Started work at 7. I started by weighing the cheese and figuring out how long each different weight had to stay in the brine. Too much brine=salty cheese=no good. I also moved the animals from one pasture to another which was successful. Some of the other animals got out (3 rams from one pen on the home farm)... and the group of lambs about a mile down the road. I got the 3 rams in by myself and I helped Bob with the lambs, donkeys, and llama. Next I had to clean the holding area and I also cleaned the where we place the ewes after milking. I ended my morning by picking up fences from a previously used pasture and placing them where the next pasture would be. I ended at 11.
I started work up again at 2:30 because I was milking. I helped Max put together the milking equipment (which we successfully did without the assistance of Ann or Bob) and then brought the sheep up to the waiting area. I also was the milker for the evening with some assistance from Max. The young ewes are still really difficult to deal with because they jump and kick so much. Hopefully by next week they will cull the ewes that are too terrible (I think there is 2)... I also cleaned the waiting area and the back yard where the sheep are put after milking again... Bob and I took the sheep out to pasture that Max had prepared earlier that day and we also fed the pigs. I ended by mixing up a bleach cleaning solution that is used for cleaning the ramp into the parlor. I ended at 6:30.
5 o' clock milking tomorrow morning. Woo hoO! Strolling of The Heifers tomorrow though in Brattleboro which I believe we all are supposed to go to. It should be an excellent experience!!
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