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Once the auction personnel recognize you and the sheep (which happens when bringing in good animals in good flesh) they often let their buyers know that you have consigned. Had one auction yard tell me that if I brought in quality lambs to notify them when I was bringing in another load and...

All sympathy for your loss of Grams. Hope the monitor is showing what is wrong. If worst comes to worst, can you take temp disability while they find out what is wrong? gramms.

If he is a trader, he will be thinking with 14 calves on the ground already, if he keeps them for another 4-5 months on grass, he can get the same price for the cows open and has the calves to sell separately. Good idea to send in the rest of the payment to guarantee the sale. You have the...

Thanks for all your good wishes. I have missed all my friends! Surgery was a b***h and I couldn't come home the same day. I couldn't raise my leg at all, no feeling in the thigh muscle, so PT guy at hospital would not release me to come home. Surgeon said that occasionally that happened...

Glad you finally got some rain. Do cattle prices look to be starting down? Did you pickupanyheavy bred cows at the sale? I feel really bad about DS work problems and the girlfriend trouble again. She really has a screw loose to keep being so obnxious to him. Sadly,because of the kids (both...

Got up this morning to news about Hurricane Beryl which is about to attack Texas right at our friend Kris' new beach house that he bought to run as a BnB! Texted him at once and he said they were just leaving it. He must have gone down to hurricane proof it. It sits on stilts and on a rise...

Heard a story from a fellow rabbit breeder years ago - her husband went out to the rabbit shed at dusk and was going to feed without turning on the lights. At last minute decided to switch them on and found he was face to face with a giant rattler on top of the rabbit cages! Luckily was able...

The problem with OSB as opposed to plywood is that when it gets wet OSB "melts", My aunt roffed her barn with OSB before puttin on the shingles. She lost some shingles one year and by the time we found it the roof had a giant hole where the OSB had melted and collapsed. No problem we had the...

She obviously feels that there is something outside the fencing in that area she has to investigate and scare away. Does the sheep pen go right up to that fence? She may feel that the sheep are gettig too close to whatever the danger may be.

Nothing that you can plant in that size pen that won't be either eaten or trampled in one or two days back to plain dirt. Can you plant on the outside of the fencing where they can't reach? If you can do that you can disguise the pen that way.

You got a lot done that you wanted to do with DS. He is able to concentrate on the farm more with being on disability. Wish he could retire now with full disability or full pension. Congrats on the new calf.

When DS3 was 10 years old he raised 4 premature kids). We allowed him to one buck as a wethered pet because he wanted to try training a goat to pull a cart. It was a Nubian, grew very large, and he named it Goatzilla. We bought an inexpensive nylon goat cart harness and he tried to teach it...

Only 2 cases in U.S. since 2016. Most of us all have scrapie tags from our states now. Had my original California number from when they were optional and you could specify your own personal number. I ordered and received the TX scrapie tags when we moved. The auction yards now have their...

Thank you all. We had a lovely day. Generac is getting hooked up. Bryan will finish Monday. DS1 had to take the electric conduit through the attic since apparently Bryan has a snake phobia. Horrified when a giant snake shed fell out of attic (we have collected several of them for our...

Definitely halter break all auction livestock for ease in handline, exercising, washing, etc. I was only referring to in the actual show ring. Sounds like she is on track to do well. Soon you will be a "show mom". A "show mom" the unfortunate mother we all see standing outside the entry...

Not everyone tests for Codon scrapie resistance. I would be interested to know how many flocks nationwide test for this since the incidence of scrapie is almost nonexistent in the U.S. How many smaller flocks test for this? Testing for Codon 171 is $11.50 and for Codon 136 another $11.50 so...

Great Job!

BTW - we want to see pix!

I just received a copy of the Proposed New Scrapie Rules for Texas from American Dorper Sheep Breeders Association. Please read this since if anyone wants to import any breeding ewes (registered or commercial) this will impact you. I know Baymule occasionally gets a new ram from Mike and...

At this point they are going to move on and have her for all holidays they can. Now they are talking about coming back to take her for long weekends, etc. but I think once they see how long the trip is that they will settle into a more sensible plan of just bringing her back for the longer...