Last night one of our sheep refused to stand up. This is a big deal with sheep and indicates something is very wrong and we are dealing with one of the many diseases of sheep. Worse, the saying that a sick sheep is a dead sheep is very true. A quick look told us this was one of our ... READ the POST
Care of sheep in winter
We finally got some rain here in the desert. Crazy right? Okay, well it sprinkled for a while. It was enough to get the ground wet and the pig pens are nothing but mud…I need to go put some straw down. We have lots of sheep here, mostly Navajo-Churro, a good desert breed. So what do we do for ... READ the POST
How to Shear a Sheep
Nobody shears sheep in the High Desert where we live. Well at least nobody I could find. And the summer’s are excruciating so when I first got sheep, they HAD to be sheared. I decided, like so many other things, that I could just do it myself. Well, let me tell you, shearing sheep is NOT easy, ... READ the POST
Our new Gulf Coast Sheep lambs
It's so exciting! We just had our first lambs born! I didn't even know the momma Gulf Coast Sheep was pregnant, but it turns out that some rams snuck in with the girls about 148 days ago give or take! Remember I just got this flock so their history is a little...shady... Anyhow, I was just ... READ the POST
I have a problem with overeating…
I have a problem with overeating. Hey buster, it's not me who overeats, it's my piggy sheep that overeat. See, at Flip Flop Ranch, animals tend to escape...a lot. I forget to lock the gate or they slip through a fence we thought would hold them, or the most recent escape was the sheep busted a ... READ the POST
