Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

It's a team effort in just about everything.
I haven't looked my signature since I put it up there.

 

[Bruce]

I haven't looked my signature since I put it up there

Most of us don't! But since I noticed it I figured Thor should get a credit line.

 

[goatgurl]

congrats on the acquisition of that big name. hopefully he will grow into his big dog voice and have the sound of thunder when he barks. such a pretty boy, and he seems like he is settling in nicely. I can easily tell the difference in Katie and marco's bark. he has that male deep big dog bark and she can get high pitched when she is really excited.
I got such a laugh out of cheepcheep harassing the dogs, she is such a brat. bay's right, she needs her own thread

 

[Mike CHS]

We canned a bunch of apples today and in between batches I put a whole chicken on the grill. Being used to have to always be doing something on the grill I haven't gotten used to this one yet. Prepped the chicken, started the grill and didn't even raise the lid for an hour and a half. I hate to admit it but even though I do some super good grilled foods, this is the best chicken I have had and I didn't have to do anything but season the bird, start the grill and then take it off.

We bought apples with a neighbor and wound up with 14 pints of apple sauce each.

 

[CntryBoy777]

The applesauce sounds wonderful....but, that "Yard Bird" looks simply Delicious!!...

 

[Mike CHS]

It was Fred. That grill takes away the challenge but it's nice to be able to get it started and walk away.

 

[Mike CHS]

We will be putting the rest of the ewes in with the ram in a couple of weeks. All of the older ewes seem pretty dried up and in good condition. I called the young ones up this afternoon because I wanted to take a better look at our #2 lamb born in December. When we weighed the herd a few weeks ago she came in at 70 lbs according to the scale but that didn't seem right. After we let her out I noticed that the scale was set up over a piece of the chute hardware and figured it threw the weight off. We put her in a halter for the first time and kind of duck walked her with her between my legs and weighed her today. She is actually 98 lbs so we can cancel our plans to cull her. She isn't as big as we would like but she if well built and in great condition. It's amazing how strong a lamb is that is under 100 lbs.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Don't they quit being lambs at about 50-60lbs?....

 

[Mike CHS]

They go by age here. Under a year is a lamb. These girls have been hugging the fence with Ringo since they were 5 months old. I was looking at the older girls today and it looks like two of them are about two months pregnant and they have only been with the ram for 3 weeks.

 

[Bruce]

Don't they quit being lambs at about 50-60lbs?....

Officially they stop being lambs when the "break joint" in their leg fuses. Of course until they are butchered, that isn't something one wants to test It happens, IIRC, at about a year.

I hate to admit it but even though I do some super good grilled foods, this is the best chicken I have had and I didn't have to do anything but season the bird, start the grill and then take it off.

With all you have to do, not having to bird sit the BBQ is a big plus!