Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Baymule]

I would love to get a picture of one of my favorite events but it's not likely. That would be the reaction a lamb gets when they finally get tame enough to realize that hand moving across their back actually feels good and then they don't want to walk away.

Our granddaughters were here for spring break. We had all those lambs and the girls were enjoying them. This little guy walked up to say hello and got showered with scratches. He couldn’t get enough of it, they named him Star. I don’t know which one of them looks the happiest.

He got so comfortable with all that attention, that he laid down.

 

[Mike CHS]

You can tell that all three of them were loving it.

That boy has some nice lines!

 

[Baymule]

I have kept him for insurance until I get registered sons from Ringo. I also kept a black and white ram, named him Snip. He also came up for scratches and attention. Star looked much better, but now Snip has passed him up. I put Snip with a young ewe 2 days ago and he got right down to business. Interesting to note, Snip’s balls are twice the size of Star’s. After observing that, I half expected to hear Star Baa-baaing in a squeaky voice!

I’ll have to get a good picture of both of them so you can see what I see. Snip is bigger, looks heavier and is one put together boy!

 

[Mike CHS]

Some pictures from this morning. The lamb in the first picture could easily be a pet. We don't give our lambs a lot of hands on time until after they are weaned since the majority of them will be going to the market but this ewe lamb was completely tame from the day she was born. In the picture she is in her "I'm ready for my treat" pose.

Next is a picture of the Game Hen that hatched a half dozen chicks three days ago. And last is the ewe lambs and Pete the wether along with Mel waiting for breakfast.

 

[Beekissed]

I have kept him for insurance until I get registered sons from Ringo. I also kept a black and white ram, named him Snip. He also came up for scratches and attention. Star looked much better, but now Snip has passed him up. I put Snip with a young ewe 2 days ago and he got right down to business. Interesting to note, Snip’s balls are twice the size of Star’s. After observing that, I half expected to hear Star Baa-baaing in a squeaky voice!

I’ll have to get a good picture of both of them so you can see what I see. Snip is bigger, looks heavier and is one put together boy!

Bay, that Ringo is throwing some NICE lambs!!! That's what I want my lambs to be like....long, balanced and sweet.

 

[Beekissed]

Some pictures from this morning. The lamb in the first picture could easily be a pet. We don't give our lambs a lot of hands on time until after they are weaned since the majority of them will be going to the market but this ewe lamb was completely tame from the day she was born. In the picture she is in her "I'm ready for my treat" pose.

Next is a picture of the Game Hen that hatched a half dozen chicks three days ago. And last is the ewe lambs and Pete the wether along with Mel waiting for breakfast.

Mike, your sheep all look so sleek and lovely!!! I can't wait until my flock all looks like that....all close in shape, size and confirmation, consistently putting out lambs of the same each year.

 

[Baymule]

Your pet ewe is a pretty girl. That little hen is a keeper! Mel and Pete? Which one is Pete?

Since I bottle fed 2 lambs, we now have our own resident wether, Panda. I’ll follow your lead and give Panda assignments to do. LOL

 

[Mike CHS]

The ewe lambs in the last picture were the best of our last lambing of 24 ewe lambs but one of this bunch has a couple more months to show me something or she will be sold. She isn't up to what we like but she is still above average. We have someone that wants to buy so we can breed her in a few more months and then let her go.

 

[Mike CHS]

The temps today were ideal for spending time outside. I had a couple of hours of mowing and weed eating to do but other than that I spent some time with the adults as they grazed fresh grass and moved the lambs and dogs back on to the shop paddock so we can check them out tomorrow. They are all between 5 and 6 months old and so far have not needed worming. They are all from ewes that have a history of great parasite resistance so we shall see how it keeps going. These girls that we kept lambs from are all 4th generation born on our little farm from parents that had proven resistance and all except one have not needed worming except a preventative after lambing. Their paternal side has Maxwell and Ringo in their genes and both of those rams came out of lamb parasite resistance programs.

It's obvious that Cooper has been hard at work and just from a visual check and hands on they all look bred except for two that I'm not sure of. Of course, Murphy's Law says that those are the only two that I have to have in a stall to handle. Cooper may prove me wrong some day but for quite awhile now he is as easy to handle as the ewes and doesn't show the least bit of aggression even when I'm walking among the ewes that he is sniffing out. He has lost a bit of weight in the last month but he needed to do that anyway.

 

[farmerjan]

Gotta get back that trim "manly " shape to keep the girls interested.... Fighting weight!!!!! Only no fighting allowed.....