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Mike CHS

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@Mike CHS,

What made you want to replace Ringo -- to avoid inbreeding, or something else?

If I had enough land I would keep him as long as he lived but I don't. This next breeding season would only have had 4 ewes that weren't his daughters and it worked out that @Baymule can make better use of his personality with her Grands.
 

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It is wet and dreary out but at least it isn't cold. I figured the sheep are tired of eating hay so Lance and I let them out in the yard and garden beds around our house where this is some nice winter growth.
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I spend entirely too much time on BYH when the weather is like it is today. We just had a Premier1 order arrive. We haven't had any issues with sheep prolapsing but we have seen others deal with it not well on social media sites so we order a couple of prolapse belts. We were reading where several people use an antiseptic lube on lambs ears when applying ear tags.

We decided to use a blue name tag for 2019 but we will only use them for stock that will be either recorded or registered. We have two ram lambs that are showing some great conformation and if they continue this way they may be good candidates for recording.
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I was getting dressed to go out and feed so when I looked at our nursery paddock, I did not see a single one of the 22 sheep that should have been in view. Somehow the gate was opened and all of the sheep were out getting some nice lush grass. Rather than call them back in I stood there and watched them until they had their fill and then called them in.
 
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