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Didn't you say that sometimes people confuse your goats and sheep for dogs at shows? Please take the lovely little spotted lambs out and tell people they're dalmatians. Hooray for new critters! I love your photos and descriptions of each sheep and goat that has been bred. I also love your yarn, and curse you for tempting me with it. What does Major think of new babies?
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Apr 9, 2013 23:20
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Baaaaaaybee animals. I like that brown one, he looks like he was covered in chocolate curls. Do you ever tell kids that brown goats/cows/dairy animals make chocolate milk? Good job, Jazz! What do the mother goats/sheep think of you when the baby arrives? Does it differ depending on their personality, or do they have a threshold of handling they allow before shoving you out?
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Apr 12, 2013 16:11
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Endless  on these farmlands. If I had to learn how to walk within hours of being born, I'd want a nap too!
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Apr 29, 2013 18:21
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Learning about why sheep tails get docked is fascinating. I'd suffer getting my tail clipped too if it meant flies wouldn't literally eat me. The chalk markings are a ingenious way of tracking what rams have been with what ewes. Also, sheep with chalk on their rumps makes me laugh.
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May 2, 2013 16:24
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Please tell me Opal got blue smudgies from snuggling Pearl.
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May 21, 2013 17:51
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How do you halter train? Just slap the halter on and let them gnash their teeth until they're used to it, and then teach them to walk on leads? I love that a bear is no big thing. How would they fare against other predators, like a wolf? Do these more primitive sheep breeds have more "fight" in them, or do they still largely depend on you for predator protection? Deely boppers
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Jul 22, 2013 21:12
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^ Maybe they asked her a tough question so she'd tilt her head to one side as she walked forward? Hermes is GORGEOUS.  Please never stop sharing stories about your livestocks and your Majors, and thanks to everyone else who has jumped in with pictures.
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Aug 19, 2013 20:29
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655321 posted:it's really kind of fun to imagine trying to smuggle those wooly monsters onto a trans-Atlantic private charter flight I'm imagining one of these sheep in a plaid scarf and a traveling hat with a train schedule stuck on its horn.
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