Baymule’s Journal

[Baymule]

I trimmed Ringo’s hooves yesterday. He ran, I chased. He wheeled, spinning away, I outflanked him. I finally got a foot and snipped a little. He snatched it back. I picked up a hind foot. If he was a horse, he’d of kicked my head off. We had a talk. I had a pocket of corn. I gave him a little. Then we went from RUN! to CIRCLE BACK TO THAT POCKET! Ringo makes me laugh. It went something like this;
Corn
Foot-snip
Corn
Foot-snip
Corn
Foot-HA! I got 2 snips!
Corn
Lots of rubs and scratches.
I got his feet trimmed, examined them, he got corn treats. Spoiled brat!

 

[Baymule]

I had two sheep pens that @Ridgetop and her DH helped me build.

Now I have two ram lambs to wean so I sectioned off a pen for them. Two very unhappy boys.

I have 5 keeper ewe lambs, 3 are weaned. I sectioned a pen for them. Two unweaned ewe lambs will join them later.

Ringo now has all the ewes. 2 have lambs, single ewe lambs, I weaned the 2 boys.

All the ewes are in good condition I’ve been feeding them well and they have pasture, not much, but at least they have something green. I’m hoping Ringo can breed and settle them all for fall lambing. Then they will be ready for auction in January.

I wouldn’t normally breed back so soon, but the girls are fat and sassy and I’m trying to get them lambing together as a group. We’ll see how it goes. Go Ringo!

 

[Baymule]

Ewes I have now.
Daughters of Miranda
Nova
Nora
Tiny
Lucy
Eve

Registered ewe
Dessa

Original ewe
Ewenique

Ewenique’s granddaughter
Frimplepants

Ewe lambs I’m keeping, all Ringo daughters
Pinto From Ewenique
Cookie. From Eve
Rainbow. From Lucy
Dainty. From Nova
Butterfly. From Frimplepants

#3 granddaughter named Butterfly, Reeya. It just didn’t roll off the tongue. @animalmom pointed out that she had a butterfly spot on her lips. I showed it to granddaughter and she promptly changed name to Butterfly. MUCH better!

 

[Baymule]

Won’t be closing on farm on Monday. The title company in Groveton handling the paperwork for the title company in Lufkin has had the paperwork for over a month. Nothing has been done. Trinity county inbreeds just can’t handle the brain work. Their tiny little foreheads are probably covered in sweat at the effort.

 

[Mini Horses]

I hope there was a LOT of insistence to get it done!! . WE want it closed!!!

Whose been on follow up duty? This can't be last minute!

 

[Baymule]

Can’t fix stupid.

 

[Ridgetop]

Small title companies in small town are not always familiar with stuff, and don't seem to have any incentive to close promptly. Maybe in the larger towns the sellers want their money faster! When we closed on our ranch it took 2 months for 1 week's work since they were not familiar with 1031 closings. Our broker and the 1031 exchange agency had to talk them through it! Then they put the title in the wrong name and had to redo it since the names in a 1031 exchange have to match. (Seller of exchange property with buyer of new exchanged property.)

 

[Alaskan]

 

[Ridgetop]

Do you have a new closing date yet? At this rate you will still be living in Groveton for June knee surgery! Did you get a quote from the fencing guys DS recommended?

 

[Baymule]

Now we have a May 5 or before closing date. I’m so ready to get started on moving!

No, haven’t contacted the fence crew yet. Won’t have a survey for another 6 weeks.