Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Southern by choice]

We have been together for going on 8 years and have never had a cross word so we should be fine.

Awww newlyweds! So sweet!

Slowly trying to catch up and see how everyone's lambing & kidding season is going.
Really nice flock you have there. Very healthy looking animals.

Did it make you sad when the sheep you sold saw you and cried out?
Nice lamb crop!

Yikes on the shoulder replacement. Recovery is long but living in pain is longer. Glad you had it done. I wish I could get mine done.

Everything looks so beautiful on your farm. Dogs are the best though!

 

[Mike CHS]

Did it make you sad when the sheep you sold saw you and cried out?
Nice lamb crop!

They treat her good so I'm happy she's in a good place. They called me yesterday because she had gotten cut on something and couldn't catch her. I went over and walked into their shelter and she came right in and stood there while I checked her out.

 

[Mike CHS]

I got two of my raised beds that I worked on with the Broad Fork the other day planted this afternoon. The onions in one of them looks like they are starting to put on some size.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

What a beautiful view!

 

[Mike CHS]

Thanks. If I ever tire of it it's time for me to get put away.

 

[Baymule]

You two worked all your life, now it's time for y'all to do what you love to do. Wake up on your farm, enjoy the beauty all around you and work your A$$ off!!

 

[Mike CHS]

Today is going to be a full work day if my shoulder is up to it. We are bringing all of the sheep in to do hooves for those that need it and to worm those that need that. Today is weaning day for all of the males that are two months are older since they all go to market on Friday so it is going to be noisy around here for a few days. It is also the day to decide which ewes go and which ones stay. We have 3 in mind that we might send to market also but that will depend on their condition when we get hands on this morning. Nursing has taken them down enough that even if we wanted to breed them back it would be 3 months or more before they would be in the shape they need to be in to be safely bred.

 

[Mike CHS]

About half way through the sheep, Teresa asked me "Are you sure this is how you want to spend your retirement instead of traveling around?" We finished up right at 3:00 this afternoon after starting right at 0930 but that includes setup time and running the netting to get them back to the paddock we want the ewes in. The ram lambs are all sorted and the noise level is going down a little bit but I'm sure the neighbors down the road are wondering what kind of torture we were doing to the critters.

I only sliced open one finger and only got kicked once but it was by our biggest ewe 33 and she got me right on the side of an elbow.

I'm attaching some pictures of our setup. It's overkill for someone on our scale but I have never regretted spending the $, especially after working 42 sheep. I do all the trimming and table work so even with an injured shoulder, I have no problem working on them. That is Teresa with Jay giving checking condition and doing their Famacha score.

The one with the spotted girl in the table is the one that kicked me at the bottom of the table plus she was trying to turn over so I had to coax her back the right way.

 

[Baymule]

I love your setup and admire it on the internet. Overkill? Hardly, I call that smart. It will allow you to keep doing what you are doing long after you would have to come off the road and sell your motor home RV. Traveling around, who needs it?

 

[Mike CHS]

I love your setup and admire it on the internet. Overkill? Hardly, I call that smart. It will allow you to keep doing what you are doing long after you would have to come off the road and sell your motor home RV. Traveling around, who needs it?

I have what I have wanted for as long as I can remember and it just gets better.