Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

We are following Baymules example and taking tomorrow off to go to a Farm auction.

We are down to the last 200' of fence to hang and then the gates for this first paddock. We started to hang the 100' or so in the lower right of the picture and I decided to add another brace at the top because at that point the fence makes a 45 degree turn to form the side of the catch pen. We went ahead and dug the holes and set the poles in concrete so it will be ready to finish stretching on Monday.

There is another 1 1/2 acres beyond the treeline in the upper right which which will be a training pen. The big open space to the left runs almost 2000' north to south and border the CSX railroad that goes into a tunnel that runs under our driveway. That will be all woven wire fence for the perimeter and cross fenced with electric. We still have a lot of trees and brush to cut down but we are leaving the old useless field fence to identify the property line but our new fence will be about 20' inside our property line to let me maintain both sides without issue.

The acreage below the new fence will have a 30' lane between that fence and the next paddock which will also be hot wire inside woven wire perimeter.

Boy that sure is a nice piece of property Mike....and putting that fence up that quick is just amazing to me...and makes me very envious of ya there.

Thanks Fred but we had planned to have the fence in before the 1st lambs were born but life and higher priority projects set us back more than we ever thought possible.

We may handle our next lambing season a wee bit different but not much. We both really liked the ease of caring for the new lambs for a few days in a shelter with their moms and that even had a major impact on the ease of handling them and the ewes as the lambs mature. The ewes went from nearly feral to being easy to handle in less than 3 months.

A testament to planning ahead... You had already done all your research and spent time at the farm they came from. I wish I had spent more time learning before I jumped into goats. Of course there's always more to learn but would have helped me to learn at least some of it ahead of time! Lol

I had planned to be finish with this here last Spring...early Summer, and almost a year later, I have some to go, but can see light at the end of the tunnel finally...

You both have done a wonderful job together with not only the "Chores" and building, but with your animals as well. There is a lot of coordination that has to occur for there to be as much progress as you've made on your place. There is always more to do or get done, but if ya weren't busy you'd drive yourself crazy trying to stay busy with something. Ya worked hard all your life, and now ya can enjoy what ya Wish to do....instead of Have to do.

Mike, you and Teresa have a beautiful place. Once all your fencing is done, take a huge sigh of relief--and go out to eat to celebrate!

Or better yet, cook up some lamb chops!

CntryBoy777 said:

I had planned to be finish with this here last Spring...early Summer, and almost a year later, I have some to go, but can see light at the end of the tunnel finally...

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And it isn't an oncoming train!

Very nice looking place!