram lamb that was constantly finding trouble and flirting with death. We eventually named him Suicide. 2) Foot rot is not only highly contagious; it also gets in the ground of your pastures and paddocks, as well as bedding. And once you get it, you can't get rid of it. It's awful. I also think susceptibility to foot rot is highly genetic. E.g., my experience has been that ewes or rams that are frequently lame from foot rot pass the risk of susceptibility on to their lambs. Many years ago, I completely culled two ewe lines because they were constantly lame and praying in the field. That's why I love my Lincolns. If they go lame, you know it's an injury or a stone or small piece of wood stuck between their hooves. I've never seen a Lincoln with a case of foot rot, and they have always grazed on the same pastures my foot rot-prone Corriedales did. 3) Your artwork is incredible, Lynn. My better half also loves to paint, so I appreciate the vision and creativity that goes into that. Those were really nice gifts.
@craigpacker7171 1a) Yes, you have to think creatively or with a sinister mind whenever designing anything for sheep looking for ways they can die, get trapped, or get injured. 😆 1b) Love the name Suicide 😁 2) We have never actually had foot rot, but I know people who have and it stays in the ground for years, but even scald is contagious. Treated immediately, it usually clears up in a day or two. 3) Thanks 😊
That is a nice raven feather. I really hope that you don't lose more hay. Its too bad that you guys are behind on yoour chores hopefully the weather improves for you soon. I'm so glad you saved that ewe! Miss Muffet is sooo cute! Moron is a funny name lol! There has been lots of rain in southern Alberta too. Aww, the sheep love the pasture. It's too bad that you have two rams with foot scald. Hopefully their treatment works. I had no idea that foot scald was contagious. What a thoughtful gift! Those ducks 🦆 are special! You are a talented painter! Those cat rocks are pretty cool! It's too bad about the rain. Your still shots at the end were gorgeous! Have a great day, see you tomorrow! ❤🐑
I didn’t realize scald can be contagious. Knew it was a problem but wow! Hey, I love your cat rock! I would totally buy one for my house. Sorry the rain interrupted haying again.
Thanks, Jessica. Southern Alberta doesn't usually get much rain in the summer, so hopefully, for you guys, it is a good thing. If we weren't farming, it would actually be a good thing here, too. My garden is living it!😄🥰🥰🥰
@konalis808 yes, it is a bacteria that gets in the wound. It is easily treated and clears up quickly unless you ignore it too long and then things can really go bad. You could probably find great cat rocks on your beaches that you could paint! My cat rock probably weighs 30 pounds!😆😁🥰
Beautiful artwork, Lynn! You could put some of it in your merch store and I bet people would buy it. 😊 Here’s hoping one of the Glad rams is an RR. That would be awesome. Love the portraits at the end and the music is so fitting. Hope the hay harvesting gets better real soon! 💛
Thanks, Mary. I definitely don't have enough items to sell. But I love artsy stuff so I try my best to use my photography as a way to easily express myself to everyone 🙂 I could take photos all day long because there is beauty in everything!😁
It’s “funny,” this spring/summer watching your channel I’ve been so aware that while every job/career has its stress. Farming is beyond belief for stress. I hope you get a RR ram from Gladiator. Two even. Some sheep just seem to have a death wish. That ewe oh my goodness. Little Miss Muffet is quite the grower. Lynn your painting is really really stellar. WOW! THANK EWE!!
Farming truly is SO stressful. I wake up every morning with knots in my stomach. Not a nice way to start the day. But it does have nice times too. I really really hope a few of Gladiator's sons are RR too. They are such beautiful boys. 🥰🥰🥰
Good afternoon from Germany 🙋♀️. Lynn, all your animal paintings look great. I liked the one on the blue rock best. You are really talented👍. The little guys - Spartacus, Little Miss Muffet and all the rest of them, are so cute❤. But they grow up so fast 😏
Wow you two are so creative and talented! Beautiful fun sculptures and your paintings are FABULOUS!!! I am sure I heard that ram tell Arnie thanks when he got up :) Thank goodness your not so bright ewe did her " hold my beer" moment when you were there. gezzzz!
Yes, it was extremely lucky as she is a beautiful ewe. It may even have been the white ewe's fault she got stuck, I don't know. But she was very lucky 😁
Lynn, I love your paintings! I've been folowing you for months . First of all I am an avid knitter and spinner, but I 'm also a teacher in arts and ceafts. and are an art and crafts. I just lovedtodays episode😍 I am in Norway.
Oh, thank you! I would love to have actual art lessons, but I just play around when I have the time 🙂So nice to hear from you, especially all the way from Norway! It's such a beautiful country ❤️
@@EwetopiaFarms My one cuckoo was a gift from my father to his father, my grandfather, when he was stationed in Germany, the other i saved from a consignment shop, it was a basket case literally, i found a cuckoo clock repair guy to breathe life back in it.
Frequent rain adds a plus-point to keeping animals on pasture but in our climate it doesn’t help with winter feeding. Would it be possible to put some hay into silage if the weather isn’t cooperating for bales? What would it take for machinery and infrastructure? You can’t roll it out and you aren’t set up for TMR so I guess you’d have to shovel it into troughs? … Google doesn’t seem to differentiate between haylage and wrapped bales, though I thought that silage was wetter. Is silage just corn?
We mention this in an upcoming video but for us it is totally not feasible and costs of chopping machinery, tmr mixer, etc you would be looking at around $100,000 range. Farming is expensive
There is hay silage which I believe is the same as haylage or wrapped hay and I think that what makes it silage is just the fact that there is some moisture in it - enough to mold if not treated properly. There is corn silage too which is basically chopped up corn stalks, leaves and cobbs of corn and it also has high moisture. None should be wet though. It should be just damp . Wet feed that is dripping or squishy is not good for animals as it is too high in moisture and just dilutes the nutrients out of it.
