Bruce
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At least he got it back! Could have sunk and become a fossil.
mysunwolf - four acres and some sheep
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mysunwolf
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Oh do I wonder about the things that disappear into the mud. There's a hill on my grandparent's property that has old cars, stoves, mattresses, microwaves all partially buried in mud. An old trash pile in the woods from before there was large item pickup, and more earth slides over it each year. What gets buried, what gets uncovered?
Bad news for animals, good news for plants: it's raining again
Bad news for animals, good news for plants: it's raining again
Looks like you have a lot more coming in behind what's already there. That long line over eastern Arkansas is just to the south and east of me here in NE TX. But, there will be more for me as well over the next several days and my goats (and I) are not very happy about all the mud. 
Hang in there... a summer filled with drought is no doubt to follow. 
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mysunwolf
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UGH not excited about more mud. And you're right about the drought! Though ours usually only last about 2 weeks at a time.
Baymule
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Oh we have whalloping long droughts, burn bans, 100 degree heat, BIG air conditioning bills!
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mysunwolf
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Sorry I haven't been on in so long. Almost 2 weeks ago I was helping someone vaccinate their sheep and decided to close the barn door once they got the sheep all inside. Well the sheep didn't like that, and as I tried to block them in with my body, a big wether jumped into the air and bashed right through me, smashing my hand into the doorframe while he was at it. Reason #5961 that I dislike Icelandics. Now my right hand (guess which is my dominant one?) is in a cast because they can't be sure that one of the bones in my thumb isn't broken. So now we have begun one-handed lambing, and spouse is out of town. I'm trying not to have a constant pity party, it works most days!
In other news, my bottle baby has been stealing the colostrum from my ewes (you may have seen part of this in a comment I made on another thread). So I'm planning on tubing colostrum to newborns whose dams have none. It's also blizzarding and in the 20s!
I also had a ewe lamb, Snow, prolapse on Monday, and had to call for help with the dang harness straps. Then she lambed through the harness yesterday morning! A day early.
Unfortunately we'll be culling both as soon as they are ready. But they are doing well, and my neighbor helped me pour the colostrum down the tube since it was a little tricky one-handed.
More lambs to come! In the meanwhile, I'm hunkering down, the weather is horrible today but tomorrow is supposed to be 50 and sunny.
Here's my snow photos.
In other news, my bottle baby has been stealing the colostrum from my ewes (you may have seen part of this in a comment I made on another thread). So I'm planning on tubing colostrum to newborns whose dams have none. It's also blizzarding and in the 20s!
I also had a ewe lamb, Snow, prolapse on Monday, and had to call for help with the dang harness straps. Then she lambed through the harness yesterday morning! A day early.
Unfortunately we'll be culling both as soon as they are ready. But they are doing well, and my neighbor helped me pour the colostrum down the tube since it was a little tricky one-handed.
More lambs to come! In the meanwhile, I'm hunkering down, the weather is horrible today but tomorrow is supposed to be 50 and sunny.
Here's my snow photos.
CntryBoy777
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That has to be very difficult to manage one handed....hate to hear ya are injured and it being cold surely doesn't help matters any either. Glad things worked out for the ewe and lamb and hopefully the temps in the 50s will get rid of all that white stuff for ya too.....except for the mud it will make ya feel better....and warmer too....
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mysunwolf
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That has to be very difficult to manage one handed....hate to hear ya are injured and it being cold surely doesn't help matters any either. Glad things worked out for the ewe and lamb and hopefully the temps in the 50s will get rid of all that white stuff for ya too.....except for the mud it will make ya feel better....and warmer too....
Yes, I'm so excited about the warmer temps... but not the mud!
Mike CHS
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People don't believe me when I tell them I've seen one of my wethers jump straight up almost to shoulder level but they can when stressed. Glad you weren't hurt any worse.
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mysunwolf
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Thanks. I almost wish I had video. Learned my lesson, don't get in front of a sheep that is bigger than you. Or the lesson might have been only work with sheep when there are appropriate handling facilities, ha. I did and do feel like an idiot for getting myself injured. At least I was still able to vaccinate the sheep and hold ewes in the chair for hoof trimming afterwards
