It's shearing day on the farm! The ewes will feel so much better after Ben and crew get them sheared off for the summer. We shear our sheep once a year. All the lambs are done by us but we pay these fine people to do all the ewes. Then we will have a good … Continue reading Shearing Day!
He is Risen! What a wonderful Easter weekend spent with family and working on the farm! We are blessed beyond measure! Happy Easter 🐣 Thank you for reading! -Jessy Shanks
The lambs are growing fast! K enjoys trying to catch them and asks endless questions about them. She loves the sheep and insists that her daddy buy her a pig and a goat for her birthday 😂 And look at this view from the driveway! Gorgeous East TN sunset this evening 😍 Thank you for … Continue reading Lambs Everywhere!
We have the best little barn helper! Tonight K helped me tube a lamb and was so excited. I told her what we had to do once we got to the barn and she kept saying "I go to da barn, I tube da lamb!" 😍 She had to carry the syringe and tube to … Continue reading Barn Help 💗
We are still lambing and hope to finish up soon! Here's a few photos from our barn adventures this week 😍
K is a hard working barn baby! She loves to feed the bottle lambs and walk amongst the ewes in the mixing pen 😍 We include K in our day to day farming activities whenever possible! No she doesn't stay clean but what's the fun in always being spotless?! That's what overalls and boots are … Continue reading Babies Who Farm
K woke up wanting to go to the barn with her daddy this morning 😍 We stayed home while he went to take care of the sheep but she kept asking to go to the barn most of the day. We finally said it's time to feed around 4:30 and K started saying "let's go!" … Continue reading Sunday Fun
We've got 50 lambs on the ground and 10 more ewes left to lamb! Boy that happened fast but slowly at the same time 😍 We are already excited to see what these lambs do, they're growing and changing quickly! Happy Lambing! And thank you for reading! -Jessy Shanks
Happy Sunday! We've got lambs everywhere and more on the way ☺️
Lambing season is in full swing at Shanks Genetics! Complete with midnight barn checks, impatient waiting, milking ewes, tubing lambs and early mornings! Here are some cuties laying around in the lambing jugs so far ☺️ Happy lambing to our sheep friends and we hope everyone is staying warm! Thank you for reading! -Jessy Shanks
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