SageHill
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YAY!!! 
Buford x Ozel puppies!!!! LOVE THIS.
Zo says to tell Buford being a puppy Dad is fun and not to worry.
Buford x Ozel puppies!!!! LOVE THIS.Zo says to tell Buford being a puppy Dad is fun and not to worry.
Ridgetop - our place and how we muddle along
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I started laughing at Bay's post and got into a coughing fit!!!! Very very funny!!!!!
Baymule
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Don't want you to have a coughing fit!
Baymule
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Buford is out there now, on the job. Barking non stop, howling with the coyotes and more barking. He works hard. He needs a little R&R, a pretty lady with matrimony on her mind would be nice. 
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Ozel has been going to the vet every couple days to get bloodwork done to tell when she will be fertile and accept the male. Poor girl crawls into the vet's office. You would not this is the same dog that will take on a coyote or 2 on her own! Luckily she will not associate the vet's office wth Buford. LOL
She has had her flea treatment, heartworm, and worm meds, and is in good health so . . . .
Today she tested 8.6 Progesterone level. Up 2. from yesterday so we will head down to Bay's tomorrow for her romantic tryst with Buford. The best time to breed is at 10.-12. level which she should reach either tomorrow evening or Thursday. Should I bring champagne or just wine? Naturally we will not share it with the 2 lovers. All they need is each other.
After wondering if this would happen I can not believe that DH caught her in season. She is a sneaky bitch and keeps herself completely clean so you can't tell. Out of the blue maybe puppies!
Today DH and I played partners at duplicate bridge. Duplicate is where all the tables play the same predealt hands and you compare scores to see who bid and made the best points. DH and l won! We can't take all the credit though because we had great cards. We bid and made and several small slams. I wanted to keep the boards and play them again next week but our opponents refused to let me. LOL We each won $2.
Our new well is acting up. It was drilled last March and it has been cloudy off and on for months. They kept telling us to let it run out on the field to clear the water and we did but finally we tried putting a filter on it, Nope, still cloudy so used a bigger filter. I has remained occasionaly cloudy and sometimes nice and clear, The well guy said it sometimes took several months to run really clear. Friday it was so dirty that I called the well driller. I don't want to let it go so long that the warranty is void. It is a 4 generation family owned business started by the great-grandfather. The grandfather had drilled our old well and 2 on the property next door. We talked to the grandfather (generation 2) before drilling. His grandson (gen 3) did the estimate, situated the equipment, and drilled. We finally met the son (gen 2) who came out to check the water. It had run clear, then cloudy then dirty then clear again over the weekend. Yesterday when he first looked at it the water ran fairy clear. Then we went to each of the other spigots to look at it. He filled a clear cup wth wter to check the color. While filling the sheep water it was clear then suddenly discolored. DS1 dumped and rinsed out the troughs and I started filling the again. Todd went to check the pump with DS1. While they were checking that out all of a sudden the water I was running into the sheep troughs turned into dark muddy water out of the hose! I took a container to show him and he said they had seen the same thing at the other spigot and it suddenly cleared then spewed dark water again. He thinks it hit a large lup of mud clogging the pipe and it finally broke loose. Apparently that can happen in a new well. He told us to keep the hoses running and he would come back the next day. This morning he came and the water was running clear again. He said that if it happens again they will come back and install something to help clear any clogs in the pipes. He said they would make it right. The water was running clear this morning when he came back so hopefully the lines have cleared out. If it happens again, he will come back and they will install some sort of timer and drain to help clear the lines. We are using the water for the livestock but I need it for a secondary water source for the house. Todd said that the water would eventually clear and be good water.
Sunday we got the ram vaxed, wormed and harnessed with his crayon. He went in with the ewes who swarmed him, sniffing him all over and rubbing on him. Hussies! 3 were already marked yesterday. No lambs yet from the first group, andFriday is the last day for any lambs from the black head Dorper ram. He was either shooting blanks or identified as a ewe! LOL
Our new cradle feeder is working well. A lot less waste, but one problem is that our bales are slightly too large to sit down inside properly. The sheep ate the entire bottom half of the bale and DH and DS1 had to go use the tractor to roll the top half over int the bottom of the feeder. Not a big deal since it keeps the hay off the ground. This winter having the hay bale off the ground will save a lot of hay from getting waterlogged, muddy, and wasted when fed on the ground. DH likes the feeder and had me order several more for the other pastures. This feeder is in the pasture with the pregnant ewes. They have a smaller pasture and need hay already. Our grass has pretty much stopped growing. The secnd cutting from out field is really nice. No brushy thorny stuff in it and the hay is shorter so the sheep seem to like it better. I am going to buy all my hay for this winter from that batch. I wish we had a hay barn so I could store more under cover. But as my Gammy used to say "If wishes were horses, beggars could ride".
She has had her flea treatment, heartworm, and worm meds, and is in good health so . . . .
Today she tested 8.6 Progesterone level. Up 2. from yesterday so we will head down to Bay's tomorrow for her romantic tryst with Buford. The best time to breed is at 10.-12. level which she should reach either tomorrow evening or Thursday. Should I bring champagne or just wine? Naturally we will not share it with the 2 lovers. All they need is each other.
After wondering if this would happen I can not believe that DH caught her in season. She is a sneaky bitch and keeps herself completely clean so you can't tell. Out of the blue maybe puppies!
Today DH and I played partners at duplicate bridge. Duplicate is where all the tables play the same predealt hands and you compare scores to see who bid and made the best points. DH and l won! We can't take all the credit though because we had great cards. We bid and made and several small slams. I wanted to keep the boards and play them again next week but our opponents refused to let me. LOL We each won $2.
Our new well is acting up. It was drilled last March and it has been cloudy off and on for months. They kept telling us to let it run out on the field to clear the water and we did but finally we tried putting a filter on it, Nope, still cloudy so used a bigger filter. I has remained occasionaly cloudy and sometimes nice and clear, The well guy said it sometimes took several months to run really clear. Friday it was so dirty that I called the well driller. I don't want to let it go so long that the warranty is void. It is a 4 generation family owned business started by the great-grandfather. The grandfather had drilled our old well and 2 on the property next door. We talked to the grandfather (generation 2) before drilling. His grandson (gen 3) did the estimate, situated the equipment, and drilled. We finally met the son (gen 2) who came out to check the water. It had run clear, then cloudy then dirty then clear again over the weekend. Yesterday when he first looked at it the water ran fairy clear. Then we went to each of the other spigots to look at it. He filled a clear cup wth wter to check the color. While filling the sheep water it was clear then suddenly discolored. DS1 dumped and rinsed out the troughs and I started filling the again. Todd went to check the pump with DS1. While they were checking that out all of a sudden the water I was running into the sheep troughs turned into dark muddy water out of the hose! I took a container to show him and he said they had seen the same thing at the other spigot and it suddenly cleared then spewed dark water again. He thinks it hit a large lup of mud clogging the pipe and it finally broke loose. Apparently that can happen in a new well. He told us to keep the hoses running and he would come back the next day. This morning he came and the water was running clear again. He said that if it happens again they will come back and install something to help clear any clogs in the pipes. He said they would make it right. The water was running clear this morning when he came back so hopefully the lines have cleared out. If it happens again, he will come back and they will install some sort of timer and drain to help clear the lines. We are using the water for the livestock but I need it for a secondary water source for the house. Todd said that the water would eventually clear and be good water.
Sunday we got the ram vaxed, wormed and harnessed with his crayon. He went in with the ewes who swarmed him, sniffing him all over and rubbing on him. Hussies! 3 were already marked yesterday. No lambs yet from the first group, andFriday is the last day for any lambs from the black head Dorper ram. He was either shooting blanks or identified as a ewe! LOL
Our new cradle feeder is working well. A lot less waste, but one problem is that our bales are slightly too large to sit down inside properly. The sheep ate the entire bottom half of the bale and DH and DS1 had to go use the tractor to roll the top half over int the bottom of the feeder. Not a big deal since it keeps the hay off the ground. This winter having the hay bale off the ground will save a lot of hay from getting waterlogged, muddy, and wasted when fed on the ground. DH likes the feeder and had me order several more for the other pastures. This feeder is in the pasture with the pregnant ewes. They have a smaller pasture and need hay already. Our grass has pretty much stopped growing. The secnd cutting from out field is really nice. No brushy thorny stuff in it and the hay is shorter so the sheep seem to like it better. I am going to buy all my hay for this winter from that batch. I wish we had a hay barn so I could store more under cover. But as my Gammy used to say "If wishes were horses, beggars could ride".
Glad they figured out the well problem!
Baymule
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Always something going on at the farm! Hope the water clears up and stays clear.
I'm gonna get ready for Ozel. Her "Honeymoon Suite" is red, has a roof over it, wood plank floor, vented sides, transportable, rests on air cushioned tires and a discrete side door. It will be parked in a holding pen where she and Buford can flirt all night and hopefully be hot and heavy tomorrow morning. Heck, maybe even tonight!
I'm gonna get ready for Ozel. Her "Honeymoon Suite" is red, has a roof over it, wood plank floor, vented sides, transportable, rests on air cushioned tires and a discrete side door. It will be parked in a holding pen where she and Buford can flirt all night and hopefully be hot and heavy tomorrow morning. Heck, maybe even tonight!
