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Mike CHS
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The lambs are looking great and hardy. We haven't had any complaints for awhile now and it's still fun.
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The lambs are looking great and hardy. We haven't had any complaints for awhile now and it's still fun.
Baymule
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Heavy on the fun part! Yes the sheep are work, but so worth it!
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Mike CHS
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We brought the sheep in and spent a good bit of time deciding who goes and who stays so we can make a run to the sale on Monday. We are planning on putting the ram back in with the ewes in a couple of weeks. We have two ram lambs that look so good that we are going to hang on to them to see how they fill in for a bit longer. We are retaining 8 of the ewe lambs but culling one of the yearling ewes.
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How much rain did you get out of the last storm this past week? It sure didn't give us much here... couple of tenths.
Hope the lambs do good at the sale.
Hope the lambs do good at the sale.
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Mike CHS
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We didn't get much other than a couple of sprinkles out of this last cell. Wind brought down a couple of trees that fortunately fell away from the fence rather than on it.
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Mike CHS
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It looks like we will be taking 14 sheep to the sale tomorrow. One of the ewes is a registered 2018 ewe but she has never been what we want in our base flock and although she is a sweetie, she has had her time here and has required constant worming. That ewe had a set of twin rams that were about as perfect as I have seen and we are going to grow out one of them for sale. The other made a point of looking me in the eye and then head butting my hand that was laying on the chute. Not just once, but repeatedly. That kind of attitude I don't need and not especially in a 6 week old ram. 
Baymule
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At 6 weeks old and trying to kill your hand, nope! Gotta go! He got an early start at being a jerk.
Hope y’all do good at the sale.
Hope y’all do good at the sale.
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Mike CHS
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We worked the sheep again today and went ahead and pulled all of the lambs and moved the senior ewes to a paddock well away from the lambs but close enough to the rams that it will be a simple move when we are ready to start breeding. We moved the two ram lambs to a small paddock off by itself. They are super skittish, and this paddock always works good to get sheep tamed. Depending on how the ram lambs grow, they both can be registered if they deserve it.
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How are your temps doing? We were pretty nice yesterday considering the chilly start... breezy but decent. Today started solder, but not much breeze and it got actually hot in the sun this afternoon.
So, how many ewes are you going to be breeding? How many ewe lambs did you wind up deciding you "had to keep"
????. Such a dilemma....
So, how many ewes are you going to be breeding? How many ewe lambs did you wind up deciding you "had to keep"
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Mike CHS
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Our temps have been just about perfect since that last short cold spell we had. We will have 24 ewes ready for the ram in a few weeks. We kept 8 of the ewe lambs also but they are just a bit over three months old.
