Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Bruce]

Funny isn't it @CntryBoy777 ? @NH homesteader and I are waiting for the ground to thaw to do stuff and you have to hurry before it gets too hot to move let alone do heavy work.

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm still learning to adjust to going from zone 9 to zone 5.

 

[NH homesteader]

I thought you were zone 7?

 

[Mike CHS]

Fat fingers

 

[Bruce]

I guess so since if you were in zone 5 you would be way up here with @NH homesteader and me! Though I'm barely in 5, relative proximity to the heat sink that is Lake Champlain. We are 5a and in a cold year could be 4b.

 

[NH homesteader]

I am actually 4b. I looked it up a little while ago.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I could be wrong, but I believe the last time I checked we were 7b....the line for zone 8 is a little south of us here.

 

[Mike CHS]

The last couple of days have been just getting almost done things done. We were getting ready to order a tilt table and just happened to be in the Farm Center yesterday and the owner (new we were going to buy one) mentioned he had seen one listed in Craigslist. We initiated an email for further contact and they got back to us today. They had bought one from For Most Livestock Equipment that has all of the bells and whistles but after getting it found that the one they had worked better for calves so they decided to keep using their original even though they have sheep. Teresa mentioned to them that we were looking for a Katahdin ram and come to find out they have one of those also that fits into our plans perfectly.

Depending on how the weather is in the next few days we will go pick up the tilt table and take a look at Jerry. He has been their herd sire for two years now and he needs a new flock.

Meet Jerry:

 

[CntryBoy777]

He sure does have a pretty stout look about him, and certainly will add some colors to the herd. Sure hope it works out for ya...I'll do all I can to hold the weather up for ya a bit to get your business squared away.

 

[samssimonsays]

Wow! I know nothing about sheep but Jerry looks pretty nice!