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| Rachael and Grace with a load of lambs for market. |
"What do you do with your lambs?"
Since we had baby lambs in January we took them to market in May (market lambs should weigh 50-70 pounds). We usually load them in the back of the truck and set a wooden guard around its perimeter. But this year Matthew reinforced the wooden guard with discarded choral performance shells and loaded it on a trailer we use to move lawn mowers and our ATV.
(You might notice our smokehouse (on the left) and outhouse (seats 4 at a time) in the background.)
All six of us piled into the pickup truck and drove 45 minutes to the sale barn (where they sell sheep every Wednesday).
Once there the Big Guy backed up to the unloading dock. We all "helped" unload the 16 lambs and herd them down the alley.
A family-building experience wouldn't be complete without a stop at the A&W on the way home. Mission complete.
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