A Jesusfreaks tales of farm life with soon to be Six kids

Hopefully your next litters work out better! And yay for lots of goaties!

Iris as her babies I first time I actually got outside right after there was still blood normally I make it after they clean up haha .Getting better at my timing she pull a lot of fur. I took a very fast head count so it's more a estimation 6-7 alive and one still born. So not bad and she waited til it warmed up yay Iris thank you God. High is 75 today Low I 62 and it keeps about that for the rest of the week

The official head count is eight. They are all doing very well momma is doing great I am so pleased with her. She keeps the cover when it's chilly and uncovered them yesterday when it go to eighty I guess they where getting to hot. They all had fat big tummies yesterday when I check I check again today I end up picking her up and she had alot of milk still and she is probably alittle over weight she a big girl.

Checked on kits most are fat and heathly two look to not being eating as much one is down right skinny tried to get him to nurse off momma however wouldn't latch on so goin to feed store to get some ingredients for milk formula. Plan to supplement the two smaller just to help out some. I moved her to the large of the three pens since she only one with kits she now has the most room. Snowball is inside in a dog crate until the new house is finished. She also go rebreed today she wasn't happy about me taking her away from her boytoy so she have another date this evening to get her a better chance of a larger litter. snowflake will be rebreed tomorrow. They be due close to april 7th yay.

Hopefully mama settles in quickly! I wouldn’t move a doe with kits until they were old enough to survive without their mom as some does will abandon their kits if they’re moved or stressed...not all will, though, so
When I had rabbits I put off changing accommodations until the kits were 3 weeks old and starting to come out of the nest box and explore. That way they could chase their mama down if she was being a slacker with feeding them

She had no issue with it rhey stayed in their box just the box moved lol to a new house with her sh accepted it very easily she had been in that house before so I wasn't so concerned. However talking about rabbits my daughters doe snowball is a brat lol. She is normal docile easy to handle unless she mates . Man she great when pregant great with kits but sex goes to her head. I took her to her boyfriend captions cage earlier after three or four sessions I wen to grab her and she starts complaining. Well I brought him inside to her new digs so I could do some chores (she doesn't get aggressive with the male no matter where they are) any ways after a bit they start chasing and mating (she likes to be chased,) anyways after another 3-4 times go t get him and this time she start Makin that noise while kicking at my hand with her front feet. She apparently was not done with her boyfriend quite yet even though he looked whipped lol. I got my leather gloves and blue jean jacket on to grab hi because she kept protecting him. After he was gone she calmed down some but is still Makin the squeak she makes at him for no mating her to my hand so until she calms her behind down the cage stays closed lol. Here Lucy and her bunny snowball she giving her a purple carrot. The bunny likes Lucy. We also got one welsummer(all that was left), 10 goldencomets(kids pet chickens all pullets) ,9 barred rocks(mine), four ducklings(kids pets). I plan to get a few more breeds as well so i be chickened out this year lol. I am pretty sure my kids don't need anymore pets. They both have indoor pets Joshua has two toad, two round nosed plain snakes, Lucy has her bunny, we have two cats, one dog, a tank full of fish. Now the next animal I want after the birds are my piggies lol. With this rate my husband keeps letting me get animals it shouldn't be too long lol. We also went to an auction the other day go some book shelves an few other thing. They keep being cheaper the yard sales. I got two large bookshelfs, one kids desk, two small cabinet things I going to turn into bedside tables, a pallet of bricks an two tennis net for 36 dollars. All just in need of some paint or a good dusting. We all caught a mild cold. Some of us are just about over it while two just got it I see deep cleaning in my future lol. Alright I am going back to disges and cleaning up the bed goodnight all set y'all laters God bless.

It's funny lately Stella has started growing up mebtally. Grant she still gets bored and naughty however she gotten better with the rest of the animals. She can be out with the goats Al day doesn't chase them just watches and guards them. Some times she herd them back to the front protion instead of the back Of the she can lounge on the trampoline and watch them lol. She likes herd the geese as well. We currently have four Drake's three of which stay with the geese. So when they are out they try to fight with the other Drake(locked in chicken yard fight through fence) Stella will run over head but the Drake on the outside an break up the fight then walk away lol. Tonight as I was checking for pasty butt on he new chicks(all the barred rocks no one else) she starts nudgin them back to the crate but doesn't act like she going to try to eat one so that is an improvement. I not saying .would e ever leave alone with them but it nice not having to stress about it while I am tendkn to them

well one chick went missing today while they were in the outside pen. either it got lost or something grabbed it i couldnt find any evidence to support either theory. however that being said i would not be surprised if phoebe grabbed it for a snack she normally leaves chicks alone but she been known to try. they will be staying a cage for now since it happened. i also need to figure out a solution for the goats. honestly i am needing to clean it/correction finish cleaning. .. so much to do where does the time go. the runt kit iris had died, but the other seven are doing great. the other two does are bred they are due April 29. i am still debating on whether to keep the kids are not. without expanding their yard i might have problems keeping the yard to a healthly leave... i need to get a float test done and some other test done but it have to wait till next month more then likely. we already had a animal emergency this month. Garfield our male cat who is 10 years old, is staying with the vet. he came in the house yesterday with a infected wound and acting like he was poisoned. when he got to the vet he was severely dehydrated and unable to urinate one his own. they are giving him a strong antibiotic and trying to give him iv to hydrate him. however when they ran a urine sample they found out he was in acute kidney disease. if the hydration doesnt change that i am not sure what we can do for him. this vet bill was up there 615 dollars i am really hoping and praying that he pulls through. they are going to call me in the morning to let me know how is doing. okay moving on no dwelling on the posibilities. Lucy is adjusting to our new school schedule. Mondays, wensdays math science, social studies. Tuesday, thursday phonics, reading, penmanship, spelling. 10-4 with lunch break and snack breaks. Joshua is talking more so that great, he also love doing school we have been practicing his letters, colors, shapes, numbers. he was doing m the other day and he was able to trace it correctly and he said the word moon i was over the moon. my three year old hasnt really talked he prefers to grunt.

Sorry to hear about your missing chick and your cat being sick hope he pulls through
I’m afraid I didn’t hold out much hope for the kit when he wouldn’t latch...I’ve been there many a time. Sometimes they just don’t have the strength or will to live Glad the rest are doing well!

Well God knows best. I just keep trusting him. Garfields report this morning is that he is improving so far. He eating a little and purring and seeking attention so yay they are goin to give him fluids today and goin to run blood work tomorrow to see if his kidneys have resumed workin. And I get the feeling sometimes that Dr don't listen lol. I told him yesterday about Garfield wound on front right shoulder and he says this morning I am not sure if anyone noticed yesterday but he has a nasty wound on his shoulder that had a absess that ruptured I said that was the infected wound .I mentioned that I had cleaned with soap water and iodine and had put a strong topical antibiotic on. Lol but so far it's looking good for our kitty to come home tomorrow. Hopefully.