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Mike CHS
Herd Master
We got the main paddock done except hanging two of the five gates. Since this pen will also be our catch pen I needed a gate at each adjoining paddock - so five gates in this one pen.
Depending on the weather we will bring our sheep home either this coming week or the week after. We still have one wall of a lean-to to work on - some rotting panels and we need to re-set 3 of the 4x4's support the roof. Two of the post we are replacing are 4x4's that are setting on top of cinder blocks and not in the ground at all.
That should just be a few hours work (so it will probably take a couple of days but for all practical purposes the pen is ready to receive animals. The first pic is where I am making a turn around spot for loading/unloading which is one of the few level spots that we have with access to the drive way. The second pic shows (vaguely) the other end of this pen. We are now starting on the adjoining paddock that will have a gate across from the big gate in the picture. That paddock will go down to my shop then back around with just about 250' legs on all four sides.
The last picture is a "just because" picture of our Aussie and Border Collie after day in the training field working sheep.
The wall of the lean-to next to the shed is osb and rotten and has a ton of exposed screws that need to go before they stab our critters. We will be replacing the metal studs with lumber and adding siding and panels inside.
Depending on the weather we will bring our sheep home either this coming week or the week after. We still have one wall of a lean-to to work on - some rotting panels and we need to re-set 3 of the 4x4's support the roof. Two of the post we are replacing are 4x4's that are setting on top of cinder blocks and not in the ground at all.
That should just be a few hours work (so it will probably take a couple of days but for all practical purposes the pen is ready to receive animals. The first pic is where I am making a turn around spot for loading/unloading which is one of the few level spots that we have with access to the drive way. The second pic shows (vaguely) the other end of this pen. We are now starting on the adjoining paddock that will have a gate across from the big gate in the picture. That paddock will go down to my shop then back around with just about 250' legs on all four sides.
The last picture is a "just because" picture of our Aussie and Border Collie after day in the training field working sheep.
The wall of the lean-to next to the shed is osb and rotten and has a ton of exposed screws that need to go before they stab our critters. We will be replacing the metal studs with lumber and adding siding and panels inside.
