Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

Baymule

Herd Master
Joined
Aug 22, 2010
Messages
33,092
Reaction score
98,665
Points
873
Location
East Texas
Love the green hilly view! Ya'll are making progress, one dirt digging at a time! Lots of hard work, getting a property to be home, but how awesome it will be to pick fruit from your own trees!
 

Mike CHS

Herd Master
Joined
Mar 18, 2013
Messages
10,407
Reaction score
37,368
Points
793
Location
Southern Middle TN
I was missing those cool days we had last week since it got right back to the heavy heat. We are starting to fence our first paddock that will only be about 1/2 acre and is close to the house. Eventually this will be where a dairy goat will reside but the 1st occupants will be a few ewes (hopefully bred) that we will pick up in November. Everything will be ready for them except for the LGD which is why it will be close to the house. We want to make a trip to Florida before that to visit family for a few days before getting the sheep.

Teresa is putting the finishing touches on the inside of the house and we also started clearing out part of the property line in preparation for the second paddock that will be close to 3 1/2 acres and will be adjacent to the shop.
BYH Pasture Cutting Hay III 25Aug 2016.JPG


Hay is being cut today by our neighbor and hopefully will get done before the rain starts again. We have good enough control of the weeds that he wanted to cut square bales for horses but when they started cutting there was no rain in the forecast.

Today is the 1st time I've seen the dry creek that is the property line at this point.
BYH NE Fence line clearing 25 Aug 2016.JPG
BYH Pasture Cutting Hay III 25Aug 2016.JPG
BYH NE Fence line clearing 25 Aug 2016.JPG


Not sure why I'm showing more than two pictures in my preview since that is all I uploaded. :)
 

Baymule

Herd Master
Joined
Aug 22, 2010
Messages
33,092
Reaction score
98,665
Points
873
Location
East Texas
Very pretty! Twice as nice LOL! When will you be getting a LGD and what breed are you interested in? If you have sheep before you get a LGD, build them a tight shelter that is coyote proof. Coyotes are terrible here. Last night Trip, one of our GP's tuned up in his deep bark, coyotes were howling across the road.
 

Mike CHS

Herd Master
Joined
Mar 18, 2013
Messages
10,407
Reaction score
37,368
Points
793
Location
Southern Middle TN
We will probably be looking for a Great Pyr or Anatolian or a mix from what we have seen on this forum. The sheep will come first which is why we are building the 1st pen right by the house. We have coyotes in the area but everyone has dogs so they aren't too much trouble.

I keep looking at those 10 pups that everyone is raving about. :)
 

Latestarter

Novice; "Practicing" Animal Husbandry
Golden Herd Member
Joined
Dec 31, 2014
Messages
11,384
Reaction score
17,481
Points
623
Location
NE Texas
Just commented on @secuono 's thread to you... You better get one (or two) reserved pretty quick. Those beauties won't last long! She's not too far from you in SW VA, and her dogs are being raised with sheep, so they'll naturally bond with yours. I understand sometimes dogs raised with sheep have trouble bonding to goats, and vice versa... I'm sure she'll be happy to hold the pups for adult dog training with the pup's parents while you're getting pens set up... Might charge a boarding/training fee, but that's fair...
 

Mike CHS

Herd Master
Joined
Mar 18, 2013
Messages
10,407
Reaction score
37,368
Points
793
Location
Southern Middle TN
Organic homesteaders wouldn't like how I spend my day today. I've found it easier and quicker to do driveway and tree edging with generic Roundup. The edge of our driveway going out is adjacent to my steepest slopes so I would rather get them with chemical once every couple of months than weed eat every week.

I had 3 wild cherry trees growing in the pasture and used my little Kubota to knock them over. Roots came out clean on two of them but one was a multi-trunk tree that needed digging out.

A friend of our neighbor had a calf that had injured himself (shoulder) and wasn't able to do well on the steep hills where they keep their herd. We got a good price on him and will dry lot him till he fills out and split it with the neighbor at processing time.

New Angus.jpg
 

Latest posts

Top