Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[mystang89]

You have a great looking herd! I love sunsets and sunrises. One of the most beautiful stores sites in the world to me. Thanks for the pictures.

 

[Bruce]

The last picture didn't capture what we wanted to. We were coming up on Lake Guntersville and there is some really steep (13 degree) grades and as we topped one of the hills it looked like the road stopped and you were going to run onto a grass strip power company line right of way going up the next hill.

That would be a cool picture. Next time!
It is sort of the opposite of a road we take on the way home when coming from the south. There is this sign

So you know there is a road going straight while the main road turns 90°.

But then you see this

Yeah, if you are paying attention you can see the back of the stop sign. There is no visual sign that there is a road going straight, just big arrows showing the road goes left. I tell people to just trust me, there IS a road there.

 

[Mike CHS]

I wonder how many people go flying up that road and wind up on the side road?

 

[Bruce]

Don't know but at least there IS a road if they miss the curve. Both roads have been there since way before you and I were born.

 

[Mike CHS]

It is hot enough outside that I did chores early this morning and said to myself that today is a good day to get caught up on some indoors things. We found a source for some custom feed that is even closer than our past feed source. He preps the food from 15-18% protein based on the ages of the lambs being fed.

We had been feeding a feed mix that the adults love but the lambs wouldn't touch it till they were 3-4 weeks old which meant that our attempts at creep feeding was a waste of time. It was very nutritious but was more powdery than I care for. The lambs ate the food last year but they were in a dry lot and learned from their dams to eat the feed. They still put on a little over 1/2 a pound a day on dams milk but you don't get the solid weight gain needed to get the premium $. What we are shooting for is 90 pound lamb or over at 90 days old.

I did go into town and pick up a couple of food grade drums since in order to buy this feed there is a 500 pound minimum and the drums will keep rodents out.

 

[Baymule]

We're doing that hug the AC in the middle of the day too. It's hot, dry, humid and we come in soaking wet, dirty and heat drained.

Glad you found a better source of feed for the lambs. We use metal trash cans for feed to keep rodents out.

 

[greybeard]

Culling time here too. This morning.

About to go in the ring

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hauled 8 altogether.
4 bull calves, 2 open cows, and 2 bred cows. One bred 8 months according to the palp report but I don't think that is accurate.
I won't know till I get the invoice and check how they did.

 

[Baymule]

Did you take them to the Livingston sale barn?

 

[Mike CHS]

We are hoping to be able to go the Midwest Sheep Show and Sale toward the end of June but it seems all of the available helpers during that time frame are going to be otherwise occupied. The show is in Sedalia, MO which isn't far from Teresa's siblings so we were hoping to see the show and visit family at the same time. It's a tax write-off but Teresa might be going by herself if we can't find someone to help with animals.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well, I'd volunteer, but with courts and all going on, I don't want to commit to something like that....especially with so many canines that are unfamiliar with me....they might not take too kindly to me sitting in "Poppa's" chair.........sure hope ya find someone closer by to help ya out there.....