Sunday, August 5, 2007
Crybaby got a new home...
Yesterday afternoon we were checking on our neighbor's sheep. One of the older gals has gone "down" on us, and the neighbors aren't due back home 'til this evening. So we were giving her extra attention, staying there to ensure she's still eating and drinking, and can't get her feet tangled in the fence, AGAIN!
As we were leaving, a Mexican mother and young daughter stopped to inquire about buying some sheep from this neighbor. Well, we couldn't speak for the neighbor, but after discovering what they really wanted, we had them follow us to our place.
When they first saw Al, our ram... the only expression was "Muy Macho!" That was in reference to his "muy grande cahones".
Now, my Spanish was never very good, and having been away from a bilingual area, it's worse than ever. Thankfully, the little girl spoke English and was translating for her mother. As for Bev and Cindy... Spanish isn't even part their profile!
Our two "bummer" lambs are tame enough to allow them outside the pen, so I let Freezer out and tried to get Crybaby to go out, so the little girl could pet them.
Seems they want to raise a couple of sheep rather than eat the first one they get. We don't have any little ram lambs right now, but Crybaby is a little ewe lamb, so she has a new home. She's just over four months old right now, so will be ready to breed this next spring. Hopefully, we'll have some little "ram lambs" in a couple of weeks.
They talked about returning today for a couple of chickens. We have a few extras we ordered for our mentor, but since she's moving, she can't take them. I'm sure we can part with a couple of the extra Golden Laced Wyandotte or Silver Laced Wyandotte.
Labels: Sheep
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