Baymule
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This little lamb couldn't have been born in a better place than with Mike and Teresa.
Teresa and Mike Lambing Thread Winter 2019 Part2
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B&B Happy goats
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Mike, thank you for the home alarm suggestion, we talked about it today, and IF we can find a company that has a system we like...we will get one for sure. We only have cell phones here and would want one that doesn't depend on internet ..... so some research to see what is available is on my list. 
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Mike CHS
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Mike, thank you for the home alarm suggestion, we talked about it today, and IF we can find a company that has a system we like...we will get one for sure. We only have cell phones here and would want one that doesn't depend on internet ..... so some research to see what is available is on my list.
Our cameras are cell phone based and separate from our alarm but our alarm system is Simplisafe because they have no contracts but I don't know if they have a cell based system.
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Mike CHS
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Ashlyn 2.0 (the black lamb) looks to be getting some improvement. We went to the vet to get some BoSE and after talking to him we decided not to splint or to wrap it.
In case any wonders where the name came from, it comes from the DIL. When they were visiting she asked if we would name the black ewe after her since she had been one (a black sheep) when she was younger. So her lamb became Ashlyn 2.0. We only have a few critters that have names. I named our problem ewe GeGe because she reminds me of the oldest daughter. The grandsons gave Thor his name because he reminded them of our SIL whose name isn't Thor but he is big like the Viking ancestors he has so the boys called him Thor.
In case any wonders where the name came from, it comes from the DIL. When they were visiting she asked if we would name the black ewe after her since she had been one (a black sheep) when she was younger. So her lamb became Ashlyn 2.0. We only have a few critters that have names. I named our problem ewe GeGe because she reminds me of the oldest daughter. The grandsons gave Thor his name because he reminded them of our SIL whose name isn't Thor but he is big like the Viking ancestors he has so the boys called him Thor.
B&B Happy goats
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We don't even have a land line for phone, cable tv isn't even out in our area, lol....did look up for local security system companies around here...none so far....so I don't know if we should look at some of the DIY sets or what. I would like something like ADT so i could push a button if help was needed..... we can't depend on a cell system here, very little signal available. .... maby someone knows of a system ? Our neighbor has a land line so i know we could get one installed here...just need to find security system...
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Mike CHS
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Simplisafe is a DIY and can be monitored by them with links to Fire Department and Police or you can do self monitoriing where the system sends alerts to your phone.
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Mike CHS
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We got caught up with ear tags this afternoon. These pictures are of the twin ram lambs that were born yesterday. One is going to be pretty independent it looks like so far. The black lamb became 51 in the process of tagging since we just tagged lambs in the order they were caught. The black ewe lamb is fast.
B&B Happy goats
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Looking at it now, thank you Mike
B&B Happy goats
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looking at your lamb pictures is ALMOST making me want to........naw,... can't give up my goats.
I will continue watching and enjoying yours 
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Mike CHS
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I wanted to post these pictures to show how hard a sheep mama works for their babies. The one picture doesn't show it real well but in both pictures the ewe is making her lamb stay on its feet. This is before we knew of the pastern problem with the lamb but every time the lamb would lay down, the ewe would hook her hoof under it or over it to make it stay upright. That behavior is why we called them in to check it out as normally we leave them alone for a day or two before stressing them out but it seemed like the ewe was wearing the lamb out. The vet said today that is why she is probably healing so fast and just smiled when we showed him the picture of the ewe. She is a first timer but has great instincts.
