Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

mikiz · Dec 10, 2015

Sad to hear you need to downsize, but congrats on the win with your hubby and expanding the goatherd!
They always come around eventually

Latestarter · Dec 11, 2015

Hope you're able to get something back for the bunnies... I know you've put a lot into them. I can understand your frustration... I think you're gonna have much more fun with goats though in the long run... Especially since DH can get involved with those with you, where he couldn't with rabbits.

babsbag · Dec 11, 2015

mikiz said:
Sad to hear you need to downsize, but congrats on the win with your hubby and expanding the goatherd!
They always come around eventually

I am still waiting for mine to come around and I own 40 and building a dairy. When does this eventually happen? :lol:

Oh oh, we did it again...we encouraged another person to get a goat and now we have a future goat addict in the making. Are goats really like potato chips... no one can eat (have) just one (or it seems that even two is not enough).

I hope you find good homes for your bunnies. My DH would like to raise rabbits, which means I would raise rabbits...Nope. I did my bunny stint 25 years ago and not going there again.

Hens and Roos · Dec 11, 2015

sorry to hear about the rabbit frustrations :hugs

-we know how that goes. Yeah for the goats!!

samssimonsays · Dec 11, 2015

Thank y'all for the kind words! I will love on the ones I will keep but I think they may be colony rabbits till the end. We already went into the barn and discussed what we were planning on doing with it. We have my shelf over the 2 stalls we built and will keep that one for kennels to put the rabbits in and storage then we will tear down the 2 shelves the cage units are on on the other side leaving the entire area open and the 2 stalls that can be partitioned into 3 for kidding and or injury or something. We will move out the boiler and use the addition covering the boiler as a walk way/entrance and have a door on it that will mostly stay open but then we will put a fence up with a gate in the front of the barn so their feed and supplies can be kept away from them lol. it will also be where the milking stand will be. Yep. I am pretty content with my choice and my husband is excited about it as well! I would still like to do a matching lean too off the other side of the barn and leave inside the barn for supplies and for more stalls for kidding and milking but It isn't like we can't eventually. The rabbits I do keep will be kept for pets and for people to come see and pet basically... oddly enough we only have the goats and bunnies as well as the dogs, now puppies, and EVERYONE wants to bring their kids or grand kids over to see them all.... :lol:

We basically run a small petting zoo that the kids can interact with the animals.

babsbag · Dec 11, 2015

Boy do I understand the zoo but for me it was when I lived in the city. I had dogs, cats, turtles, gold fish, tropical fish, doves, Cockatiels, and rats. Then we had baby dogs, cats, doves, gold fish, and rats. Every kid in the neighborhood wanted to come to our house.

Now just dogs, cats, parakeets, chickens, goats, guineas, gold fish (koi), and sometimes pigs. But now that I live in the country most of the kids have much of the same animals at home so I am not the novelty. Thank goodness.

When I get the dairy done I do plan on having Spring farm days and let people come see the babies and the dairy and maybe even milk a goat. Hoping some schools might bring kiddos for tours too. I want to be a household name and what a better way to be known and recognized than to invite people to visit. I also have a passion for educating people about goats and LGDs.

samssimonsays · Dec 13, 2015

babsbag said:
Boy do I understand the zoo but for me it was when I lived in the city. I had dogs, cats, turtles, gold fish, tropical fish, doves, Cockatiels, and rats. Then we had baby dogs, cats, doves, gold fish, and rats. Every kid in the neighborhood wanted to come to our house.

Now just dogs, cats, parakeets, chickens, goats, guineas, gold fish (koi), and sometimes pigs. But now that I live in the country most of the kids have much of the same animals at home so I am not the novelty. Thank goodness.

When I get the dairy done I do plan on having Spring farm days and let people come see the babies and the dairy and maybe even milk a goat. Hoping some schools might bring kiddos for tours too. I want to be a household name and what a better way to be known and recognized than to invite people to visit. I also have a passion for educating people about goats and LGDs.

That is so awesome! I'd love to do that sort of thing. Maybe one day lol.

samssimonsays · Dec 14, 2015

PUPDATE time! Babies are 3 weeks old today already :ep

Where did the time go?!

Well anyway, here are some updated pics from over the weekend. They are playing more, wanting more attention and just the sweetest little things! I wuv them soooo much!

Sadie with Rumely Jr.

Sweet Sophie

Dolly

My little Mia, she is the smallest and sweetest but man can she raise heck!

Jeffrey lol

Rumely with his babies. They got moved into the back hallway from the pool in the living room due to coming home on Friday to find Sophie in the kitchen by the fridge screaming with a hoarse voice.