Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Possession is nine tenths of the law...right?....

She never bonded with the ewe lambs like she did the older girls. She looked over the lambs but she never went out and followed them around like she does the older girls. All day today, if the herd moved, she was right with them so we will go back to our old feeding spot that is in with her girls since she will be staying with them for the time being. There will only be one herd after this week.

 

[Baymule]

LGDs behavior patterns...… aren't they great? Maisy didn't want to be taken away from her girls. She loves them and wants to stay with them. You bad Doggie Daddy! Gotta love them.

Since my sheep barn and lot is not connected to any of the pastures, I shake a can of feed, call loudly, open gate and pour out feed. Then I open their gate, they RUN to where I put out their feed. Evening-rinse repeat-backwards.

 

[Mike CHS]

I can get the older girls to go anywhere with or without a bucket just by calling but I have kept the younger ones in a close paddock because we were hearing more coyote noise in the outer pens. They will all be joined and with the dogs soon as we run fecals.

 

[Baymule]

How is Thor doing?

 

[Mike CHS]

Thor and I had a session a couple of weeks ago and he has been good since then. I won't post my method but it worked. He was getting out of control with his love hate thing with Ringo and I didn't want that to spread to the rest of the herd so I stopped it. I love the boy and want him to do good,

 

[Baymule]

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[greybeard]

There are auction barns around here, but they mostly do cattle, one in Elkhart that is a horse auction and one in Sulphur Springs that is for dairy cattle. San Angelo is the spot for sheep and goat sales, but that's a LOOOOONG ways off. How fortunate you are to have a auction barn so close. I like the prayer before starting the sale.

SS Livestock auction is not just for dairy.
The regular stocker sale was always every Monday, and the Dairy sale was Thursday but the dairy has changed to only one sale each month--1st Thursday of the month..
They also do the NorthEast Texas Beef Improvement Organization sale (netbio) sale about every other month. Here's the results of their last sale in July...next NETBIO sale will be Sept 19.

https://www.sslivestockauctions.com/netbio-salessheet.html

https://www.sslivestockauctions.com/netbio.html
Both Livingston, and Navasota routinely run sheep and goats thru the ring but the closest place for your neck of the woods is probably Mill County Livestock in Goldwaite or the Tuesday morning sale at Waco. (goats and sheep starts at 9am with the cattle sale later that day)
Goldwaite website:
https://www.millscountycommissioncompany.com/

mkt report:

 

[RollingAcres]

Look, who's pic is scrolling on the BYH homepage

 

[Mike CHS]

One of the few times he sat quietly.

 

[Mike CHS]

The Black Vultures are in attack mode again this year. I'm not sure what drives their prey drive but I renewed my Depredation Permit to take out the three that I'm allowed. Last year after I took one out in their roosting tree I never saw them back there again.