Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Our first two and a half years was renovating the house and hauling trash. It takes awhile when we could only be here for 2-3 days a month and several months in a row I couldn't get off at all. But that is why when we were looking, we didn't look any further than 8 hours from Charleston so we could get at least one day here.

 

[Mike CHS]

We have one of our black ewe lambs that has been treated for Barber Pole worms twice now and she is one of two that now has scours. We had treated for cocci but now our vet is suggesting that we treat foe E-Coli with Spectoguard which like most things is an off-label use of the med with sheep. We are going to pick up some Dectomax injectable for the black ewe which is a broad based, long lasting parasite control. It takes care of most of the eggs and we will follow up with Prohibit to take care of any that hatch in the next week or so while they are in quarantine. There was a lot of information about the latter from New Zealand but not a lot here although it is readily available.

 

[RollingAcres]

This is another recipe that I got from Facebook but I'm posting the direct link for those that don't use Facebook. I rarely follow a recipe exactly as written but this used a combination of spices/ingredients that I wasn't familiar with so I followed the recipe to make sure if I wasn't happy, it was the recipe and not my changes that caused it.

The recipe called for leg of lamb but I wanted to see how it did with one of the lesser cuts and used a shank. I did not follow the cooking method though but I scored the shank and applied the rub and then seared it on all sides. We put it in our pressure cooker and cooked it for 45 minutes. If you like the spices contained in this recipe give it a try - we cook extremely well but this was one that made you smile as you started eating. The sauce contained in the recipe is worthy of keeping all by itself. Not nearly as sweet ad American sauces but the flavors blend so well you don't need the sweet.

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2017/05/pulled-lamb-sandwiches-oven-recipe.html

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Looks delicious!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

So will you use the Soectogard or avoid it??

 

[Mike CHS]

So will you use the Soectogard or avoid it??

I'm going to use it. At this point I would settle for getting the black lamb cleaned and then sent to market but that's yet to be seen. The other I'll use it on also since she has had no parasite problems - her egg count has been among the lowest in our bunch and since she's showing no sign of cocci we will take the vets advice since he has been right on with everything to this point. Teresa is at a Master Small Ruminant Management workshop for the rest of the week and she talked to some of the bigger growers in middle Tennessee and they all use it when the common things don't work.

 

[Baymule]

Spectoguard, Dectomax injectable and Prohibit-are these available over the counter or at the vet's office as a prescription?

You have tried everything with this black ewe, you are wise to sell her. But then you have the other one, and she has strong parasite resistance, go figure. Makes it easy to choose which one to keep.

 

[Mike CHS]

We can get all of those at the Co-op. We do get quite a few things at the vet even though he charges more since he is so free with his time on the phone.

The Dectomax will give you sticker shock though.

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa just called and said the workshop she is in this week has been real informative. We also didn't realize that this workshop gives us the certification that makes us eligible to participate in the Tennessee Agriculture Enhancement Program since that is the only thing we were missing. We had looked into it but weren't sure we wanted to get into that but the Dept of Agriculture rep at the workshop convinced her to fill out the forms to apply since the deadline for the coming year is the 15th of this month. We were planning on closing in our sheep handling area to make it more bearable for both us and the sheep and it looks like the state might reimburse up to 50% of the cost if we go that route. Like most gov't programs there are some requirements to satisfy but none are out of line.

 

[Mike CHS]

Getting ready to do afternoon chores but I had to post a picture of the ewe lambs first. I feed them about 3:30 every afternoon and right at 3:00, this is what they are doing. They are right across from the house and will just stare at it trying to use thought waves to make the feed show up.

 

[RollingAcres]

Getting ready to do afternoon chores but I had to post a picture of the ewe lambs first. I feed them about 3:30 every afternoon and right at 3:00, this is what they are doing. They are right across from the house and will just stare at it trying to use thought waves to make the feed show up.

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