One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

Today was the first day of the Zebulon Farmers Market that Maurine manages
She left the house at 6 am
So I had to do all of the feeding this morning and milking
It was a long day
I had been doing chores for most of the day
She got home at 5 and the people who were going to help load the pig got here
Got pig loaded
Fed, milked , fed bottle babies
She laid down about 9 pm

I was at the dining room table and she said " Happy Anniversary "
22 years today

Life got busy and you forgot......

glad you got the last pig loaded, what a relief to get them off the feed bill! The old saying "eat like a pig" really means eat like a pig! LOL

Happy Anniversary, may you have many more.

I have no experience loading pigs but a good friend tells me that she backs them into the trailer and they go willingly. I am just happy that my butcher comes to me, less stress all the way around.

Happy anniversary! You did the farm chores- she knows you still love her

Glad you got the final pig loaded, that sounded like a big job.

How many Bottle babies are you up to?

I have no clue how you are able to get your Udderly ez milker to actually MILK your goats. (Someone gave/lent us their Udderly ez after it didn't work well for them- can't milk our girls with it either)

Just 2 bottle babies
Vivaldi and Molasses' quad doe
I think we are going to name her Blackstrap
I don't know what to tell you about the EZ Milker
You saw Maurine use it at the State Fair?

Yep, we have another friend who swears by their Udderly ez too.

I'm good with hand milking and we have 2 machines, we have to many for the Udderly ez anyway but figured we'd give it a shot

I know it works great on your girls though.

I like the name, but do you mean Valiant?

No I meant we are bottle feeding Vivaldi the buck kid we got
And we are bottle feeding Molasses quad doe

I am afraid of pigs! I have seen a few people with scars where the hog got them.

I was watching Hannibal ( sequel to Silence of the Lambs) last night... I saw the hogs do what they can do... yep... NO piggies EVER for me!
I know a lot of people that say how sweet and dog like they are etc... I don't doubt it. It's just the one's that aren't that way that scare me and ya never know what you'll get.

Every year on our anniversary I ask DH, "What do ya think? Wanna give it another year? " He will laugh and say, "yeah, maybe another five." I say, "whoa buddy , five is a long time... let's try three and see how it goes!"

I wish we could get the EZ milker to work for us. The big inflation won't go over some of the girls teats either... we tried everything.

BTW- Ruthie's doe ( from Isaac) has started to really shape up and is looking very nice! Keep meaning to mention that. I just wish we could get a halfway decent pic of her.
We also have a buck out of Lucy, not sure where it came from or maybe both sides as Lucy is a very long doe, nice length and she is wide- but Isaac sired this guy and we really like him... The width is probably from Lucy's side as they are all wide wide wide ... the length though is sweet on this guy. We were going to sell him as we have a few people waiting but now I'm not sure. I really like him. GW does too.

One of our pigs untied my shoe this morning while I was filling the water tub. It was the Hampshire, I call her the sweet, blonde, blue-eyed Kindergarten girl in private school and she suddenly got thrown in alternative school with a bunch of 6th grade hoodlums. (the three Red Wattle pigs) LOL LOL

Happy Anniversary and many more!