Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Maybe you can catch up by March 30, 2019

There is so much from about that point on that was just daily routine that it makes me feel bad that he is going through all of that.

 

[Bruce]

Hey those of us that have followed along LIKE reading all those daily routine things! STA is enjoying his retirement by catching up.

 

[Latestarter]

Or, alternately, he determined that trying to catch up would require retirement... I mean, he has stalked a LOT of pages since his arrival.

 

[misfitmorgan]

That post was just referring to the wether that was being processed for @Latestarter . Katahdins are a bit smaller than the Dorper cross that we started with but not all that much. Ours can add almost a pound a day for the first 3 months or so but we creep feed the lambs. Ram lambs don't get but very little grain (just enough to keep them tame). After that they go on straight grass or in our case mainly hay until the grass starts growing again so a lot less gain but we aren't in a hurry to market.

I didn't monitor the weight on the one that @Latestarter got since he was being held for more of a scheduling thing for Joe so I don't know when he hit his max weight or no way of knowing how long he was at that weight. That one was 8 months old. I would have to back and check but I think his wether was 8 months old.

As a rule, hair sheep do gain a little slower than the "meat breeds" like suffolks... even dorpers will grow a bit more body than meat for the first few months. They are also a little bit smaller, on average except the dorpers. Most people have concentrated on them being more "rounded out" as far as gain with correctness of build, and healthiness and grass based genetics. It's like growing out commercial type cornish-rock chicks compared to "red rangers", that are designed to grow a little slower, utilize pastures a bit better, and have healthy legs to hold up the weight.

Thank you both for the replies, they make sense and were along the lines I was thinking. Still might be interested in hair sheep some day.

 

[misfitmorgan]

There is so much from about that point on that was just daily routine that it makes me feel bad that he is going through all of that.

Don't feel bad, that daily stuff is one of the reasons i love reading your journal!

 

[Rammy]

Maybe you can catch up by March 30, 2019

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

It may take that long. I am currently on page 385, but I have been doing nothing to speak of but reading BYH. Today I plan on doing a bit more outside, so I may get 10 pages read, if I am lucky.

 

[misfitmorgan]

It may take that long. I am currently on page 385, but I have been doing nothing to speak of but reading BYH. Today I plan on doing a bit more outside, so I may get 10 pages read, if I am lucky.

Thats what i tell myself too and then i notice it getting dark outside and wonder where the day went

 

[RollingAcres]

Or, alternately, he determined that trying to catch up would require retirement... I mean, he has stalked a LOT of pages since his arrival.

It may take that long. I am currently on page 385, but I have been doing nothing to speak of but reading BYH. Today I plan on doing a bit more outside, so I may get 10 pages read, if I am lucky.

No wonder you're not getting anything done or posting in your own journal because you've been spending all your time reading Mike's journal!

 

[Rammy]

You remember he was absent for a while when he started on @Latestarter's thread. We didn't see him for months!!! Just kidding, Joe!!