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And they just keep getting cuter! This is Orhen. He's the friedliest of the two. I think my daughter wants to keep this one as a pet.

What a bummer. We had something (non-human) killing our hens while they were bedded down at night. I'd get up to find a half eaten chicken in the mornings. We put a light out there and the killing stopped. Then we put an old baby monitor out there and turned off the light. The killer came back, the ...

Even the slimey, bloody ones? :shock: Thanks! :mrgreen: I'm afraid I've become rather lazy about uploading photos to photobucket, since I don't have to in order to get them onto the blog. So thanks for taking the time to follow the link! MillyMollyMandy, yes, I do make the soap. With sheep milk; hen...

I haven't uploaded the photos yet (getting a bit lazy with that!) But they are on my blog if you'd like to see! Taffy is a first time mom, one of my East Friesian dairy sheep. We came home just as she was dropping the first lamb, so ran inside to grab my boots, DD grabbed the camera, and we got pics...

Ahhhh, thanks Ann Pan!

The larger one is most likely plugged, Clara. You'll need to hand strip the milk out so the babies can start nursing. Sometimes they've got a waxy plug there and it can be a bit difficult for those little mouths to get it started; plus sometimes they just are too big for little mouths to wrap around...

Boots, they're feral horses, so a mix of different breeds. The government did DNA testing on the different herds so that we know which horses or types compose each one. Sunny is from a herd made up mostly of ranch horses. In other words, they're the horses that helped create the American Quarter Hor...

Ooooohhh...so sorry you took a tumble! Hopefully you're not hurt to badly?

Cat, I have to admit I don't really 'follow' anyone in terms of technique. I just do what comes naturally to me, working in a quiet manner. Quiet Storm was a yearling when we got her, Sunny is two. Sunny was actually adopted out to someone else at the same time we got QS, but they didn't do anything...

Not really considered livestock this day in age, but had to post them for Jack :lol: This is Quiet Storm, Darling's (dd) mustang that we adopted in May. http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o119/kesoaps/wild%20horses/quietstorm_trot.jpg http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o119/kesoaps/wild%20horses/qui...

Ah, Jack...a horse is for therapy, don't you know? Helps keep one sane in an otherwise crazy world. I've not milked Friesians myself, so can't give you terribly accurate numbers. I know that the commecial dairies are getting (um...first sample of language barrier coming up...) 500-600 pounds per yea...

We're about to have real bedding issues here with the horses as the lumber mills have begun burning their shavings for fuel. Cost effective for them, but for livestock owners it's really putting some stress on us! I use straw for the sheep as it's easier to get out of their fleece, but the horses wo...

Dorpers are pretty popular here in the States for meat. Texels, to some degree, as well. Soay and Icelandics appear to be the hottest thing, though. Not sure how the icelandics will do in extreme heat, and you may not want to deal with the fleece. As for breeding...well...I'm way out of sync with yo...

Thank you all for the friendly welcome! Yes, I noticed the spell check didn't work so well.

Jack...should the horses have come last because one saves the best for last? The sheep are East Freisian, not purebred, but 70% and up. Waiting on our first lambs right now.

It would likely take you a bit of time to get over here by way of boat. However, I'm certain you can find dairy sheep there. That's what I'm into these days. I've been milking for my soap the past three years; last summer I had some East Friesian dairy sheep sent from the other side of the US in hop...