New LGD Added to the Barnyard

This past week, on Tuesday, March 13 we got a new LGD (Livestock Guard Dog).  His name is Caution and he is six weeks old (he was born January 28, 2018).  We are getting him used to the animals and the farm.  Caution is part Great Pyrenees and part Akbash.  In the picture it looks like Danger doesn't know what to think about him, but he really loves him.  Danger watches out for him like he does the sheep and lambs.  Hopefully Danger can train him to be as good a guard dog as Danger is.

Here Caution is with Mr. T (one of the bottle lambs).  Caution is learning the ropes.

I'm anxious to see if he grows up to be as big as Danger is.  Right now he has more energy than Danger did as a puppy.  I hope he settles down some (the sheep don't like high energy).

This is Danger at 3+ months (he was born in February 2017 - not exactly sure when).  We got him in April of 2017.  This picture was taken May 2017.

Welcome to our farm

Hello, welcome to the Buckler's Barnyard.  My name is Jena.  I am wife to a wonderful man and  a mother to four fabulous boys.  We have a small 40 acre farm in middle Tennessee.  I love the farm life and I am always telling my friends about our "adventures" on the farm.  One of my close friends encouraged me to blog about my "adventures."  So here I am.

We have Angus cattle -18 head of cows and 1 bull (he isn't Angus)  and right now it is calving season and so far we have 6 calves.  Sad to say that we lost 2 this season.   We raise Katahdin sheep.

 Katahdin is a breed of sheep that is considered a hair sheep (they shed so we don't have to shear them).   We have a few Katahdin Dorper cross. (Dorpers are also hair sheep.)

We just finished lambing season.  Our last ewe had her babies yesterday (twins!).  We have 31 momma ewes total.  Twenty-four mommas just had 43 live babies. Some of our momma ewes had babies last fall.

 The above pictures are of lambs born earlier this season (middle of January 2018).

This sweet face is our LGD (livestock guard dog), Danger.  He was added to our farm in April of 2017 (he was born February 2017).  He's part Great Pyrenees and Anatolian Shepherd.

So please join us in our farming adventures!