Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[RollingAcres]

Thank you for the explanation.
Sounds nasty. I tried looking up some pics for bottle jaw in sheep. They look like they have "double chin".

 

[Baymule]

That is why shepherds and goaties keep such a close eye on their animals. They can easily die from a severe infestation. That is also why you take such animals with low resistance to sale. Cull out the poor doers and keep the best. Somewhere in the middle, EAT those!! LOL LOL

 

[Mike CHS]

Thank you for the explanation.
Sounds nasty. I tried looking up some pics for bottle jaw in sheep. They look like they have "double chin".

Those are the reason we spend several hours a week running fecals. Often by the time they have visible Bottle Jaw they aren't far from death which is why we give the extreme treatment that we do. It will either cure them or kill them unfortunately. What's bad is that we ran fecals and wormed both of these twice already. The Dectomax has a 70 day withdrawal period so they will stay on the dry lot till they go to market.\

 

[Baymule]

I am glad that Percy has found a good home. I know that his new family is going to love him!

 

[Mike CHS]

I am glad that Percy has found a good home. I know that his new family is going to love him!

The husband runs cattle but the wife wanted to get started in sheep to be able to let her grand kids be able to do things with her. She had looked at several that were more ram acting and she loved it that even a stranger could walk up to Percy with no reaction from him.

His back legs are on a rock so his top line looks off but it isn't.

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa just finished with the fecal slides for the problem sheep. Taffy and Princess are the ewe lambs that were rejected (my fault) by their dams and were raised together from day 1. Both got replacement colostrum and were together at all times. Taffy is one that now has Bottle Jaw and Princess has zero worm load.

 

[Baymule]

Percy sure has grown into a handsome boy! Lucky family!

 

[Mike CHS]

We have enough okra in the freezer already and now we are starting to do more Pickled for long term storage. I'm getting between 4 & 5 pounds every couple of days so we will be done with okra soon. One of our neighbors didn't put in much garden this year and they will take over picking the okra. I have offered that to people in South Carolina before and they want the produce if you will pick it and take it to them. That isn't going to happen but these plants will put on enough pods before they are done that the whole community will get some.

 

[RollingAcres]

That's very nice of you to share your abundance from the garden. I always put the invites out to our friends to come pick raspberries and blueberries but no one seems to want to do it. We have so much that we don't have enough time to keep up.

 

[Mike CHS]

Our ram Maxwell must have heard me telling Teresa that if he didn't get in with the ewes and wanted to stay with the steers, he could become one. I left the gate open after watering everyone this morning figuring that even if the cows came through I could get everyone separated by calling the ewes into another paddock. The girls helped the issue by coming up to the gate and giving him the "look" and he came on through. He's been a busy boy today and lambs could start coming by January 30th.