Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

It won't be long and he will outweigh Lance and Sassy. He was just shy of 32 lbs this afternoon and the smallest ewe in that bunch was 105 pounds a month ago but she is only 9 months old now and has a bit more growing to do.

 

[Bruce]

So now Cheep Cheep wants to drive?? She sure is a pushy bird.

 

[Mike CHS]

So now Cheep Cheep wants to drive?? She sure is a pushy bird.

That turkey is one of the domestic ones but just about as bold.

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa was cleaning out her phone pictures and had one that I thought was really cute. This picture is of Thor on the way home when we first got him.

I have to make sure I file these pictures for later since now when I look at him you can barely see the pup we brought home 5 weeks ago.

 

[Baymule]

Thor sure is growing fast! What do you expect his adult weight to be?

 

[Mike CHS]

His sire is 140 and his dam is 110 so he should be a big boy. He was the smallest of the bunch but none of them were small.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I was thinking just a couple of days ago that I needed to download my pics from the phone to the computer and clear them....well, yesterday my SD chip went bad and I lost a year's worth of pics........I do have thumbnails of most of them, but not all....since most are shared in many Threads here I'll just have to enjoy rereading the past year's posts....

 

[Latestarter]

You should be able to select to view the pics online and then select to save them to your computer... So you can get them back if you wanted.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

First off, it took a while to get caught up again on your thread so some of these are old. I tried to keep it short...

That is the basis of Dr. Temple Grandin's method of getting animals into a trailer. Make a U shaped chute so they head out then as they continue they feel like they are returning from whence they came. All calm and content.

I had never heard of Dr. Temple Grandin until a few weeks ago. She came to UT to speak this week, Wed night I think. We, in the animal science department, were encouraged to go but with kids and animals and living an hour from campus I didn't. Now I wish I had. My understanding is that she has a great understanding of animal behavior.

The lambs that were still nursing are big enough to breed but we want them to lose some weight now that mama's milk is no longer available.

Why do you want your ewes to lose weight? Or are you just waiting for them to lose the weight they lose after weaning?

It's been a long time since I heard mention of the Cumberland Plateau or Cumberland Gap.

Can't count the times I have driven through Cumberland Gap... My kids' school is right there.

Now, I make sausage and summer sausage out of my rabbits. It is so hard getting the temps to allow me to infuse cheese without it oozing out as it cooks. But, I still experiment.

I have to admit I am jealous. I want to learn how to do all of that. At the moment, all we are doing is making the basics when we process. Basic meat cuts and ground burger, venison or goat. Actually, we are making more goat burger tomorrow (today)...

but this pretty white male Akbash pup followed us home.

I am fascinated hearing about your Akbash pup. And love how he joined your herd. We were considering Akbash and called 3 or 4 different owners/breeders. All but one told us they were extremely dog aggressive and that we had better have great fencing or any dog on or near our property will die. The other who didn't mention it was trying to hard sale their pups. With the lose dog population around us, that didn't seem wise. Both our two pyrs and our two Boz chase the strays and lose dogs away without killing. In this area, killing another persons dog can have some very serious consequences.... Of course, that would never stop me if they were on my property and bothering my chickens or other animals. But with my LGDs that just doesn't happen any more.

 

[Mike CHS]

@dejavoodoo114 we are new to the Akbash breed but so far are completely loving this one and plan on getting another. Those that we have seen are dog aggressive to unfamiliar dogs but in our area, that is what we want since loose dogs are more of an issue than coyotes. We are comfortable with our fences so in most cases we are also comfortable with our dogs safety also.

The pups parents are very laid back and acted much like Anatolians we have seen but this pup is integrating well and so far seems to accept even our herding dogs.