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January 9, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Bill
Cooz:
Your picture reminds me of when we were in England and decided to hike the Cotswalds. We came across some sheep and a farmer. Most of the sheep (ewes) had colored markings on them. Turns out, they put color on the rams and the color rubbed off on the ewes when they had been intimate with a ram. I guess this helps the sheep farmers plan for their next crop of lambs.
I enjoy your posts. Thanks for sharing.
January 9, 2009 at 8:26 pm
coozledad
Thanks Bill. I’ve heard of that use for chalk or agricultural dye. That’s for a herder who actually wants more sheep and wants to know the pedigree. Because of the stress on our available pasture, and the “dumb even for sheep” results of line breeding,we’re currently trying to achieve stasis
There are four ovine testicles that we missed during the last castration banding that think otherwise.
January 14, 2009 at 12:13 pm
moe99
When I was in the Grand Canyon hiking earlier this month, I saw a group of mules in the corral who were congregating just like that. The only white mule in the bunch was ‘king of the hill.’
January 14, 2009 at 6:04 pm
coozledad
Moe: We took the mules for a spin with the harrow today. I think the ground’s a little wet because they were having to rest more frequently, and working up a sweat despite it being fairly cold.
We finally got the four-abreast hitch correct, so no one was freaking out. This is a major step forward.