Fleming Farm

Fleming Farm Northern Michigan Pumpkin Patch, Hay Ride, Corn Maze & Petting Zoo. Freezer beef and club lambs.
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05/01/2026

This straw bale didn’t stand a chance when the group decided to use it in their acrobatic performance.
Their nimble, twisting and turning, and high kicks of their “younger years”, when they weighed 20lbs versus now. At nearly 100lbs, they did more lumbering, waddling, and tumbling. Plus, do you hear that panting?! LOL After this performance, I don’t think any of them gained the nickname name of Grace.
The birds were all roosted, the ewes were settled in, the peeper frogs were serenading; and the lambs were having one last hoorah before bedtime.
PS That bale was blown apart and spread around the pen by the next morning. LOL

Her wool-break metamorphosis is complete. Now she’s as soft as peach fuzz. 😊I showed you the first photo about a month a...
04/29/2026

Her wool-break metamorphosis is complete. Now she’s as soft as peach fuzz. 😊
I showed you the first photo about a month ago and talked about potential stressors she experienced over the prior few months; any one of them could have caused her newer wool fiber growth to become weak, and in turn any rubbing or scratching she did caused it to break free from her body. It was not painful at all; it’s a similar experience that women have soon after given birth, and noticing their own hair falling out.
She’s now has a shiny new wool coat. In two weeks the rest of the ladies will have a visit from the shearer, and then they too will have a shiny new look as well.

04/29/2026

It was a big communal grooming session for this group. They meticulously clean each feather, focusing mostly near the skin. Making sure each feather is shiny and clean, as well as their skin. They often flop around on the barn floor too, tossing sand on themselves to act like an exfoliant.
There’s about 20 banties in the barn, 6-7 of them are roosters, and they all get along. Only one time in nearly a decade, have I had to step in and “resolve” a dispute between two roosters. Otherwise they each have their little flock of girlfriends and no one seems to fuss.
I think they do a nice job keeping the fly population under control in the barn.

Lately, the lambs and Jack Frost the calf have taken over the page with their antics, caught on video. Tonight,...
04/28/2026

Lately, the lambs and Jack Frost the calf have taken over the page with their antics, caught on video. Tonight, catching you up on the photos I’ve taken over the last few weeks.

04/27/2026

Sale day is officially in the books! Setting up for the sale was quick, we had a nice time visiting with all the kids and their families, seeing the smiles and hearing the laughs as the feisty lambs experienced their first walks on a halter on their way to their rides home.
There were just 5 lambs left after the sale, and after tonight there will be just one left. The final may have a home figured out, just messaged someone back.
We welcomed families to the barn at 1pm, sale started at 2p, final bids by 3:15p, and we had the barn cleaned up and set back up for the flock to us by 4:15pm. Enjoyed a family celebration dinner in town at 5p, then Saige headed back to Michigan State for her upcoming exam week and we headed home for some relaxation and an early bedtime.
Months of work, planning, stressors, and excitements to get to this day. It’s wild to think that in 2.5 months we’ll be in pre-breeding season and in about 3 months it will be breeding season again. And we start the process all over again.
Here’s a time lapse video of the sale, thanks to Claire.

04/23/2026

In the last 10-13 weeks, these babies have grown from 10-15lbs newborns to a fluffy 50-75lbs toddlers. Lots of worries, cheers, stressful and successful moments. We’ve experienced it ALL this lambing season.
This season is wrapping up on Saturday and new chapters are beginning for many of the lambs as they go off to their new homes, and make some more memories with their new kids.
Looking forward to it. ❤️🐑❤️

Here’s proof that they also have quiet, still moments too. 😉😊❤️ They were pretty relaxed this morning while I fed Jack h...
04/22/2026

Here’s proof that they also have quiet, still moments too. 😉😊❤️ They were pretty relaxed this morning while I fed Jack his bottle.

04/22/2026

Well, Jack Frost wanted to show those silly lambs what real zoomies look like, after their earlier performance. He turned on those turbo jets, stretched out those hooves, and showed them what kind of cow-power he had. 😂😉

My afternoon project was cleaning up the barn, to prep for the lamb sale this weekend. Figured since I was going to be down there, he could get out to explore and play. He was spicy and rowdy for about 5 minutes, and then his attention turned to quietly exploring the barn. I bet he had a good nap earlier this evening.

04/21/2026

I had an idea for today’s post, but at 11:56pm last night, the lambs had a whole other idea for today’s post. They won. LOL
I was bottle feeding Jack the calf at 11:30 last night, and checking on lambs to see what else they needed for the night. As I was filling their water tank, I saw a few lambs getting spicy, and you can see that eventually the whole group got in on the zoomies.
At 2:50 into the video you can see some stopping in front of me and panting. That 4 minute zooming session was tiring for many of them. LOL
“Bull in a China Shop”. A saying I kept thinking about, watching all the craziness. Saturday afternoon, many of these lambs will meet their new families. Very exciting.

04/19/2026

We have talked about how curious the young animals are, the mature ewes aren’t necessarily curious but they are creative.
There has been a few guineas in the barn for several years now, and over the last few years, some of the big girls have learned how to “ask” the birds for a little facial. In the evening is when the birds are roosted on the gates, and that’s when the ewes will walk under the bird, sometimes nudging them with her nose, and wait to see if the bird(s) will pick at the bits of hay stuck around her head. It was interesting in this video to see that she was letting the bird pick at the scent glands located at the corner of her eye. Hadn’t seen that before.
Sheep are surprisingly smart, some say they are nearly as smart as pigs. They recognize dozens of faces and love a routine. I’m not surprised that they figured out how to use the birds for their benefit.

04/19/2026

Curiosity is everywhere with the little ones in the barn. Always exploring and learning. Jack Frost is no exception. Each time I feed a bag of grain to the lambs, I toss the empty bag into his pen for some enrichment playtime. The noises and reactions from him vary each time. From running and bellering away from the bag to smelling and licking it. Whatever his mood is at that time.
I let him play with it for 10-15 minutes while I’m finishing up the chores in the barn.

Curiosity. It’s a REAL thing in this bunch. Bo the cat always gets attention when he’s around them. He’s fearless…or may...
04/18/2026

Curiosity. It’s a REAL thing in this bunch. Bo the cat always gets attention when he’s around them. He’s fearless…or maybe clueless. A few times, I have been walking along the feeder while dumping a 50lb of feed into it, and he SITS in the feeder to eat and ends up being covered in lamb grain. LOL
And the birds are also curious critters that get noticed by the babies a lot. The very little lambs love chasing the chickens when they are on the ground, and when they are just out of reach, they still capture the attention of the lambs.

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4264 Martindale Road
Ga***rd, MI
49735

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Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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(989) 272-3312

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