Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[B&B Happy goats]

They both sure are handsome, but the first one makes me want a ram...ohhhh that face

 

[Baymule]

What's extra nice about them is both are calm but confident just like Ringo.

Do they love animal crackers like Ringo?

 

[Mike CHS]

They do but they are even easier to handle than Ringo but they won't be as heavy as he is. I don't even need a bucket with these boys. I just say Let's Go and they follow me to wherever it is. This morning we worked on them and put them in the holding pen at the end of the chute. When we were done I just let them back in and opened the shop door and they followed me through there to get out.

 

[AmberLops]

A little touch of Fall is in the air. I went out and hauled water and fed Maisy and never even broke a sweat. Up until today I've been going through a couple of sets of clothes every day. We have a rack outside the door that we can put the wet clothes on and with the sun and heat they would be dry in about 30 minutes. A couple of pictures of a couple of the boys since I had the camera and they were clean for a change.


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They're beautiful!

 

[Bruce]

So Bay, who are you going to sell Ringo to when you have "too much" of his genetics in the herd and which of those 2 rams are you going to buy from Mike?

 

[Mike CHS]

Every ram lamb on our place are sons of Ringo.

 

[Mike CHS]

We cooked a bunch of lamb chops on the pellet grill a couple of days ago. Most were from a small lamb and a couple of the large chops are from the big boy we processed last summer so I made a Black BBQ Sauce to go with it. I'm posting the base recipe since it also works with goat and venison. The only place I've seen the black sauce mentioned is in places in west Kentucky where many years ago they were one of the biggest sheep producers in the U.S. I like to do what we did tonight and sauteed some chopped onion with some canned mushrooms until translucent and I then added the cooked chops and about a cup of the sauce. Covered the pan and let it simmer for about 15 minutes. The sauce does a decent job of tenderizing the meat.

Black BBQ Sauce
Makes. 3 cups
Preparation time. 25 minutes.
Keeps. Because it has a high acid content, it can keep for months in the refrigerator.

Ingredients

2 cups water
1/2 cup Lea & Perrins Worcestershire
1/2 cup distilled vinegar
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 1/4 teaspoons table salt
1 1/4 teaspoons lemon juice

Method

1) Mix all the ingredients in a pot and simmer for 10 minutes.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

With all the goodness included in that sauce there's no way it's not absolutely delicious!

 

[Baymule]

So Bay, who are you going to sell Ringo to when you have "too much" of his genetics in the herd and which of those 2 rams are you going to buy from Mike?

Ringo is never going anywhere. When Mike is through with Maxwell, he's mine! LOL

 

[Mike CHS]

Ringo is never going anywhere. When Mike is through with Maxwell, he's mine! LOL

I almost wish I had added Mama to your trip when you came to get Ringo. She is the spotted ewe that you call Eye Candy. She and Ringo were bonded and always hung out together along with Maisy. She has needed worming more than I like but she has some genetics that makes for huge sheep. She is losing some of the weight now but I think I posted awhile back that she was 187 pounds.

If you had not offered to buy Ringo I would have rearranged my pasture to allow him and a couple of wethers a place to stay for as long as they lived. If you ever decide you don't need him any longer I'll come and get him.