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Always such a nice surprise to a have a beautiful sunny day in late December!

Everyone here was out and about-

Chickens expressing their chicken-ness

Wally taking a break from sniff patrol

Syd consults with our Cy Young award winner

Kitty was out there somewhere too,, but stayed mostly out of sight.

After the weekly hoof check/treatment, I spent a little time working with the boys on halter training.

“Oh no, here we go again!”

Frank, Chone and Griff were pretty crazy. Floppin’ and fussin’ all over the place.
(this was Griff’s first time) But Felix and Edgar actually did pretty well.
I’ll have to work with them more regularly if I want them to be manageable on a lead come shearing time!

This morning I made a major breakthrough with Griff.

He took some sheep treats from me.

Not out of the bowl.

Directly out of my hand!

Really. Truly.

Did my heart good.

Perhaps enough time has passed (he’s been here almost 6 months)

Or maybe he really digs the kelp meal I just put out for them and he’s saying “thank you”

Or maybe, just maybe I’ve just won him over and now he wants to be my buddy.

Whatever the reason,
this morning when he trusted me enough to come over and nibble some goodies he really made my day.

What a nice Christmas present 🙂

Edgar says “I think it was the kelp. Yum.”

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He’s also on Etsy.

Will post more later. Just couldn’t wait to pass this along-

Denise 🙂

Aren’t they lovely?

Just simple and pretty.
And I think I’ve really got the thumb shaping down now. They fit so nice.
I love them so much I think I’m going to start another pair tonight.

This was such a nice weekend around the homestead.
Mid-40s during the day, and clear! Not bad for December-

Was nice to spend some time outside, adding compost to the garden beds, hangin’ with the sheepy boys, and takin’ in some sunshine.

Did the hoof routine again today, and I’m really excited to see that they are starting to look better!
Seemed like they’d grown a fair bit even since last week, and the depth of the pockets between outer hoof and sole is decreasing.
Was so glad to see that.

They’ve been eating mostly hay since our big freeze before thanksgiving,, so I’m thinking that must account for the difference, since I hadn’t changed anything about their mineral yet.

I am still planning to get some kelp meal and give that a go. See how they like it, and if they would choose that over what they have been getting. Heard lots of good things about kelp.

Chone says, “I’ll try anything once!”

Knowing that little bugger he’ll end up wearing most of it! 🙂