BrownSheep- It's been a while

[BrownSheep]

Well, Florida was nice....not very Christmas-y but nice. My wonderful cousin took care of our menagerie. He took care of the 42 sheep, 7 yaks, 5 dogs, 30 chickens, and the multiple cats.

Of course , in typical sheep fashion, the sheep escaped the pasture while we were 2,600 miles away. They were in the road so some one called the sheriff and the sheriff called my dad....Who didn't answer. Luckily it is a small town so he called my uncle. So the sheriff, my uncle and a couple cousins herded them back in and mended the fence.

The dogs decided to do the impossible and eat a 100 lbs of food in the ten days we were gone. The chickens also cleared out their feeders. Once again it's a small town so my cousin just told the feed store that and they let him charge it to our account.

While in Florida we hit pretty much all of the parks....I am middle aged at heart and am parked out. We also saw a bobcat walking down the interstate and some whitetail...White tail deer are midgets! I'm use to mule deer which are apparently giants. Also, how do southerners live with gators! I would have serious trust issues with water if we had them.

Not to much more to report but I need to go check on the sheep and yaks.

 

[bonbean01]

Glad you had good people to help get the sheep back!!! And feed for the dogs and chickens were taken care of.
I lived in Florida for ten years, and didn't go close to lake sides for fear of alligators...in our little beach town a woman was jogging on the path beside the river and an alligator attacked her and chomped down on her thigh as she was going by...some idiot snapped a photo...was in the newspaper...before calling 911.
Also got paranoid at the beach when our little city's beach became the world's shark hot spot one summer...so many shark attacks and warnings on the beach.
Several different kinds of poisonous snakes and spiders...and in summer, red bloom on the ocean killing fish and air making people sick on the beach...lots of good things too though...loved being able to pick fresh oranges, grapefruit, kumquats, lemons and limes in my backyard...and much warmer winters!

 

[BrownSheep]

I saw those fruit trees with fruit just going to waste...It was so odd to me. Also, Spanish moss was a new one for me.

My uncle that lives down there says during gator breeding season he has to walk his dogs down the middle of the street because they will lay underneath the cars and listen for the jingling of the collars.

Sheep all look good. At least two will lamb before the end of January. As big as a barn and starting to bag up.

 

[jodief100]

Glad you were able to get things taken care of.

Here's to little lambs soon!!!!!!

 

[BrownSheep]

Well I think our breeding schedule is going to work out like it always does. No babies until the weekend after I leave.
They could start this next week but going off udders I doubt they will, unless we have one who just "booms".

I applied for, and was offered, an internship with a research project at my university focusing on Golden Eagles. They also want me to apply for a program which will actually allow me to work more in depth in the program and get paid! They said they thought I would be an excellent candidate for it. If I am grated it I will be paid up to $3,500 for the semester.

 

[BrownSheep]

Well, we'll be getting Harry, the bull we sold, back! We have more cows so can we handle him being here.

The way it's working out we will buy him back for a hundred less than we sold him for and I 'll get rid of some of my chickens!
I'll be getting rid of about 20 hens which is fine with me since I've want to get rid of the for a while.

 

[BrownSheep]

He's baaaaaaack! I didn't expect to get him until this weekend, but the guys said they'ld bring him out.

I guess he beat up all of their big bulls.

 

[elevan]

Congratulations on the internship

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Congrats on the internship! Good luck on the program...Hope you get it!

Hope your old/new bull works out. Sounds like you are glad he is coming home. Is he friendly?

 

[BrownSheep]

Both our bulls are gentle...from the other side of the fence. They get jumpy if you approach them with out a fence.

Kind of how we are with them...Fence good! No Fence and we all keep our distances.
They will both eat from your hand and allow their foreheads to be scratched.

He was part of the first calf/cow pair we bought so we are a little sentimental about him.