Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Bruce]

March ... going out like a lamb.

 

[farmerjan]

Ours is going out like a lion!!!! Had 6 inches this past Tues. night and Wed. Heavy wet snow. Pastures and fields were a real greasy slick mess. Had several calves born in the mud and sloppy mess. Now we are in line for ANOTHER snow this weekend. It is a fairly narrow band coming down out of Minn and N. Dakota, Iowa, Indiana, Ky and is supposed to hit southwest Va during the day on Sat. with snow through the night. It is only supposed to be 90 - 100 miles wide but the amount of snow will vary by exactly where it hits. They are looking at nearly a FOOT in Wytheville and affecting the Martinsville, Va. Nascar race. We could get anywhere from a trace to 5 inches should it shift a little north. Rain around it but we are going to have a little "cold spot" in the middle and get the white stuff.

We still have some snow on the fields where the sun didn't really get warm enough to melt it yesterday and today after Wednesday's snow. I am hoping for it to get cold enough tonight to be able to haul a truck full of 5 gal buckets of feed to fill the cans at the barn from my bulk feed bin at the other barn. Nearly slid halfway down the hill today as it was already getting slick before 10 when I was doing chores to get ready to go to work.

I thought the calendar "OFFICIALLY" said spring...???

 

[Mike CHS]

Our spotted ewe had a single ewe lamb this morning - long legged and probably around 12 pounds. You can walk up to most lambs and pick them up during their first couple of days but this lamb wasn't easy to catch even almost right out of the womb. I'm pleased with the new camera - these pictures were zoomed from about 200' away.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That is some solid color in the flock and just Love the markings!!....Congrats on another amazing lamb!!....

 

[Bruce]

I see she has already made a friend.

I'm pleased with the new camera - these pictures were zoomed from about 200' away.

Now we are in line for ANOTHER snow this weekend.

Sure glad I don't live down south where they get a lot of snow Of course spring, official or not, won't be here for a month yet.

 

[Baymule]

As always, I love the pictures of your sheep. Such lovely green pastures contrasted with the white and spotty ewes with their lambs.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Adorable ewe lamb! Is she a keeper?

 

[Mike CHS]

She is a keeper. She is one of our full blooded Katahdins. Right now it looks like all of the ewes are keepers except for 2 that will be bred back and sold as exposed to keep our numbers where they need to be.

 

[Mini Horses]

Love the white tail tip on that adorable black ewe babe! her mom is a looker too. The Katahdins are such nice colors. If I were doing sheep, they'd be my choice.

 

[Mike CHS]

The 'lawn' adjacent to the paddock needed cutting again and the sheep cooperated - I'm just putting these pictures to show how fast the lambs are growing. The oldest ones are 5 weeks old and in most pictures you can't tell which ones are the lambs.

All of this growth is on milk and grass so far. I was only able to get a couple of the oldest to eat some feed this morning and the creep feeder we set up is sitting idle so I need to rethink that design.

You might notice that Thor has been doing some slight modification to the hoop house shelter in the far field.