Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

It is. That's what we used when we enclosed the lean-to and it worked well. We have some red stain that we are using on all of those things. I would have to look at the name but I think it was siding. It's lightweight and easy to work. I just ripped 2x4's in half for all of the inside framework.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I've seen it before and thought about it or T-111 when I did the bird house, but I'd already bought the plywood and I hate to waste anything, tho thru my mistakes and mis-calculatuons I do a good job at it...and have to think of something else to use it for....like a couple of brace posts that I cut too short, they are going to be the legs for the hoof trimming table that I'm going to work on a little later....

 

[Mike CHS]

We had a new experience tonight. Maisy had one of the tree protector tubes that don't work and was rolling around and tossing it in the air and then chasing it. She has taken to sitting at the gate that divides the ewe pen and the ram pen and often sits touching noses with Ringo. Ringo decided that he wanted to play and started chasing one of the wethers. I thought at first he was being aggressive toward it but saw that he would chase it and then nudge (not butt) it to get it moving again. I think the behavior might be a bit of boredom coupled with he is within a fence width of 20 ewes plus he was best friends with an LGD where he came from and they would chase each other.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh....he is telling ya to him In coach....he is ready to Play....Centerfield.....
I know....I know....gotta wait, but that is what he is thinking, anyway. It sounds like Maisy is settling in with the new set up, which is a plus...and Ringo could be her buddy as well. That garden is really doing good and coming right along. Glad the fruit trees have some on them after that crazy winter we had. I used to have a couple of cherry trees, but they never beared much of anything...I was a lot younger then, and had a growing family and it seemed I worked a lot of nite shift work, and didn't even try to have them produce. So, I hope ya get some....I really am hoping for some figs this year....I love figs....

 

[greybeard]

I've seen it before and thought about it or T-111

I'm not a fan of T-111. Unless the way it is made has changed in the last few years, it's prone to rot and mildew.

I built a little 16'X16' shop a few years ago and went with 3/8" Smartside pre primed panels. It has held up well, even tho I never did paint it. Not as cheap as T-11 but I have seen too much rotted t-111 around here.

If I build another one, I'll probably use Hardy.

 

[Mike CHS]

We have been training the sheep inside their pens with electronet. Curious critters they are and after the 2nd or 3rd time of being shocked they seem to leave it along. Ringo grew up with this type of fence but the two wethers with him had their first shocks today and now leave it alone.

When we laid out the fence we worked 8 gates into the layout so we have access to almost double the pasture as they now have and lets me concentrate on clearing trees off the property line so we can finish the perimeter fence.

I let them all out yesterday on some grass that we won't be cutting for hay and there is no fence at that spot. I did have a bucket of grain on the golf cart to get them back in before they wandered too far.

Lance our Border Collie stays in sensory overload with all of the sheep wandering around right in front of him and he can't do anything.

We are going to have a good bunch of blackberries this year.

In the picture with the ram and the two boys you can see one eating on his knees. He has done that since he started grazing.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Interesting way to eat but I guess if that works for him

 

[CntryBoy777]

I know they enjoy the extra area to stretch their legs in....that boy on his knees, he probably got so use to being on his knees while nursing and thinks it is a better way to eat. Comet, our white wether, use to lay down and eat in a circle around where he was lying....he eventually grew out of it tho.
I sure Love blackberry cobbler and jelly, too. I have used the jelly with chicken and pork in some recipes as a glaze...really realy Good.

 

[Latestarter]

My goats will sometimes get down on their knees to graze. I think it's just easier on their necks. and less time consuming getting food to mouth...

 

[samssimonsays]

My boy goats will lay down and eat.... the girls will kneel and eat as well lol