Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

Our TN1 ewe that just had twins Wednesday finally came back in so we could get some pictures. She did the same thing last year - went to the spot the farthest from any activity and spent two days there. She might have come in sooner if I hadn't taken water out to her. We didn't get a good shot of the ewe lamb but did the ram lamb. Both were 9.2 pounds on day one.

We have had some visitors from the city that are in shock when they see grazing animals all around and right up to the house. The pictures in the previous post were taken on the lawn as are the two in this post. Our 'lawn' is situated on a rock shelf that doesn't get muddy and to make it better the sheep like being outside the fence. I can call them in no matter where they are and they come running.

What better scene for sitting back yard that the green grass and peaceful sheep? Your city friends get a real treat when they come to visit.

It was cloudy but pretty out today. I have been going out several times a day to let the pup in with the sheep. Maisy is fine but a dozen lambs racing around the pasture is too much temptation so I am only letting Thor roam with me and the sheep. We had a couple of times that he wanted to go play with the lambs but he responded to my stop.

We have two of the ewes in the first group to lamb with one I'm not sure she is pregnant and the other was the only ewe that had to be assisted last time. The last eight are getting close with two of the young ewes showing definite signs of lambing soon. One of those is sold so we are having to weigh when best to move her as she is only going down the road a half mile.

I'm trying to get a load of gravel dropped at our place to correct a error in the way I set up the area to be able to back a trailer in for loading. That spot has been solid even when wet until recently. I have some sheep sold but no way to load them at the moment so I'll get that done in the next day or so if I can get some gravel dropped off.

you could always add some more fence to extend the area out to where it's dry... Just kidding of course. Hope you can get the gravel fairly quickly and cheap.

I need a load of gravel to stop some erosion on the driveway anyway.

I've been working with Thor out among the sheep a couple of hours this afternoon and he is getting better. You can see that he still has urges to play with the lambs when they go galloping around at full speed but he's able to restrain it (at least while I'm out there).

I had to get on to him this afternoon when for whatever reason, he thought I had to be protected from the ram and went after him. I don't like being physical but he got the side of my boot on his behind when he got hold of Ringo's ear and he wouldn't respond to verbal calls. It may have been resource guarding since their feed was out there but Ringo was nowhere near that but rather coming up to me to see what I might have for him. He often gets animal crackers and always sniffs my pockets to make sure I don't have any.

Mike CHS said:

I need a load of gravel to stop some erosion on the driveway anyway.

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If you have any extra, I can use it

Mike CHS said:

He often gets animal crackers and always sniffs my pockets to make sure I don't have any.

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And relieve you of any he might find.

Sometimes you have to get their attention to get 'em to listen! LOL Poor Ringo, all he wanted was a cookie.