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Mike CHS

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We have been getting RSVPs for our sheep workshop Saturday and so far it looks like there will be over 60 people coming. Lots of pork shoulder to cook Friday night and a couple of neighbors will be helping to make the sides.

We have several things donated by the local CO-OPs and TSC in Lewisburg donated a digital two gun safe that retails for $119.
 

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Our UT agent was out today to talk about the workshop we are doing Saturday and was briefing us on what he was going to discuss including Permits for Black Vultures that you can get through from the state via Farm Bureau if you are a member. They are proving to be a major problem around us and have been reported to kill several lambs. I have managed to run them off when I see them roosting in trees by shooting up into the tree. They are evidently pretty smart and so far have taken the hint. Evidently what they want you to do is to shoot one (you can shoot up to three) and hang it/them in the area where they are being a nuisance and they will then avoid the area. I can see that working since I have done that with Crows that are being a pest.

He seems to have a pretty good presentation on parasite control and will do some hands on Famacha training and also scoring our animals on their condition in our handling chute.
 

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Sounds like a really good and informative meeting ahead. We have a couple of kinds of vultures here and both are soaring around here daily, but haven't heard of any issues as of yet. Even Gabbie watches them and runs and barks at them and hawks....of course, the ducks and chickens treat anything large as a hawk.
 

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