Baymule
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Those nachos look so yummy! Beautiful sheep, as always. I love that black spotted ewe, Momma. Her lambs are always so pretty.
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Mike CHS
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Momma is the ewe we got from a farm in Carthage, TN where we got Ringo. They used poly rope as a perimeter fence and she would just run through it knowing it only hurt for a short moment. I'm pretty sure I posted before but they called a couple of weeks after we brought Ringo home that they called and offered to sell her since they couldn't keep her in.
Baymule
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Poly as a perimeter fence? 
Smart girl to figure that out. 
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Mike CHS
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Almost all days start off with a smile but not this one. I was going down the hill to the shop paddock and could see Maisy by the gate and figured she had come through the jump gate. But when I got out there I saw three ram lambs when there should have been eight. I headed down to the next fence and could see the other ram lambs in with the ewes. Percy and one other lamb are definitely ready to breed so we will see how many oops we have later on. The biggest problem is that the ewes that are most likely ready to breed are their dams so we shall see. I should have know the day wasn't going to be perfect when the weather station said high of 95 and humid today and not much later Fred the steer licked me in the face when I turned around to shoo him away.
On the plus side, thanks to our sheep being tame, I was able to sort the 8 boys out from the other 40 sheep by myself since Teresa had run into town.
On the plus side, thanks to our sheep being tame, I was able to sort the 8 boys out from the other 40 sheep by myself since Teresa had run into town.
Bruce
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Did you figure out how they got where they shouldn't be?
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Mike CHS
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There was a gate open at the far end but I have no idea how it got open.
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Mike CHS
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I just finished spraying the interior fences and it's hot enough that I'm not doing anything else till later. We are heading to the Amish produce auction.
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Mike CHS
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We didn't get a whole lot but did get some Concord Grapes and a peck of cucumbers to add to ours for pickles.
Baymule
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Oops....
not much you can do about that. I have one of those, maybe you won't have any oopsies show up. 
Those grapes look good! Making jelly?
not much you can do about that. I have one of those, maybe you won't have any oopsies show up. Those grapes look good! Making jelly?
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Mike CHS
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They are going to be jelly. We were surprised at how much is there. Just one peck container filled up an 8 quart pot that we processed tonight.
We stopped in Pulaski on the way home from the auction and stopped by our favorite appliance store. They have prices as good or better than the big chain stores and we have bought all of our major appliances from them. We bought a 21 cf freezer to replace the one that we mistakenly bought in an estate auction. We also talke to him about a washer that he has on the floor. It's a Speed Queen that doesn't have all of the EPA compliance problems like not enough water, and all of the other modern day wimpy washers have. This one is classified as commercial and is the same functionality that you get at a laundromat. It has a ten year warranty (both parts and labor) so that's hard to beat.
We stopped in Pulaski on the way home from the auction and stopped by our favorite appliance store. They have prices as good or better than the big chain stores and we have bought all of our major appliances from them. We bought a 21 cf freezer to replace the one that we mistakenly bought in an estate auction. We also talke to him about a washer that he has on the floor. It's a Speed Queen that doesn't have all of the EPA compliance problems like not enough water, and all of the other modern day wimpy washers have. This one is classified as commercial and is the same functionality that you get at a laundromat. It has a ten year warranty (both parts and labor) so that's hard to beat.
