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Now @Baymule is going to want him that much more! Lol
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My thoughts exactly.... and if I had that type/breed of sheep, I would too!!!!!
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Mike CHS
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We bought the head gate before we knew how easy Ringo was to handle. There is no way I would try to put that boy in the tilt table and he is big enough (right at 275) that you aren't going to pick him up to put him on his butt. I might have been able to do it at 40 but not at 68. 
goatgurl
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the pho looks really good and I love those spring rolls with the peanut sauce. we have several good Vietnamese places around here and I visit them frequently. one of them makes a chicken and veggies with garlic sauce that is marvelous.
i'm really you are getting one of those sheep chairs. I've eyeballed them but haven't ordered one yet. i'll be anxious to see how it works.
i'm really you are getting one of those sheep chairs. I've eyeballed them but haven't ordered one yet. i'll be anxious to see how it works.
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Mike CHS
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The couple that were our mentors said they did the same and sold their table after using the chair
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Bruce
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Time for a design change! Extend one end a couple of feet and et voila! Milking stand.
I know someone on another forum that has one, she thinks quite highly of it. Said it was really easy to use. Find or make a fence rail the appropriate height to lean the chair against once the sheep is in it.
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Mike CHS
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Bruce - I saw one at another farm and they just kind of roll into them and it is a lot easier than picking them up and setting them on their butts. The Deck Chair shipped from Premier1 this afternoon and should be here Friday just in time to bring the older ewes in for working on them either this weekend or soon after. I'm putting the ewe lambs in the dry lot in the morning since we are seeing more of a parasite load than expected. I guess I'll find out how much they want to follow that food bucket since there is a couple of unfenced areas that I need to walk them through. Lance is on standby. That will give me time to spray the two fallow paddocks after I cut them. The nursery paddock is getting a good stand of new Fescue and rye grass and it has been sprayed. I have decided to split the bigger 6 acre paddock in half. I already have the fence on hand and most of the posts I need so it's a cheap addition and will give me 8 paddocks to rotate through plus I still need to fence the last two acres that used to be garden. The worm loads still aren't in the danger zone but I want to see what I can do to put it closer to the "not to worry" point.
Just a side note - My shoulder feels like I played tackle football yesterday. Most of the ewe lambs are a bit smaller than the senior ones but they were still 100 - 130 pounds of 4 legged (I ain't letting you do that) critters and putting them on their butts was the most physical I have been since the surgery. The good news is that it is just muscle soreness from the severed muscles and not the joint so that makes me feel good.
That will give me time to spray the two fallow paddocks after I cut them. The nursery paddock is getting a good stand of new Fescue and rye grass and it has been sprayed. I have decided to split the bigger 6 acre paddock in half. I already have the fence on hand and most of the posts I need so it's a cheap addition and will give me 8 paddocks to rotate through plus I still need to fence the last two acres that used to be garden. The worm loads still aren't in the danger zone but I want to see what I can do to put it closer to the "not to worry" point.Just a side note - My shoulder feels like I played tackle football yesterday. Most of the ewe lambs are a bit smaller than the senior ones but they were still 100 - 130 pounds of 4 legged (I ain't letting you do that) critters and putting them on their butts was the most physical I have been since the surgery. The good news is that it is just muscle soreness from the severed muscles and not the joint so that makes me feel good.
Good to hear that the shoulder repair is working.
CntryBoy777
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I was wondering what variety of fescue?
