Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter

Just tell him you need 2...then after their built...2 more...then 2 more....maybe he wont count them up You could always put one or two on a picket line for rut. We had to do that last year with our mini nubian because he was getting his butt kicked by our alpine. You may be able to get away with one pen the the mini's/nd and one pen for the standard size bucks....i know OFA only has the one pen for all his bucks or did last i knew at his new place.

babsbag said:

DH is supposed to build me a couple of small buck pens for breeding season but if I tell him I need 6 of them he will flip.

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So tell him you want a nice round dozen pens... for rotational purposes of course... then after he wigs out, say Oh, OK, fine... I can live with 6...

I know having the standards and minis together is a no go, tried that last year. I am going to need a pen for breeding too as I prefer to put my doe in with whatever buck I am using one on one or sometimes two does to one. I might take out some dividers and repurpose my kidding stall area for that this year. But being that I am breeding 4 bucks I might need more than one pen at the same time or it could be a very long and drawn out kidding season. AI looks better all of the time.

I love weekend surprise visits. About 10:00 this morning I get a visit from a CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture Officer who is investigating and anonymous tip that I am selling cheese and/or milk illegally. Of course I'm not. I have been super diligent about not even selling milk to people raising animals let alone making cheese and selling it. I have one friend that I gave some too about 3 years ago but I haven't even been giving it to friends lately. First I have no time to make cheese, and second, it is illegal and I don't want to do anything that would draw unwanted attention to my future dairy.

The officer was nice enough and he started into this big long speech about how it is illegal to sell milk/cheese without a license (like I don't know that) and I finally interrupted him and told him that I am in the process of getting licensed and that I know all the laws, I am not breaking any now, and that I don't intend to break any later. I asked who gave him my name and it said that it was anonymous tip that said I was selling it a Farmer's Markets.

All the people that know me and know that I have goats also know that I am NOT selling anything, they also know that I am working on a dairy. I can't imagine any of them would do something like this, makes no sense. So I have come up with two possibilities. One is that the dairy inspector sent him out since I haven't talked to her in months maybe she thinks I just gave up and that I am doing it on the side.

The other possibility is a local food inspector that approves permits for the cottage food vendors and also checks out vendors at farmer's markets. She just visited and licensed a good friend of mine for her cottage food permit and maybe my friend mentioned that I have goats and milk and all that good stuff. The local inspector is a little over the top on a lot of her inspections so maybe she read something into the conversation that wasn't there. I also just applied for my Certified Producers Certificate so I can sell honey and eggs and soap at Farmer's Markets.

But if it was one of those two people why make an anonymous tip, just tell him and me who is asking, I have nothing to hide. But whoever it was that gave him my name was certainly barking up the wrong tree. I just wish I knew. He said it could be someone who just thinks I am competition for them, but they know my name so it has to be someone that knows me and since I haven't been to any markets it has to be someone that is purposefully trying to get me in trouble and making up stories. Just strange and a tad bit unsettling. I don't know anyone selling milk legally or illegally so not sure who I am supposedly in competition with.

wow... that's totally strange. Hate when you're left wondering like that...

Just wow!

So let me see...
You are spending $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to build a LICENSED DAIRY... so why would you go through all that trouble to sell illegally? WOW

Why can't people mind their own business. This whole anonymous crap is so wrong! You should have the right to know who your accuser is. BS!

Oh My Gosh.... That stinks!

That stinks!!

I'm sorry Babs!!

That really stinks