Clara on the Graze

I don't have any particular news on Clara . . . at least nothing new. She has miscarried so we're not expecting a kid from her this year. We're not sure what caused her to miscarry and we hope that it won't happen again . . . although as one of our first two "girls" my wife has informed me that her ability to kid won't have much to do with her longevity on the farm (meaning Clara's staying regardless.) We just opened up the second pasture area yesterday for the sheep and goats. The sheep were INCREDIBLY hesitant to cross the old fence line into the new pasture. They actually refused to go into the new pasture until we lured them there with grain . . . and then only three of our six adults ventured into the new pasture. The goats on the other hand - don't seem to care much about fence lines and walked right out into the new lush grazing. As of tonight - about 24 hours after we opened the new pasture, the three ewes with lambs have still not ventured into the new area. They don't have access to the old pasture any longer (only a 10 foot strip from their barn to the new pasture . . . so we expect that they'll get over their paranoia in the next day or so. In the mean time - they're lucky enough to be enjoying the best alfalfa hay we have in the barn.