Recent content by Margali

I had a ton of fun meeting @Ridgetop and her husband in person. She made the cutest sign for Cassandra!

She did good in the product live show. The showmanship clinic not as much. Too many sheep too close for Oreo when they lined up nose to fence and she got jumpy. Ring steward helped her and held Oreo for last little bit. Under a minute break then Cassandra and one little girl competed in...

So we are at the show. Cassandra is having fun in education stations.

We have hand wipes, paper towels, and bandaids as standard Highlander kit. Oh, in the morning I will bring 1/2gal water jugs and small cooler out. We also have a folding chairs for us both.

To-may-too / to-maa-toe Elemental iron's most common for is ferric oxide, ie hematite, Fe2O3. Rust is Fe2O3 x n(H2O) is iron exposed to oxygen in presence of water. 1,000% BS!! Get one of the free water analysis test that gives PPM of iron, pump gpm and let me loose. It can't be any worse...

I'm sure I'm missing something important! Highlander - Garden cart -Show Box ---Original Cert of Recordation for Oreo ---Katahdin info sheet & Griffin Wood Ranch sign ---Mini first aid kit ---Halters & leads ---Brushes ---Shampoo & blower just because ---Show Shirt ---Complete backup outfit...

Cassandra did the interview portion today. The judge was really complimentary on her report and work with her sheep. The cutest bit was when he asked her what she wanted to do when she grew up. Paraphrasing she said she was too little to know if she wanted to be a veterinarian or a zoo keeper...

Amy's best guess is medium rare bison / pork burgers got her. Unfortunate demonstration of why ground meat items should be well done.

Luckily I've only had one sheep escape before. This is when I first got started and didn't know any of the neighbors. She did call sheriff but was also trying to lure ewe out of middle of road with a head of lettuce. Deputy got some free entertainment of me and kids with leashes and feed scoops...

Trichinosis and the treatment are seriously bad news. My friend Amy spent 7 months dealing with worsening symptoms and several hospitalizations until doc figured it out. Then 2 rounds of anti-parasite treatment with a 2.5 months in between while her liver recovered from the side effects. Each...

Glad everyone was okay! No nearly exciting over here. Plant did loose one leg of the 3 phase power and internet. But the office trailers were on other incoming feed so I still had to work.

Sigh, the boys seem to be out competing Sesame for milk time. Her growth rate has dropped from 0.38lb/day to 0.28lb/day. Time to try supplementing bottle in evenings. I hope she will take it. If supplementing a bottle doesn't work, I guess it will be time to sell one of the boys as a bottle...

@Baymule Pulling down the trusses is a hire a crew job. Need 1 person operating a skyboom or mini-crane to support weight, 1 person on tailing rope, and 1 person to remove cross bracing etc holding it in place. I helped install trusses on a garage as a teenager and it was pretty dicy. That...

Leo was good all day then got edgy at sunset. Don't know if it was predators or the Memorial Day chaos. Nice big fireworks in the distance, small explosions, and gun fire closer. Neither LGD ate dinner or let me pen them at 9pm evening chores. 10:30pm, I got a call from neighbor on Dove Creek...

I will look into laundry bluing when this bottle of Weaver Whitening Shampoo runs out. It was a present from GiGi. Per TractorSupply it cost $0.56/oz and I used ~3oz. Most of that was on Coconut who was super stained. First wash was with Main & Tail shampoo to get the loose grime off. Mrs...