Baymule’s Journal

[Ridgetop]

Probably getting enough from the pasture and stealing from the other ewes. How old is she now?

 

[Baymule]

Probably getting enough from the pasture and stealing from the other ewes. How old is she now?

6 weeks. Refuses a bottle, bowl of milk, but will eat pelleted feed. So I put some out for her, naturally she choked on it and scared me half to death. If she stays a tiny little bit of dandelion fluff, I’ll find her a pet home.

 

[Baymule]

I am furious. Buford had something white out in the field. Cattle egret? Lamb? I ran. I don’t run good, but I ran. Lamb. Not just any lamb, it was Dandelion. He had her down, she got away and ran and he downed her again. He saw me and knew he was in trouble. I grabbed his collar and dragged him to Lucy and the triplets. I was so mad that i slapped his face, I yelled, I slapped him so hard I hurt my hand. I put him in the kennel. I’m still breathing fire.

She is so tiny, she excites the prey drive in Carson. There is a fence between them, but he alerts and jumps at her. Big trouble. I had a tiny little lamb born in a snow and ice storm a couple years ago, she stayed hunched up and resembled a rabbit. Carson alerted on her and so did Trip. Both wanted to “get” her.

Buford is in big trouble. I’ll calm down, take him back to square one. He’s going to be seeing a lot of the kennel.

I’m still furious.

 

[SageHill]

I am furious. Buford had something white out in the field. Cattle egret? Lamb? I ran. I don’t run good, but I ran. Lamb. Not just any lamb, it was Dandelion. He had her down, she got away and ran and he downed her again. He saw me and knew he was in trouble. I grabbed his collar and dragged him to Lucy and the triplets. I was so mad that i slapped his face, I yelled, I slapped him so hard I hurt my hand. I put him in the kennel. I’m still breathing fire.

She is so tiny, she excites the prey drive in Carson. There is a fence between them, but he alerts and jumps at her. Big trouble. I had a tiny little lamb born in a snow and ice storm a couple years ago, she stayed hunched up and resembled a rabbit. Carson alerted on her and so did Trip. Both wanted to “get” her.

Buford is in big trouble. I’ll calm down, take him back to square one. He’s going to be seeing a lot of the kennel.

I’m still furious.

OH no. Arnica for your hand NOW.
Dang Dandelion and Buford.

 

[Ridgetop]

Oh No! This is a common thing with teenage LGDs. Concerning, but if he wanted to kill her, she would have already been dead by the time you reached her. The question is, was he trying to play with her? protect her? "mother" her? keep her from going too far out in the pasture? Jumping a tiny lamb is a big no-no since the question is - Will he do it to newborns? However, he is still young so he can be trained.

You may have to move her into the front yard until she is larger - maybe with the Covington lambs? This will also make it easier to give her more supplement without fighting the crowd in the large pen.

Call Erick. He said any time you have a question he is there for you no matter what. He may have some insight into what Buford's motives were.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Buford - you done messed UP boy!

I'm sure you can convince him that wasn't the right thing to do.

 

[Baymule]

I went to church. I needed to not think about murdering Buford and calm down. LOL
I watered and fed Buford, an hour later, he was still in the corner, maybe he was contemplating his crimes.

I think he was just having fun—until I got to him. He knew he did wrong and he knew he was in trouble.

I’m thinking put Dandelion in the kennel with Buford. And me. And a flyswatter. And beat the chain link of the kennel with the flyswatter. Growl, make noise. He needs to go back in the kennel for awhile.

 

[Baymule]

Let me throw this out there. Remember the pictures of where I want to put the small barn? The standing water? Low spot? Agricultural fabric was suggested as a means to keep the fill dirt from sinking into oblivion.

Here’s what I’m thinking. I have to replace my roof, 14 squares. Why not use the torn off shingles for underlayment in the barn? I can park my flatbed at the end of the house, toss shingles on it and pull it in the field. Lay out shingles, pulling tacks, staples, etc and call the dump truck.

Getting a roll off dumpster for the waste shingles will cost about $800. Buying the agricultural fabric would cost money too. The shingles would be free, no cost for disposal, only my time for clearing out tacks, and I’ve got time…… LOL

If I have enough, I can also lay some for the “road” part from the driveway to the barn for unloading feed.

Thoughts?

 

[canesisters]

Let me throw this out there. Remember the pictures of where I want to put the small barn? The standing water? Low spot? Agricultural fabric was suggested as a means to keep the fill dirt from sinking into oblivion.

Here’s what I’m thinking. I have to replace my roof, 14 squares. Why not use the torn off shingles for underlayment in the barn? I can park my flatbed at the end of the house, toss shingles on it and pull it in the field. Lay out shingles, pulling tacks, staples, etc and call the dump truck.

Getting a roll off dumpster for the waste shingles will cost about $800. Buying the agricultural fabric would cost money too. The shingles would be free, no cost for disposal, only my time for clearing out tacks, and I’ve got time…… LOL

If I have enough, I can also lay some for the “road” part from the driveway to the barn for unloading feed.

Thoughts?

Sounds like a plan to me. You know I'm a BIG fan of 'use what ya got'. You'd need to overlap a good bit to make sure they don't eventually tilt & slide under the mud like a mini version of plate tectonics

 

[Mini Horses]

The first thought is the lack of permeability, stability, etc. With a concrete slab you lose permeable but, generally the large area and thickness gives stability. Shingles won't give the stability factor.

Don't get me wrong -- I love the reuse, save $, and all. Just not sure about failure possibilities in the future, building stability, etc. Shingles are pretty slick on water/mud.

Possibly with a perimeter edge to hold in place? Concrete blocks? Just thinking along with you 🤔🤫