Baymule
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It looks like a winter squash. I wonder if it would keep. Have you tried leaving one on the vine to see if it would "ripen"?
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Mike CHS
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We haven't left any yet but it tastes and has the skin resembling zucchini. I like it I just never knowingly bought the seed.
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Mike CHS
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I'm posting a "just because" picture. The youngest group of lambs are amazingly easy to handle. I'm still giving them feed since several are going to market soon. I keep the gate closed until I'm ready to feed and then call them in. I'll go feed the cows while the lambs are eating and by the time I get back they are pretty much through and just hanging around. I'll put hands on those that I'm watching for growth and especially two of the rams that I think I'll register. They are docile and know not to be pushy or their nose gets popped. I've only had to do that once with each and they accept what they can get and don't ask for more. This whole group is well behaved and zero skittish except for one who I think has some missing cells but she's going to market also. As usual and I haven't figured out why, the sweetest of the bunch are the two that are going to wind up in the freezer. I mentioned before that our ewe lamb #70 was going to be a cull but she is literally puppy dog sweet and will follow me around for scratches. She must have heard us talking about her being a cull!!
There are 3 ewe lambs that will go based on size but the rest of the culls will be those that have had to have multiple treatments for parasites no matter their age. Wellllll, all except one of our original girls that isn't going anywhere.
The youngest group of lambs are amazingly easy to handle. I'm still giving them feed since several are going to market soon. I keep the gate closed until I'm ready to feed and then call them in. I'll go feed the cows while the lambs are eating and by the time I get back they are pretty much through and just hanging around. I'll put hands on those that I'm watching for growth and especially two of the rams that I think I'll register. They are docile and know not to be pushy or their nose gets popped. I've only had to do that once with each and they accept what they can get and don't ask for more. This whole group is well behaved and zero skittish except for one who I think has some missing cells but she's going to market also. As usual and I haven't figured out why, the sweetest of the bunch are the two that are going to wind up in the freezer. I mentioned before that our ewe lamb #70 was going to be a cull but she is literally puppy dog sweet and will follow me around for scratches. She must have heard us talking about her being a cull!!There are 3 ewe lambs that will go based on size but the rest of the culls will be those that have had to have multiple treatments for parasites no matter their age. Wellllll, all except one of our original girls that isn't going anywhere.
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Mike CHS
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We had an anti-low carb evening. We had some pasta with ground lamb in tomato sauce and some fried green tomatoes. The tomatoes were dipped into flour, then an egg and buttermilk bath, followed by a dip in some Zattarain's fish breading mix.. Awesome
Baymule
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It's hard to beat fried green tomatoes. 
CntryBoy777
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Ya may have a cross pollenation of plants.....I can't remember which they are, but squash is one that will cross pollinate and produce a blended fruit.....I thought in looking at it that it may be zucchini and spaghetti squashes....melons will do that too....We haven't left any yet but it tastes and has the skin resembling zucchini. I like it I just never knowingly bought the seed.
Beekissed
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We saw an albino red tail hawk the other day close to our place...first I'd ever seen. I think you hit the nail on the head with this guess.
Very pretty birds, those.
Baymule
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found it ETA well maybe not, I went back and looked at your picture again
https://www.rareseeds.com/zucchini-gray-/
https://www.rareseeds.com/zucchini-gray-/
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Mike CHS
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The color is the same but not the shape. I gave up looking since we like all of the squash that we grow anyway.
RollingAcres
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Did you plant the squash from the seeds you saved? Like @CntryBoy777 squash plants will cross pollinate.The color is the same but not the shape. I gave up looking since we like all of the squash that we grow anyway.
