Margali's Griffin Wood Ranch

[Baymule]

Sounds like progress is being made. Some will become your best friend, some merely tolerate you. Either one is better than panic at sight of you.

I got a roll of Premier 1 electro netting. So far I’m happy with it, it creates a good barrier.

 

[Margali]

This weekend is all about the bees.

Today I removed a swarm in a water valve box for a nice couple in Grand Prairie. As a bonus, I found another swarm moved into an empty hive I had set up.


Tomorrow we are going to pickup some nucs.

 

[Baymule]

You are amazing!!! I want to be like you when I grow up!! Free bees, just for going and getting them! Winner!

 

[Margali]

But @Baymule , I want to be YOU when I grow up!

Removing them was super easy and she paid me gas money. Lady stated someone else quoted her $250 which is ridiculous for a meter box swarm. That's cutout (of walls, ceiling, etc) pricing.

 

[Baymule]

I admire bee keepers. Bees are amazing creatures. I like planting flowers for them.

 

[Margali]

Beehives installed at my yard. I need to put down some more cardboard to kill grass.


And... the young ladies are with Aria now. I'm not sure if they are going to work long term on my farm. Pepper went thru electric and Dash went over like a deer. They are going to stay in run out pen while I rerun electric with more rows.

 

[Mini Horses]

They sure are pretty tho. . Sometimes they calm after lambing.

Don't know with sheep but, my goats show me their escapes. If I call and they are in area of escape, they come back same way! Then I can go fix.

Yeah my goats jump well...and NO respect for electric fence!!

 

[Baymule]

Aria stays because she was hand raised and not wild. My first 4 ewes came off a 300 acre ranch and bounced off the wire in the lot if I so much as looked at them. It took awhile, but they settled down and learned to eat out of my hand. How old are these two and when do you plan on breeding them?

 

[Margali]

How old are these two and when do you plan on breeding them?

They are about 3 months old right now. I plan on breeding them this fall at about 8 months. It depends how well they grow out.

 

[farmerjan]

They may get better being in with Aria.... make it a habit of always taking them a little something... if she comes to you they will usually follow... since they know the taste of grain... They may never be super friendly... but their lambs will usually be a little better if you are around them from birth... @Baymule 's experience with hers shows that they can get better... but you may never be able to keep them in electric unless it is netting and they do not "see a way out"....
Maybe just get some lambs out of them and then sell them and keep the lambs... make them a means to an end...