Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

Mike CHS

Mike CHS

Herd Master
Joined
Mar 18, 2013
Messages
10,448
Reaction score
37,613
Points
793
Location
Southern Middle TN
I post about all our rain but it is never griping. :) I'm just wondering if the morning spent spraying the grass in the driveway was wasted. :)

Did @Beekissed ever say how much they spent on the sheep they got. I looked back over the thread we were posting in but didn't want to hijack it anymore than we already had. I'm not being nosey but there are some surprises in the cost of some real nice commercial ewes. I was going to send a PM but this topic might help a few more people.
 
Mike CHS

Mike CHS

Herd Master
Joined
Mar 18, 2013
Messages
10,448
Reaction score
37,613
Points
793
Location
Southern Middle TN
I took a couple of pictures of the ram lambs when I was out giving them a bit of feed. They are on nice grass and don't need it but we are taking a couple to our Association meeting and sale in November so we want to keep them coming to us. The first picture is Percy and his shadow 66 who would make an awesome pet but he is slated for the freezer. I've said before but all except one of the group has their sire's calm manner. They like attention but have never been pushy and were fairly easy to work with halter training.

Percy and 66 21 July 2019.JPG
Ram lambs 21 July 2019.JPG
 
Senile_Texas_Aggie

Senile_Texas_Aggie

Herd Master
Joined
Jun 3, 2018
Messages
1,870
Reaction score
5,465
Points
343
Location
western Arkansas
Beautiful pictures. Say, if you don't mind, could you post a Google Earth picture of your place? Oftentimes, when you post pictures of your beautiful pastures, I wonder just where on your property the picture is taken and where the view is pointing. If you don't want to do that for privacy or other reasons, I understand. I would have a better idea just where we are looking when we see a picture posted. Also, can you post some pictures of your property boundaries as they look at the moment? You mentioned that you are starting to clear out around the boundaries and I am wondering just what kind of battle you are facing, such as if you must battle Miss @Baymule's favorite plant -- green briars.

Senile Texas Aggie
 
Mike CHS

Mike CHS

Herd Master
Joined
Mar 18, 2013
Messages
10,448
Reaction score
37,613
Points
793
Location
Southern Middle TN
Senile_Texas_Aggie said:
If you don't want to do that for privacy or other reasons, I understand. I would have a better idea just where we are looking when we see a picture posted. Also, can you post some pictures of your property boundaries as they look at the moment? You mentioned that you are starting to clear out around the boundaries and I am wondering just what kind of battle you are facing, such as if you must battle Miss @Baymule's favorite plant -- green briars.

Senile Texas Aggie
Click to expand...

I'm not concerned with privacy since we aren't that hard to find. @greybeard came up with a map of our place once even though Google Maps thinks we are on a different road. :) I'll take a couple of pictures today from a couple different angles as you can see from one end to the other from the south drive. I can't use Google Earth but Maps still has the satellite image from before we moved here.

I have already started cleaning out the property line but it's nothing near as bad as Bay or you had to deal with. I have kept the fence line sprayed 2 or 3 times every summer so the only thing I have to deal with is saplings and trees (most of which are from 3" to 8" in diameter).
 
Mike CHS

Mike CHS

Herd Master
Joined
Mar 18, 2013
Messages
10,448
Reaction score
37,613
Points
793
Location
Southern Middle TN
NW corner east view.JPG
Paddock2 view 2 looking east.JPG
West lane P2 view NE.JPG
West Lane south view2.JPG
IMG_1400.JPG
P6 north view.JPG
P5.JPG
As I was going around the perimeter, I took a few pictures that are typical of what needs to be taken down. The first picture is my northwest corner adjacent to my neighbors barbed wire. It doesn't show well but looking east is what used to be a big garden (a little over an acre) that we will fence in this fall. It was almost barren but I have limed it and been treating it so now there is some decent graze.

The second picture is about where I took the picture of the ram lambs this morning. I have 6 paddocks starting at the north end. The last picture is adjacent to my paddock
 
Last edited:
Mike CHS

Mike CHS

Herd Master
Joined
Mar 18, 2013
Messages
10,448
Reaction score
37,613
Points
793
Location
Southern Middle TN
@Senile_Texas_Aggie let me add this so it makes better sense. Our paddock numbers start at the north end with P1 being the northeast end and P2 the Northwest. Heading south we have the dog training pen and Paddocks 3 and 4. South of that is paddock 5 and 6. 6 is divided into 3 paddocks with hot netting and poly rope. Paddock 7 is our south most paddock and right now contains the steers and the ram.
 
Last edited:
Mike CHS

Mike CHS

Herd Master
Joined
Mar 18, 2013
Messages
10,448
Reaction score
37,613
Points
793
Location
Southern Middle TN
We went to town this afternoon to pick up a few things and when we got home, the chickens were having a fit. We went around and didn't see any of the chicks so we figured something had gotten them all, I wandered around looking for sign of what might have happened and found nothing. About a half hour later, Teresa was outside and heard chicks peeping. The Barred Rock hen was in one of the shelters and she had the chicks up under a concrete ledge hiding. We didn't lose any of the poultry but something scared the bejeebers out of them. I found it interesting that the hen that had adopted had stayed with the chicks.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Sister Sites

BackYardChickens.com
SufficientSelf.com
TheEasyGarden.com
Top