We're Getting Sheep!!!
We've been looking for some wool sheep for a while and were referred to a lady who breeds Romney sheep that just so happened to have some lambs left. We hit the road, narrowly missing a turtle on the highway, and were down there within a few hours! We toured her farm, got to see her setup and all of her sheep. Especially up close when the skies opened up and they all ran under the barn shelter! We picked out two wethers (fixed males) and put our deposit down on them.
The Road Trip Video
You know us... of course there's a video!
Why Sheep?
- I'm tired of spending 4+ hours mowing our grass! Sheep eat that stuff!
- It's a logical step for a homesteader who likes to crochet.
- Can we say cute?! They're like walking pillows!
- Their wool is a source of income--albeit small--from our two wethers.
- Our boys love animals. I was set on getting an animal that fulfilled the "pet" need but also another one or two needs!
These are our first livestock, so we're complete newbies. Any advice specific to wool sheep would be greatly appreciated!
We have about 3-4 weeks until they're ready to be picked up. Until then, we're sure to stay busy with fencing, barn building, and doing everything else needed for their arrival!
Stay tuned, these project posts will be coming up as we do them!
Thanks, and see you on the next post!
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well that is super exciting, congratulations. Thank you for the post!
Thanks for the upvote and comment!
no problem buddy!
Adorable! Best of luck!
Thank you!
Thank you for the great article! This post has been featured in this week's issue of the Weekly Homesteading Newsletter!
They're so cute! Guessing they'll be a handful for awhile, but worth it in the end. Adorable!
They probably will be. :) The lady gave us advise on how to help tame them--hand feeding some grains--so we're going to try that.
Exciting! Have fun in the preparation. Just found your blog and looking forward to catching up on your $20k homestead series!
Awesome, thanks! The $20k Homestead series is still going, but you're never too late to catch up. :) Next post will be out tomorrow. Thanks!
SHEEEEEEEP!!!! That's awesome! Reminds me of all the sheep we seen in Iceland! Congratulations on your new additions :) Upvoted!
Oh man.. I'd love to go see Iceland! Thanks for the upvote!
They are so cute!
Aren't they? The black one is my favorite, but maybe when the white one cleans up his act ( LOL ) he'll be cuter. :)
Yay! Sheep!
We're super excited! In order: Wife, Me, then the boys. LOL Our 2 year old will be excited when the time comes. He's the animal lover of the group. :)
my 2 yr old hugs baby goats all day! I understand!
I met some sheep for the first time the other week. Apparently they're real easy to train! I was at my friend's and we were working on getting her animals to a certain area. She had to go do something else and I asked if she wanted me to get them to that area. She was like "Yeah, just tell them to go over to the other side!"
I said "Sheeps! Go to the other side!"
TO THE OTHER FREAKING SIDE THEY WENT MAN! I was amazed!
I felt like the SHEEP FREAKING WHISPERER!
That is awesome! I hope to get ours tamed down soon, then we can begin training to take over the world! :-) Like a mixture of Babe & Planet of the Apes. LOL
I was immediately sold on sheeps. Haha
Good stuff! We are going to look at some sheep next week. Hair sheep though as we want to raise them for meat. We've got a bit of set up work to do so we can rotate them around but getting excited to have fluffy lawnmowers running around :)