Weaning Time

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of weaning bottle-fed lambs and the interactions with local wildlife on the farm.

We have been weaning our bottle-fed lambs, which is a long, loud, and annoying process. We have them in the pasture closest to our house so we can keep an eye on them and make sure they are making the transition okay. The lambs happily go about their independent lives until they hear our voices, or see us walking by, then the bellowing and the hoof stamping begins. They clearly have no intention of being weaned. Watching their histrionics, we could easily be convinced that they were on the verge of starvation - if only we hadn’t just witnessed them happily racing around the pasture playing and spending hours contentedly grazing by themselves. When I can, I walk the long way around our house to avoid being seen and stirring up their thunderous complaints. The front of the house, though, has been taken over by a robin who built a nest on the transom over our front door. The porch roof provides her with excellent protection from rain and predators, but she now takes issue with us using that door. She has two hatchlings, of which she is understandably protective, so we are constantly being divebombed and scolded by her unless we remember to use a different door. Our bluebird…

People in this episode

Host: Bobbie Emery

Topics covered

• weaning
• lambs
• nature
• birds
• farming

Keywords

• weaning
• lambs
• robin
• bluebirds
• farming
• pasture
• nature

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Clatter Ridge Farm, pasture, front door, back yard

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