Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Congrats!! Does that mean you are done for this round?

That is the last one for us for now. I just went out to see how she was doing and the lamb is nursing and the ewe is doing her job. She is one that is more comfortable around the house so I expect she will stay here for a bit.​

 

[Mike CHS]

It turns out she had another lamb after we assumed she was done so she is nursing twins now. One ram lamb and one ewe lamb right at 8 pounds each.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Guess she wanted to make sure she was on the keeper list, so she coughed up another, just for insurance....

 

[Mike CHS]

The #1 lamb that Jay took is still holding out. I saw her this morning and she is starting to bag up.

#11 is the lamb that we thought was stillborn last season since it took her so long to start moving. She was the only one we had to assist with also.

 

[Mike CHS]

I decided that I want to divide our biggest paddock in half so I'll go out today and mark everything and lay out the material. I'm just using 6' T-posts on this run and the high tensile Gaucho woven wire so it should be a one day project to start on Monday.

Since I said a 'one day project' it shouldn't take more than 4 days.

 

[Mike CHS]

We tagged and weighed the lambs - The ram lamb (TN39) was 7.5 and the ewe lamb (TN40) was 7.75 long and lanky with more of the Katahdin look than their dam.

 

[CntryBoy777]

They sure are Cute!!....bet they are super fun to watch, too! I always had a desire to have some, but haven't gotten there yet....and it feels like it is passing me by....but, ya never know just how things will turn out....been a busy past couple of days and glad courts are closed right now, so I can catch my breath.....

 

[Latestarter]

When you showed the pic of #11 cleaning her first, I was looking at that profile and thinking to myself there has GOT to be another hidden in there. She was hanging way low... Congrats on 2 more healthy lambs.

 

[Mike CHS]

When you showed the pic of #11 cleaning her first, I was looking at that profile and thinking to myself there has GOT to be another hidden in there. She was hanging way low... Congrats on 2 more healthy lambs.

All of ours that had twins when we were around always had them fairly close together. Since all of ours are on the heavy side it's hard to tell.

 

[Mike CHS]

We are serving lamb and mutton chops to several of the neighbors tonight. They have not had the meat so I'm using several different marinades and nothing but salt and pepper for several and nothing but Montreal Steak Seasoning on several more. One family already has some of our sheep and two others think they want to get some sheep but I suggested they try the meat first before jumping in with both feet.

My favorite marinade is a Basil Marinade. I use just about the same base but change the herbs for a bit different taste. I also made a marinade that I got from @Devonviolet that I really like.

Basil Marinade
Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Mirin (or white wine but I haven't tried it with wine though
Juice of one Lemon
Basil
Rosemary
Garlic Salt
Black Pepper
Brown Sugar