I went our yesterday to bottle feed and when I got in the shop I seen two little faces looking at me. Boo was laying in the corner on the hay. I went in the pen and picked him up. He was limp and barely breathing. I sat with him on the chair and looked at him and talk to him and he drifted off to "sleep" in my arms within two minutes.
My first thought was I can't say good-bye; this is too hard. Why I am trying to self-sufficient and I just want to quit. Then common sense took over in about five seconds and I realized the other animals were waiting. I went outside and realized I love it here and everything about it. Sometimes things don't go how we want but that is the reality of life anywhere and there is no other place I would rather be.
Now I am trying to figure out what to do about next year. I was going to butcher him late winter, early spring but now that is not an option. I then thought I would buthcer on of the ewes for meat. I however think that I will breed both of them of to my friend's lamb and let them lamb out next year. So no lamb for us this year.
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Some things are just hard, aren't they, and there doesn't seem to be a way to prepare for them. Emotions are a fact of life! Thanks for sharing this. It's part of the homesteading challenge.
Oh goodness... sorry to hear about Boo. Any ideas what went wrong?
Leigh, it is sure not all roses is it? LOL
I am not sure, the lady gave him to me and told me that he had a 50/50 chance, he was so little and didn't get to nurse from him mommy at all. He was a triplet. We had given him colostrum from the feed store but I don't know. He was so little, like maybe 5 pounds max.
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