redneckhippie Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 I have had good and bad lamb. Bbq lamb is ok but I wouldnt ever pay good money for it. Mutton...cant eat it. My friend used to sell it to a group of people. Cant remember their race now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Meant to put this up before Christmas but lost until just now. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray54 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Just had a lamb chop for dinner,97% chance it was imported. We buy a lamb and fatten and butch them ourselves some times. But my wife likes it and watches for sales generally from Albertsons grocery store. Most of the time labeled as imported,but no always. ? All most un American/anti western/anti cowboy but, a good % of the early ranchers here ran 20 to a 60 ewes with there cows. When I was little my dad had only a handful of cows but helped a lot of the neighbors with there cows. So sometimes he was paid with good fat lamb he would bring home and butcher and cut up himself. But he would never have anything to do with eating what he called mutton, which to him was any ewe that had been around to have given birth or maybe just being over 2 years old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 40 minutes ago, ray54 said: good % of the early ranchers here ran 20 to a 60 ewes with there cows. Remember being told in the old days that was a common practice. Sheep would eat rougher grasses the cattle wouldn't. Get better utilization of their range. True? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Sohn Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 minute ago, sandhiller said: Remember being told in the old days that was a common practice. Sheep would eat rougher grasses the cattle wouldn't. Get better utilization of their range. True? Dunno 'bout that, but at home my dad always told me that GOATS would eat anything. best, randy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Randy Sohn said: Dunno 'bout that, but at home my dad always told me that GOATS would eat anything. best, randy Never heard of anyone running goats in numbers back in the day. I do know of two people now who have them in numbers today. For a fee they will bring them to your place for natural weed control. An alternative to herbicides. Don't know any more about it than that though My understanding is a goat will eat weeds and brush before grass but I'm talking above my pay grade. Surely someone more knowledgeable can chime in and tell me if I'm in the vicinity of the truth or just full of goat marbles? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 hours ago, ray54 said: Just had a lamb chop for dinner,97% chance it was imported. We buy a lamb and fatten and butch them ourselves some times. But my wife likes it and watches for sales generally from Albertsons grocery store. Most of the time labeled as imported,but no always. ? All most un American/anti western/anti cowboy but, a good % of the early ranchers here ran 20 to a 60 ewes with there cows. When I was little my dad had only a handful of cows but helped a lot of the neighbors with there cows. So sometimes he was paid with good fat lamb he would bring home and butcher and cut up himself. But he would never have anything to do with eating what he called mutton, which to him was any ewe that had been around to have given birth or maybe just being over 2 years old. Ray.....we eat a lot of "sheep meat ".......but it is always "hogget " ie.no more than two years old and usually a "wether " hogget.......(the crown jewels having long since been removed....)...and it is always off the farm , here.........And cooked normally, roasted it is very good tucker........however , for the luckless folk who buy from the super market, that can be a real lottery...that's where the old cull ewes end up When blokes with whom I work with see my (lunch ) sandwiches ...made by my own fair hand......they invariably suggest that "I stick with my day job "......sigh ...However fresh bread with cold hogget meat , pickle...an onion perhaps.....maybe a tomato therein........that is something to look forward to.......unlike most of my lunch creations........ Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 We have my brothers dog this weekend Ellie or more often “Smellie” is pretty rowdy, Quigley (the liver springer) is none too thrilled about the competition for people attention, she would prefer to be the only dog in the world . My lab bailey is good with anything as long as she gets to be included and has a ball. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axial_al Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 "We give dogs love we can spare, time we can spare and room we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made." Mary Focklam 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Son and DIL went to Deadwood for something or other (DIL calls it not working on the weekend, Son grumps but goes along with her) so watching their Visla "Chase" this weekend. Just us boys as the wife is at an Am Legion convention in Kearney till Sunday. Chase would wear out the Energizer bunny. Lives in town so really likes coming out here. Lots of room to run. This is a rare shot of him not moving? He also wears out Gus and Cash who aren't used to all the excitement? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 5 hours ago, sandhiller said: This is a rare shot of him not moving? Daughter has a Visla........... That IS the quietest I've ever seen one!!! Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 One thing that has always amazed me about dogs is how they can go from sound asleep to dead run in about .2 seconds! Back before the c-pap it took me about two hours just to get the cobwebs out of my head. (Don't miss those days). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKS Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I am a bit worried about mine. He thinks he is tough he took a small bull moose across a stubble field over 40 rods before giving up this afternoon. If he is in the yard and a coyote is around and I don't know it he is apt to be a meal for a coyote. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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redneckhippie Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/11/2020 at 1:23 PM, IKS said: I am a bit worried about mine. He thinks he is tough he took a small bull moose across a stubble field over 40 rods before giving up this afternoon. If he is in the yard and a coyote is around and I don't know it he is apt to be a meal for a coyote. My pup chases everything. He wants to be make friends. He doesn't seem to know some would like to make him into lunch! I have to watch him every second when outside as I have cougars, bears and coyotes near. He was trying to make friends with a opossum last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTO Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 all a man needs... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWRB Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 4 hours ago, MTO said: all a man needs... Does MTO have a face? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 3 hours ago, KWRB said: Does MTO have a face? And did his pup post this when MTO was at work. What happens it the dog thread stays in the dog thread? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKS Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 22 hours ago, redneckhippie said: My pup chases everything. He wants to be make friends. He doesn't seem to know some would like to make him into lunch! I have to watch him every second when outside as I have cougars, bears and coyotes near. He was trying to make friends with a opossum last night. We don't have bears yet and cougars are rare. There are hundreds about a 100 miles away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckhippie Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 3 hours ago, IKS said: We don't have bears yet and cougars are rare. There are hundreds about a 100 miles away. We have lynx, bobcat and probably others. I think there has been wolf spottings too. Cinch doesn't seem to know theres animals that would attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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