Got ‘im!

This evening about an hour ago, when I went out to check the ewes for the night, there he was, the little devil, in the havaheart…a lesser weasel, if my tracks book can be believed (no black on end of tail), about 8″ long.  My friend, Joyce, came over and shot him through the cage.  It was a quick and humane death.  He was very cute, but it isn’t very cute to eat my chickens, for sure.  I will put the cage out again for a couple of days. From what I’ve read, these guys are very solitary except during mating season, but just to be sure…

Lydia Coopworth had a lovely little (?) 10 pound black girl this morning. Mother and daughter are doing fine.  Daughter is very friendly.  At the moment, two ewes, the other coopworth and one jacob, are looking ready.  I’ll go out and check them one more time in about 15 minutes and then go to bed if there aren’t any clear signs.  Last check, the signs were ambiguous.