Baymule
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Forty dollars?? Worth her weight in GOLD!!! You and family are blessed to have a real goat nanny caring for your farm while you are gone. 
One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update
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babsbag
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Have a great vacation!!!
I have a young lady that house sits for me when she is home from college. She too is a "goatie" and in my case she has to care for dogs, cats, and birds too. But I can honestly say that I have never had her orchestrate a breeding.
A good house/goat sitter is worth every dime we can pay them. Her mom is my best friend and my goat mentor so I really know that they are in good hands when I leave home. I wish she was home all of the time.
I have a young lady that house sits for me when she is home from college. She too is a "goatie" and in my case she has to care for dogs, cats, and birds too. But I can honestly say that I have never had her orchestrate a breeding.
A good house/goat sitter is worth every dime we can pay them. Her mom is my best friend and my goat mentor so I really know that they are in good hands when I leave home. I wish she was home all of the time.
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OneFineAcre
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I love Williamsburg!! About two hours from my house, but we always go there at least once a year. I would say if you didn't have a whole class with you to head to Pierce's Pitt BBQ (downside is it is always soo busy), the Pottery Factory (now rebuilt to look like a strip mall), and definitely Busch Gardens
Hey SheepGirl
We are back in Williamsburg and we are going to try Pierce's Pitt BBQ
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OneFineAcre
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So we got home at the edge of dark yesterday Maurine started feeding the animals
She came in and said I think there is a snake out here
So I grab the flashlight and sure enough about a 2 ft long copperhead right by the bale
So Maurine asked is it a copperhead and I said yes and that one is too
There was another one about half in half out the pallet the hay was on and that was about 4 ft long
So we had a battle getting that one taken care of
Perfect job for a .410
So then Maurine is milking and the phone rings
It's my neighbor behind me letting me know there was a coyote by my back fence line when she drove down the path to her house
Geez
She came in and said I think there is a snake out here
So I grab the flashlight and sure enough about a 2 ft long copperhead right by the bale
So Maurine asked is it a copperhead and I said yes and that one is too
There was another one about half in half out the pallet the hay was on and that was about 4 ft long
So we had a battle getting that one taken care of
Perfect job for a .410
So then Maurine is milking and the phone rings
It's my neighbor behind me letting me know there was a coyote by my back fence line when she drove down the path to her house
Geez
Hens and Roos
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never a dull moment it seems!
frustratedearthmother
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Wow - when it rains it pours! Ya'll have monster copperheads there - thankfully they don't get that big here. Got bitten by one when I was a teenager...can't say that was any fun... but I lived!
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OneFineAcre
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animalmom
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Good spotting and good shooting. I'm learning to like spiders, I just don't think I will ever like snakes.
goatgurl
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wow, just what you need to find when you get home. keep your eyes pealed for more. i have killed a cottonmouth and 2 copperheads so far this year. i started to say i hate snakes but actually i just hate poisonous snakes. i kind of protect the black snakes around here. welcome home, hope youall had a good time
Southern by choice
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Glad ya got em!
Fall is a bad time for them as they like to come out in the evening and find a warm spot... usually dusk and most of the time gravel, driveways or something like that.
DD was bit by a baby copperhead in Oct a few years back, Stepped right on it. Yep- full venom bite because they cannot control how much venom.
Sure hope Mikey or Angel was on that fenceline!
Glad you still got a mini vacation- not the Bahamas but at least a nice get-a-way. Where were you going in the Bahamas? I love Eleuthera (Caribbean side, not the Atlantic side LOL).
Fall is a bad time for them as they like to come out in the evening and find a warm spot... usually dusk and most of the time gravel, driveways or something like that.
DD was bit by a baby copperhead in Oct a few years back, Stepped right on it. Yep- full venom bite because they cannot control how much venom.
Sure hope Mikey or Angel was on that fenceline!
Glad you still got a mini vacation- not the Bahamas but at least a nice get-a-way.
Where were you going in the Bahamas? I love Eleuthera (Caribbean side, not the Atlantic side LOL).
