Baymule’s 2024 Lambing plus 12-23

[farmerjan]

Lay the gate on hard ground, rounded part of bend up so like a hump.... put a piece of plywood on top and drive up on it SLOWLY, with the truck... one wheel in the middle of the plywood... from the long end, the plywood will distribute the weight a bit and should bend it all fairly flat.... you can reposition truck to again drive up on it, on either side of the plywood to get it straighter .....

I try to stand/jump on it first to get the bigger part of the bend out of it if possible.... and use heavy plywood.... or use some planks that someone can watch you drive up on so you stay on the plank... but the idea is to get the weight on it distributed more evenly than just the tire area, and a heavy sheet of plywood does that. Sometimes my DS can just bend it with his weight/strength to get it fairly straight....

Our older gates had the bottom loop welded more often than not... They take alot to break but sooner or later it happens. I don't like the bolt on ones as much as they do move regardless how tight you get the bolts holding them on....

 

[Baymule]

Lay the gate on hard ground, rounded part of bend up so like a hump.... put a piece of plywood on top and drive up on it SLOWLY, with the truck... one wheel in the middle of the plywood... from the long end, the plywood will distribute the weight a bit and should bend it all fairly flat.... you can reposition truck to again drive up on it, on either side of the plywood to get it straighter .....

This is darn good to know! It’s a tube gate for cattle, heavier than the gates I bought. It’s old, red paint faded, rusty in places, but I can NOW straighten it! And use it .
Thanks!

 

[Baymule]

Wow you have quite the herd! Sounds like it's possibly like me...
Me, myself & I to handle everything! Are you same way? Or do you have family to assist? Regardless if you do or don't lots of ongoing work for sure.
Where is Bent Road Ranch actually if you don't mind me asking? I didn't Google county name either. I can probably find out that way! Have a nice day!!

I’m between Lufkin and Crockett. Where are you?

 

[Tina's LucyGraycee]

I’m between Lufkin and Crockett. Where are you?

Between Decatur & Ft Worth!

 

[purplequeenvt]

P-15, the ewe I call Rip, the one that had the single ram lamb with brown spots and freckled legs, is a nurse momma! I saw Cleopatra’s white lamb sucking on Rip. Cleo butted away her white lamb. She smelled the lambs butt, found milk smell that was not her own and rejected her own lamb. Not good. So I scooped up both her lambs, Cleo followed and I penned them up for several days. Just a little newborn confusion, right?

After jugging them to establish who their momma was, I let them all out. A day or so later, I saw both of Cleopatra’s lambs sucking on Rip. Cleo didn’t seem to care, so ok, if that’s what is going on, y’all have at it.

Frimplepants had her twin black lambs. 2 days ago, I saw one of them sucking on Rip. Ok, obviously THIS is NOT your lamb! No chance of mistaken identity ! Frimplepants didn’t seem to care, if Rip is feeding her lambs, it’s ok with her.

Rips lamb is doing just fine, plenty of milk. He is not getting shortchanged by this milk share.

I’ve never seen a ewe allowing lambs that are not her own, to suck. I’ve seen ewes butt other lambs away and knock them down. Never have I seen a ewe announce “Belly up to the bar, drinks on me!”

Is Rip a first-time mom? I’ve had ewes that lambed for the first time and would let anyone and everyone nurse on them. They wised up the following year. My only tip would be to pay extra attention to Rip’s lamb in case he starts getting short changed on the milk.

 

[Ridgetop]

Between Decatur & Ft Worth!

Sounds like you are in Margali's area.

 

[Ridgetop]

Any more lambs?

 

[Baymule]

Little Girl, registered FF, is in labor. I’ll check on her after while.

 

[Tina's LucyGraycee]

Sounds like you are in Margali's area.

Who or what is Margali's

 

[Margali]

Who or what is Margali's

@Tina's LucyGraycee Hi! I'm an hour south of you in Cleburne. Welcome to the herd. My journal is https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/margalis-griffin-wood-ranch.42528/.