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    Aug 15, 2024 Truthfully, I hesitate to tell you this story. Among the 133 sheep medicated to remove barber pole worms three days ago in Waimea, about 10 are anemic. These sick ones eat and move about like normal sheep but much slower. On my way to their pasture yesterday, I was listening to a…

  • Rhythms

    October 14, 2024 Sheep do have rhythms. At the first light, the flock of sheep walks as a group, covering the entire pasture, perhaps snatching bites of forage. This urge to move together is interesting; depending on the breed, certain sheep flocks stay together in tighter groups. If one finds a treasure trove of sweeter, more…

  • Bad idea

    October 20, 2024 The physical limits of sheep require that they are able to stay upright on their chest. If they are stuck in the position you see in the video, they will act drunk. If they don’t get up in time, their stomachs expand because they can’t expel their fermenting gas. I set my…

  • Loyalty?

    What bugs me about lambs who have been fed bottles of milk is that after they are weaned, they become way too independent. These ones who clearly know my voice and have responded quickly when I have a bottle of milk, often behave like sheep that never got fed or loved. Where is the loyalty?…

  • He comforts…

    Aug 20, 2024 My fear rose as I viewed the Waimea sheep through the cellar wireless camera this morning. Some are deathly sick, and I have been blaming myself, which is not a healthy reaction. I needed God’s comfort. As I wrote this, I heard via a podcast: “Perfect love casts out fear.” Several lambs…