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Teresa and I both said we wished we had a video of me moving Hoss into the pen this morning. I was amazed how high his fat self could jump.
 

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You could always halter/lead train by attaching him to the back of the lawn tractor and taking him for a ride... :hide Just kidding folks! :lol:

A lot of 4-H and FFA kids halter train their steers how to lead with a tractor.
 

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I'm often amazed at how the Boys can jump, run, and reach things that seemed impossible for them to do so.....with Comet it is the belly that drives the desire, but competition drives Lightning. There is a huge difference in weight between the 2 now and when I reach up to pull acorns from a tree limb, Comet will jump up and try to lean on me like they did when they were smaller....and will knock me backwards for 3 steps....even when I'm braced for it. I can still hold Lightning up, but Comet thinks I should be able to hold him too....Comet is about 110-115 and Lightning is about 80-85.....:)
 

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Fred - I carry a light weight buggy whip when I'm working with the dogs because the sheep think they can run my way and they will be safe. Problem is they literally run straight at me somehow thinking they will miraculously wind up behind me. I don't have to use it, just hold it up. Either way this is the first time I saw one that big and fat jump high enough that his rear legs were waste high to me with his front legs a couple of feet over my head. I'm glad it was one of the tame ones. I can see I need to start doing more halter work with the ones that will be handled manually.
 

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We have still been getting quite a few peppers from the few plants that we left in the garden beds. I could probably pick a five gallon bucket of jalapenos but we already have more than we can eat between now and next summer. I'll probably pull the last plants up next week and clean everything up and let them rest. The only cool weather plants we have in now are broccoli and cabbage.
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ONE jalapeño would be enough to last me from now to next summer. Next decade or two actually ;) I do need to make some more Pico de Gallo with tomatoes, onions and cilantro from the garden. Fresh is best!
 

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I put out a couple of rolls of electric netting this morning and let the sheep move out onto that. That field was over seeded with rye grass 3 weeks ago and is pretty lush after all this rain we have been having. I seeded the pasture all around their main paddocks so they can be on that for quite awhile. Jay said he saw a couple of coyotes coming out of our woods this morning so we ran more hot wire on the outside of the two paddocks that didn't already have multiple strands of it.

Three of the ewes that we put in with the ram last month look like they are already with lamb. Seven others are looking like it also but too soon to be sure. The 8 ewes we put in yesterday are already standing for the ram.

Sheep in netting2 16 Oct 2017.JPG



Sheep in netting 16 Oct 2017.JPG
 

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Ringo just needed the opportunity to prove his Worth...and it sounds like he is well on his way of doing just that....:thumbsup
We ended up with a whole .1" in the guage, but am hoping that will be enough for the seed to get started with.....I really don't want to drag hoses around to water....:)
 

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