Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Pastor Dave]

I can't think of another forum where you can talk about getting excited about a dog smelling sheep butts and folks know what you are talking about.

I don't do other forums. The content on those aren't as worth while as discussing dogs smelling sheep butts. The folks on here are like-minded, morally decent folks, and make me recall the country I use to love. We have to stick together discussing sheep butts and good ole dogs. Maybe throw in some hay talk, a new tractor, building a barn, and some goats and rabbits too. All in all at the end of the day, I would rather go to bed tired from that than live in the city and discuss politics.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Good pic of the dogs too.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Growing like that, he won't fit in her shadow for very long....the pic reminds me of an old saying....they look like 2 peas in a pod.....

 

[Baymule]

I don't do other forums. The content on those aren't as worth while as discussing dogs smelling sheep butts. The folks on here are like-minded, morally decent folks, and make me recall the country I use to love. We have to stick together discussing sheep butts and good ole dogs. Maybe throw in some hay talk, a new tractor, building a barn, and some goats and rabbits too. All in all at the end of the day, I would rather go to bed tired from that than live in the city and discuss politics.

 

[Mike CHS]

Most of the first ten ewes in with the ram look visibly pregnant and a couple look far enough along that I think we had some fence line breeding. We will put the younger ten ewes in the same pasture in another week and the youngest is 10 months old. Our spotted ewe will be in with that bunch - she has had almost 3 months off after we pulled her lambs. Once it gets cold and the ticks aren't an issue we will use the next months through the fall and winter to do woven wire perimeter fencing so we will have two layers of fence that we can use for security and grazing. That will also put all of our property inside of fence and we have a decent ally all the way around our place.

One of her lambs came down with Bottle Jaw about a week ago and we have been working through that. She seems back to normal and has gotten even more spoiled with the extra handling and treatment.

The Akbash pup is looking really good. He is becoming more independent of Maisy and wanders down in the pasture to sit and watch the boundary while sitting with the sheep. I expect him to be an issue with chickens but I'm going to retrofit a gate from the chicken pen to the paddock that the dogs are in so I can do some supervised visitation.

 

[CntryBoy777]

It'll be interesting to see the lambs that Ringo produces for ya. I like your idea of having an alley as a barrier and cushion from the animals....will it just be wire, or are ya going to put up hot wire too?

 

[Mike CHS]

We are going to use woven wire and hot wire on top. That is a main deer travel area right now so we shall see how much time I need to repair.

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm really liking this puppy. He was standing side by side with Maisy this morning and I think his feet are out growing the rest of him. His paws are as big as Maisy's.

 

[Pastor Dave]

It's always neat seeing a pup grow into their feet.

 

[Bruce]

If that is the case @Pastor Dave, he's going to be one big dog since his feet are growing faster than his rapidly growing body!

Hopefully Maisy will help him understand chickens are not toys when the time comes.