SageHill
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The bathrooms look fantastic!! That's a lot of work.
Ridgetop - our place and how we muddle along
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Mini Horses
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Great job on both bathrooms! I'm sure you're glad it's done -- for contented use and marking it off the list. 
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Ridgetop
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Yes, but my men are not happy at being told to wash outside and use a tree to kee[ those rooms pristine! 
Got the report on the necropsy. Couldn't find anything in the necropsy tissu samples. Negative for Brucellosis (I had my rams tested before coming out last May so pretty sure not that), negative for Campylobactor and Listeria. Probably not Chlamydia since only a couple ewes had dead lambs at the end of lambing season. Chlamydia would have infected entire flock. Cause was not able to be detected but safe to breed again and extra meds necessary.
Just one of those things. Could have been injuries too since the ewes like to charge through the gate opening and crush each other trying to get in. New gateway hopefully will stop that.
Today was a long one - we brought the ewes and lambs into the barn and sorted them as to whose mama was who. Most of the tags we had written down so not that much trouble sorting them out. Main problem was finding the ear tag # on the list and making sure we had a mama listed. Also vaccinated all the older lambs with 2nd CDT. Did 29 lambs, will do last 10 next month. Identified some VERY nice looking lambs in the group. Quite a few nice keeper replacement ewe lambs and several very nice ram lambs that we will grow out to see how good they are. Most of the ram lambs go to auction but there are a few with Australian/South African bloodlines that may be worth keeping for sale as stud rams. Also a few nice market lamb prospects for a couple special kids.
Th whole process took about 4 hours.
DS1 caught the lambs and I vaxed. DH blocked the gate by holding a 12' gate panel in place for all that time. We finally gave him a chair. LOL Exhausting - trying to find the numbers for each lamb and mom on the list while DS1 fought with a struggling lamb. I tried to convince him to set up a small chute but he said it was easier to catch the lambs. He said the lambs were so small that they can turn around in the chute. Next time I will set up the chute myself without him and it wll be a fait accompli. Also next time the lambs will be larger and older. The oldest lambs are about 6 weeks now. I would like to try to weigh some of the larger lambs to see what the weights are before they go to the auction. Some of them were pretty heavy. Once the lambs go to auction we will shear any ewes with leftover wool. Maybe cull a couple if they are not holding condition. One of them is looking pretty ragged and thin in spite of being wormed. She twined but her lambs were pretty skinny and then one died around a month old. Might have starved to death or been trampled in the ewe and lamb pen before the actual creep was up. We still need to worm the ewes for tapeworm with Zimectrim. Also need to worm the rams and open ewes with Cydectin.
Tomorrow Chasen is coming back to check the ground to see if it is dry enough to bring out the drilling rig.
A week ago, after I had changed the hay bedding in the doghouses, both the young dogs were barking up a storm at one of the doghouses. DH lifted the hinged lid and looked inside and discovered our gray tabby cat, Sam, curled up in a corner. It was during the super cold temps. We figured that she just wanted to be cozy and the dogs wanted her out of THEIR doghouse. A day or two later, DH found our gray tabby cat dead out by the barn. He thought he saw the dogs chasing it but they like our cat so wasn't sure what happened. We have had her for almost a year with no problem andthey have never bothered her before. We were sad and confused but I disposed of her body. Last night DS1 started yelling for me to come out to the carport. He was laughing and asked if I was sure the cat I disposed of was actually dead because he was holding our cat! She had shown up like always in the carport at night! No idea who that dead gray tabby interloper was but we were overjoyed to see Sam. I immediately filled her bowl with food and she dove right in. I told DS1 that she seemed very hungry and he laughed at me. He pointed out that I had not been putting out any food for her for 3 or 4 days thinking she was dead! Poor baby was probably starving. So glad she is back.
Got the report on the necropsy. Couldn't find anything in the necropsy tissu samples. Negative for Brucellosis (I had my rams tested before coming out last May so pretty sure not that), negative for Campylobactor and Listeria. Probably not Chlamydia since only a couple ewes had dead lambs at the end of lambing season. Chlamydia would have infected entire flock. Cause was not able to be detected but safe to breed again and extra meds necessary.
Just one of those things. Could have been injuries too since the ewes like to charge through the gate opening and crush each other trying to get in. New gateway hopefully will stop that.Today was a long one - we brought the ewes and lambs into the barn and sorted them as to whose mama was who. Most of the tags we had written down so not that much trouble sorting them out. Main problem was finding the ear tag # on the list and making sure we had a mama listed. Also vaccinated all the older lambs with 2nd CDT. Did 29 lambs, will do last 10 next month. Identified some VERY nice looking lambs in the group. Quite a few nice keeper replacement ewe lambs and several very nice ram lambs that we will grow out to see how good they are. Most of the ram lambs go to auction but there are a few with Australian/South African bloodlines that may be worth keeping for sale as stud rams. Also a few nice market lamb prospects for a couple special kids.
Th whole process took about 4 hours.
DS1 caught the lambs and I vaxed. DH blocked the gate by holding a 12' gate panel in place for all that time. We finally gave him a chair. LOL Exhausting - trying to find the numbers for each lamb and mom on the list while DS1 fought with a struggling lamb. I tried to convince him to set up a small chute but he said it was easier to catch the lambs. He said the lambs were so small that they can turn around in the chute. Next time I will set up the chute myself without him and it wll be a fait accompli. Also next time the lambs will be larger and older. The oldest lambs are about 6 weeks now. I would like to try to weigh some of the larger lambs to see what the weights are before they go to the auction. Some of them were pretty heavy. Once the lambs go to auction we will shear any ewes with leftover wool. Maybe cull a couple if they are not holding condition. One of them is looking pretty ragged and thin in spite of being wormed. She twined but her lambs were pretty skinny and then one died around a month old. Might have starved to death or been trampled in the ewe and lamb pen before the actual creep was up. We still need to worm the ewes for tapeworm with Zimectrim. Also need to worm the rams and open ewes with Cydectin. Tomorrow Chasen is coming back to check the ground to see if it is dry enough to bring out the drilling rig.
A week ago, after I had changed the hay bedding in the doghouses, both the young dogs were barking up a storm at one of the doghouses. DH lifted the hinged lid and looked inside and discovered our gray tabby cat, Sam, curled up in a corner. It was during the super cold temps. We figured that she just wanted to be cozy and the dogs wanted her out of THEIR doghouse. A day or two later, DH found our gray tabby cat dead out by the barn. He thought he saw the dogs chasing it but they like our cat so wasn't sure what happened. We have had her for almost a year with no problem andthey have never bothered her before. We were sad and confused but I disposed of her body. Last night DS1 started yelling for me to come out to the carport. He was laughing and asked if I was sure the cat I disposed of was actually dead because he was holding our cat! She had shown up like always in the carport at night! No idea who that dead gray tabby interloper was but we were overjoyed to see Sam. I immediately filled her bowl with food and she dove right in. I told DS1 that she seemed very hungry and he laughed at me. He pointed out that I had not been putting out any food for her for 3 or 4 days thinking she was dead! Poor baby was probably starving. So glad she is back.
