Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Baymule]

If you think he is going to shred your arms to hamburger , put him in a pillow case. Cut a hole to put his leg through. You might not catch him again for a looong time. You can cut a small breathing hole, but not big enough to poke his head through. You can twist the pillow case around him like a mummy and keep him from struggling and getting hurt.

 

[Mike CHS]

She seems to be pretty forgiving. The Doc said to do the treatment once a day for three days so she won't be getting much outside time. I used a towel around her and put her on the freezer on the porch so I could use my chest to keep her down. The wound is far enough back that Teresa could get to it to flush it and she didn't fight too bad since she couldn't move. Some of the infection started out immediately after the flush.

 

[Baymule]

Sounds like you have a better relationship with your cat, than you thought you did.

 

[Mike CHS]

We went in to Kroger for their early hour and got a couple of things but the shelves looked like a Florida store the day before a hurricane hit shore. That will probably be the last time we go to town for quite awhile since we coincidentally bought 1000 lbs of feed before this silliness started. That is more than enough to get us through weaning since most are already self weaning their lambs. We changed our plans as far as taking sheep to market. We will still take most of the ram lambs and the cull ewes next week but we will retain the rest for a bit till we see what the market will do. In spite of this current cold snap, we will have plenty of grass to graze 50 or more for a few more months or until the meat market stabilizes.

Talking to other folks that raise sheep there seems to be quite a desire from people wanting to make arrangements to grow sheep out and sell off the farm. If nothing else we can hold them in reserve in case any friends needs some assistance.

 

[Mike CHS]

The cat cooperated (sort of) for another injection tonight but the wound looks much better, She is sitting on the arm of the chair as I write this so she obiously isn't holding a grudge.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Mike,

I plum forgot to ask, but did you get any nasty weather up your way when the storms came through a few days ago? I saw where Mississippi and Alabama got hit with tornadoes.

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[Mike CHS]

Mike,

I plum forgot to ask, but did you get any nasty weather up your way when the storms came through a few days ago? I saw where Mississippi and Alabama got hit with tornadoes.

Senile Texas Aggie

Thanks for asking. There was a lot of noise and wind but the tornado activity was south and north of us.

 

[Mike CHS]

We ran the sheep through the chute again this afternoon and did the hooves on the seven ewes that still needed it. We gave everyone a dose of garlic and ran them all across the scale to see how the lambs are gaining. The last born group is in the 35 to 45 pound range and the majority of the rest are 50-60 pounds and are getting an average gain of a pound a day now that they have steady access to creep feed. Most of the ewes are getting into good condition in spite of still nursing and most are nursing twins or trips. We will sort again later this week to pull all of the ram lambs and to sort 3 cull ewes to take to the sale along with the ram lambs.

We pulled fecals today on the three aren't where they should be condition wise so see how they are handling the worm load. We want to pull fecals later also from all of the lambs whose dams have had the most difficulty with a worm load to see how they better than their dams. Even those that have needed worming weren't as bad as several before last years lamb crop.

 

[Mike CHS]

I forgot to add the picture that Teresa took of one of the ewes in the "Deck Chair" for anyone that hasn't seen one.

 

[Bruce]

Looks like "enhanced interrogation" there!