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DS1 called tonight about 3038. She hid in barn today and did not go out with rest of sheep. She has a draining snotty nose so possibly summer pneumonia brought on by weather change. He will begin 4-5 day regimen of pennicilin. Next will be worming depending on response to antibiotics. I will...

At night she realizes the sheep are safe afterthey are put up in the night pen. Can you bring her into the fenced back yard near the house at night? It sounds like she got bored at night afterthe sheep- were locked up. After patrolling several hundred sheep on a large property she may have...

Make sure she is disbudded before running her in with hornless Katahdins. Otherwise, probably ok. Make sure your fences are good.

With good fences you should be ok with just one trained dog. Particularly if she doesn't leave the property. She should be patrolling the creek area at night and early morning. If she doesn't think it is safe, she will round up the sheep and move them away from the creek. If she is leaving...

I will tell him to worm her tonight when he brings them in. Got the check from Emory Livestock. Prices were better than expected since DS1 said the rams and wethers were smaller than normal and the auction said prices were down a lot. The commission was $216 with yardage of $9 and tax of...

DH called - he, DD2, and grandkids stopped for night in Amarillo. Figures he will be home tomorrow or Saturday. DS1 called. Lost another ram lamb. He thinks it might be the heat. Lamb looked fine but dead. However, DS1 said that this ram lamb was not growing well. He was born March 23...

Rereading your post - if there were that many sheep, and that many LGDs, it is possible that the munber of predators there were much higher than what you have. She may be bored watching a smaller number of sheep with fewer predators. If she is bored, she may be leaving the property for that...

Talked to DH this morning. They are driving back in the car since the truck turbo has not come in yet. o_O Too bad, hoped that the Sulphur Springs ford dealer would be better than Galpin. Has been till now. DS1 will put ram in harness and in with ewes tonight. We had an earthquake at...

iN THE COMPLAINT IF YOU WIN YOU CAN ALSO ASK FOR COURT COSTS - I.E. ALL FILING AND SERVICE FEES AND LEGAL EXPENSES. GO GET 'EM!

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How old is Hera? If you bring her into the house yard will she stay there? Let her bond to your kids in the back yard. Since she tends to dig out, I would make sure the fence bottom wire is staked into the ground. If you have old tree trunks or limbs, they can be used to anchor the fence...

DH has been mowing then hand raking and feeding it to the rams. I would like to get a rake for the tractor but for now he does this in the earlymorning and later afternoon. Maybe for his birthday in April. I am getting him a new tractor seat for Christmas - both tractors have the upholstery...

It's not the cold that worries me since I can put up heat lamps, etc. It is the parasites in the pastures that come on in a big rush in spring. Once aio figure out the best lambing times, I will robably only lamb twice a year, late spring and fall.

So sorry you are having so much trouble with these dogs. It is unusual for a good Anatolian to leave his/her flock and wander. If they leave to chase off predators, they are usually back in the yard or waiting at the gate once they have run them off. If you have coyotes at the rear of the...

Just talked to DH and DS1. Everything is ready for Oncar to run the electrical to the new meter. DH will rent the trencher and put in the water and electric lines while DH is in CA. They are not sure if the truck will be finished in time since DD2 has to get Maisie back to her birth mother in...

Absolutely not going to be the same. For one thing I plan to try breeding for fall, winter, and early summer lambs only. I plan to avoid breeding for spring lambs due to parasites and Coccy. Rotational grazing leaving minimum 4" grass on the grazed pastures and moving them through faster will...

Check the birth dates on the ewes. If they are fall born ewes they should have been receptive to the ram. I went to check but my paper work is in Texas! LOL I did find a note that GR40 is a November born ewe so should settle in the summer. The Ps are all spring lambs but mothers and...

Fence is now repaired with chain link "cloth" applied in bad spots. Per DS1 we will repair the entire length of fencelie this year after other items (water and electric lines) are done. Ozel released back into sheep pastures to make sure fence is repaired and no other "holes". Very annoyed...

Also tear off ear tags. Can you show "intent" that they are checking when you are gone so they can continue to vandalize/destroy your equipment?

You are correct, she is over extended. Rear legs should be straight from the hock down. However, Cassandra can work with that now that Oreo has learned to stand still after being stacked. If Cassandra cannot reach the rear legs, or if moving the rear legs makes Oreo jump around, have her move...