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I got a horse on November 19, 2025. It’s been a week and 3 days. He is an 11 year old throroughbred gelding, 16.1 hands high. His owner is in kidney failure and wanted a good home for him. My youngest granddaughter was taking riding lessons from her. My daughter called me and asked if I wanted a...

My dear friend @Margali and family are moving. They have to sell their current home and buy another. Can anybody say MAJOR UPHEAVAL? She was considering selling her sheep. I happen to know she relies heavily on her sheep for sanity’s sake. A working Mom with family…… y’all get the idea. Changing...

I went out this morning to turn sheep out on the field. Middle field, 9 bred ewes, snotty noses, Rip was breathing heavy. Oh no! I called @Ridgetop . No time for internet, where she might not be on BYH for several days. I had penicillin and oxycycline. Which one? And safe for pregnant ewes...

One of our very own here on BYH, our beloved Frank Egan AKA The Old Ram Australia, has been recognized for his life work, restoring the grass lands on his farm. Landcare has made a film, highlighting Frank’s farm. He asked me to post it on his journal, which I did, but I thought it needed...

It’s April 2025, bought this place July 2022. Can’t believe I’ve never started a pasture thread. I only have 2 fields under fence, the back field fence row is a mess, most of it won’t accommodate a bulldozer because of drop offs from a few feet to a deep gulley, so will have to be hand cleared...

I feel really stupid. Please feel free to post any stupid things you’ve done so i won’t be the only stupid idiot here. I have 3 huge burn piles in the front field. I had the fence line bulldozed December 2023. It’s been raining. Standing water puddles, mud. Today winds of 3-7 MPH. Perfect burn...

After years of careful selection and breeding, I’m proud to announce that I have perfected a new breed, TEXAS POLLED MOUNTAIN SHEEP! They are: Parasite resistant Shed hair naturally Can survive on rough terrain Can graze or browse Any color No docking tails Sure footed Good mothers Calm...

This is an interesting read. It just explained why we can try for early spring breeding and we don’t get fall lambs. https://publications.ca.uky.edu/sites/publications.ca.uky.edu/files/ASC237.pdf Found a good article about how much to feed sheep and goats. Thought I’d park the link here so I...

https://usark.org/24co/ This proposed pet tax is beyond stupid.

I haven’t made a lambing thread for 2 years, I just threw everything in my journal. In such a state of turmoil it was the easiest thing to do. I’m getting my life back together and part of that is a lambing thread. I’m including December of 2023. I had 7 ewes with Cooper, due in December 4, 2023...

This showed up on Craigslist. Breeds of Livestock Guard Dogs have been perfected over hundreds, even thousands of years I have 3 mixed breed dogs, but in not hanging some made up moniker on them.

Wandering around the pastures, I’m finding a wide variety of plants. I’m taking pictures then using google plant ID to see what they are. I thought it would make a good reference for others. Please add your own pictures and ID so we all can learn. I was excited to see these. There’s not a...

A little background for any who might not know. My husband and bought 8 acres with a double wide in Lindale, September of 2014. We fenced it and cross fenced it. We learned a lot, did some things right and some things wrong...

I brought a puppy home yesterday. Drove to Forney, a Dallas suburb, 3 1/2 hours away, in the rain. AKC registered male Anatolian 3 months old. Breeders said he’s food aggressive. I explained to them that I trained Sheba and Sentry to sit, wait, and not eat until I said Take It. Im sure it...

I went to Kemp, Tx this morning, just south of Dallas. I bought a horse out of a kill pen and went and picked her up. I’ve named her Reina, it means Queen in Spanish. She is a 12 year old Missouri Fox Trotter, Palomino in color. Looks like her mane and tail is white. Dirty and a matted mess...

January 24, 2015 a fluffy Great Pyrenees puppy came into our lives. We had bought 8 acres with a doublewide on it in Lindale, Texas, to be close to our daughter and family. We were about to move and I had been thinking about getting another Great Pyrenees for our new farm. A man walked into my...

As many here are aware, things that we have been used to for most of our lives, are getting hard to get. Some things are just not obtainable at any price. My sister in law has a 3 year old Ford F350 dually that got hit by lightening almost TWO YEARS ago. ALL the electronics are fried. It has...

I wasn't planning on taking off my wedding band, I have a habit of turning it with my thumb. Recently I found out that it would not come off. Now I really WANTED it off. I tried soaps, oil, grease, everything I could think of. Nothing worked. I figured I'd have to get it cut off and went to a...

@Support or @Nifty I wanted to send a link to my old thread I Hate Green Briars to a friend. But on Page 1, most of the pictures are replaced by a red X. When I clicked on edit, the pictures show up, but I can't save them. Here is the link...

I’ve been a member here for, let’s see….at least 10 years and have never kept a journal. My life has blown up to the moon, with the death of my beloved husband of 25 of the best years of my 66 years of life. I am Blessed to have known such pure adoration, wrapped in unconditional love, safe and...