Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[RollingAcres]

The oversized raccoon is still on the loose but two young ones are no longer going to bother the chickens. They usually only raise 2 or 3 in a year so hopefully we are thinning down this group. Fortunately it is hunting season in Tennessee on private property.

Good job on the coons. Now only if @Bruce can catch his woodchuck...

 

[Mike CHS]

We had a couple of friends over for some spatchcock chicken from the grill. They like it with the sauce cooked on so that's what they got. I also cooked them some lamb chops after I pulled the chicken since they had never had it and they ate all of that too.

I pulled the zucchini when it was done and put it in the oven on warm with mozzarella cheese on some and cheddar on others.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yum!! Looks delish - as usual!

 

[CntryBoy777]

I sure haven't seen anything on Mike's grill that I wouldn't try.....we have a 12# picnic thawing in the fridge....gonna get it on the grill this next week.....

 

[goatgurl]

me neither, he always manages to make me hungry. guess i'll go see what I can find in the fridge

 

[Mike CHS]

me neither, he always manages to make me hungry. guess i'll go see what I can find in the fridge

I can't help it. We aren't doing any unusual sheep stuff but I like to post pictures.

Ringo is charging the fence though and the ewes are backing up to it so I'm working sheep for the next few days to get him back in with the ewes that will be bred and the few small ones moved to another paddock with the ewe lambs we bought last month. Just an observation but the registered ewe lambs that we bought are about 15% smaller than our commercial lambs that are the same age. Our commercial lambs are almost big enough to breed but not the others for several months. It is definitely the Dorper influence.

 

[Baymule]

Can't you register the commercial lambs as half Katahdin? I was looking around on the Katahdin Assoc website and they issue papers for half Katahdins from 1 registered parent.

 

[Mike CHS]

You can register them as 50% but it doesn't make a lot of difference from a dollar perspective. We are finding the market for commercial to be at about the same price point for healthy breeders.

 

[Baymule]

I would have thought that registered breeding stock would command a higher price.

 

[Bruce]

The Mongolian BBQ sounds quite good.

Mike never posts pictures of something I would want to eat. Nope, never
(I'll keep lying to myself if it is OK with y'all)