Archives for: January 2007

01/30/07

Permalink 09:52:01 pm, by Karen Email , 771 words   English (US)
Categories: Journal

Adventures in the night

Sunday we brought home our new ram, Falkur. Falkur is 75% AI, and a Serkur son. He'll be two years old in March. We had built a nice indoor pen which connected to the sheep shelter via a new rolling door. We secured the door (or so we thought) with t… more »

01/27/07

Permalink 10:51:35 pm, by Karen Email , 419 words   English (US)
Categories: Journal

Winter arrives (a bit late)

Winter finally arrived this month. December's average temperature was 40F but that all changed after the new year began. We've been working on a few projects including a new chickencoop and an indoor sheep pen. This pic shows the pen and behind it you… more »

01/05/07

Permalink 09:56:13 pm, by Karen Email , 227 words   English (US)
Categories: Journal

Forage analysis

We sent off a sample of our hay and got the results back yesterday: (All values are on a dry matter basis) %Crude Protein (CP): 6.4 %Available Protein: 5.6 %ADICP: 0.8 (Acid Detergent Insoluble Crude Protein) %Adjusted Crude Protein: 6.4 Soluble… more »
Sharing ideas from our small farm in NH, where we raise Icelandic sheep and assorted poultry. We are members of ISBONA (Icelandic Sheep Breeders of North America) and the CLRC (Canadian Livestock Records Corporation). We also participate in the Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program (NH54). Contact us at karen [at] birchtreefarm [dot] com. Please also visit the farm website at Birchtree Farm.
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