Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[CntryBoy777]

Here very shortly I have to get mine done too.....Comet's is the worst of the 3, but it is time for it....and cleaning the pen and house too....
Wow!....those are pretty expensive....they oughta last a Lifetime and then some.

 

[babsbag]

My oldest two goats have been wearing the same collars for 8 years, I don't even remember buying them. Now days they all wear collars from the Dollar Store. Some last for years, some shorter, but I have only had one break while pulling on them. What in the world do your girls do to break their collars?

 

[greybeard]

The house uses what it needs from the panels, excess goes to the grid. If we are making less than current demand it will pull from the grid. Grid only at night of course; no storage, too expensive right now.............

I'm still waiting for the long ago promised "power too cheap to even meter"..it'll be along shortly I'm sure, just like my flyin car they promised about the same time.

I WANT MY FLYIN CAR DA**IT!!

 

[Bruce]

Drive it off the cliff. It will fly for a short time

 

[Latestarter]

Most of the time when they break is when they are anchored on a 25' lead to graze. They either freak and run or just decide they want to go elsewhere and yank hard and the stitching that holds in the D ring pops. The D ring stays on the lead clip, the collar lands on the ground, and I then have to round whomever it is back into the pen so they don't wander off. The ones I bought now, the D ring is on a slider on the actual collar, not "fixed" position at an end where the nylon is folded over it and stitched shut. So they can't break the stitching on these. They've pulled so hard they've bent the corkscrew stakes used to anchor them in position. April and Bang are the two culprits. April was the worst because she was the least tame/most wild-flighty. They've also managed to successfully take their (old) collars off while rubbing on or sticking their heads through the fence. No idea how they managed that, but I'd find the collar lying on the ground and round up whichever one lost it and put the collar back on her. Mostly, that's been Bang as well come to think about it.

No sleep last night. Dozed off for about 45 minutes and woke up cold and wet from night sweats. Couldn't get back to sleep. So went shopping at wally world for some groceries I needed, notably frozen stuff that is better transported before the heat and humidity of daylight kicks in. Cheated and bought a couple tubs of ice cream... cookies & cream and chocolate chip. I have a big bottle of Hershey's syrup so I should be all set for my sugar and chocolate fix for at least a month. I did also buy more fruit and fresh veggies. Gonna make a mac salad... Dang it! Forgot the cukes!

 

[babsbag]

Yeah, I don't trust D rings very often. Usually when I have no use the collar it is just to lead them so it is the nylon and buckle that I need to depend on. The only time I use the ring is when I fasten them to a fence to trim hooves, so I am right there. Hope that these work better for you, they are certainly expensive enough. They need to sell a warranty on them.

 

[Baymule]

We try to not keep ice cream in the house. We eat it! We binge every once in awhile. Looks like you are ready for your sugar coma. LOL

 

[greybeard]

We try to not keep ice cream in the house.

Same here. It's only here for very short visits, and then, almost as quickly as it appeared, it vanishes without a trace...Not sure what happens to it......but.....pretty sure it's...

 

[Latestarter]

 

[CntryBoy777]

Joyce doesn't eat much ice cream, and I'm not suppose to...but, she made some homemade the other day with duck eggs and it is really Good.....her blueberry jelly is wonderful with it. The jelly didn't thicken and set really well, so it is more like thick syrup....