Life on the Ranch

A few weekends ago one of our higher percentage Boer does had twins. It was a beautiful, warm and sunny day so she was able to be in the front yard. She birthed them right in the yard while we all watched and assisted just a little bit. Here are a few pics of that event. This is Vibe looking really big right before she had the twins.  Notice the mucous in this pic:  Her is Vibe licking off one of my daughter's arms - I guess she was prepping for licking her kids off!  Here are the first 2 feet starting to show!  A little assistance by my daughter.  The first buckling is out! She had one more a little bit later - another buckling.

We have had quite a few lambs born over the past 6 weeks. Here are some pics of them:       Although we usually feed square bales of Alfalfa/Orchard grass hay, we did resort to a big round during the last few snowstorms. It made it way easier to keep all the sheep and goats in good health.

    Here are a few pics of the Bourbon Red turkeys that we have now. There is one tom and 3 hens. I got these from Dan - (Thanks Dan!!). They came complete with a little turkey tractor. It has been working our real well.      I am hoping to incubate the eggs and raise up some tasty meat turkeys. As a matter of fact, I found the first egg of this year just a few days ago!