For one glorious day...it was above 40 degrees, we could get the barn open, we got pens cleaned out (my manure pile is bigger than yours ;) ), and I took a lot of pics while DH was running around on the bobcat.
There is no more attentive audience than goats at feeding time....
Our...
This is Copper's Joker Is Wild, his sire is the awesome red spotted buck Coppertox and his dam is a dapple-headed traditional. We got him back in March but life's been crazy (adult child moved back home in April, then left again in November, then kidding started, then we've had 400 inches of...
My hubby noticed one of his buns has no hair on the tops of her front feet. Back feet are fine, no hair loss anywhere else.
Skin is red / looks irritated, but not broken.
We've been treating the entire herd (20 or so) for ear mites w/ injected ivermectin, (they've had 3 rounds, 2wks apart, last...
Bullitt as a mature, 2 yr old buck
His son, Reaper - 40 days old, 41#, ADG of .75!!!
One of our % does, Levi...
This is her little carbon-copy (even the curled ears) son....
And her (keeper) daughter, Roll Farm's Luck-Y Girl (named in honor of Andrew Luck, of course...)
And our...
Gus and his mama, Edge. Gus is 1/2 Anatolian, Edge is pyr.
Reggie, our pup from Poorboys. He weighed 51# at his 16 wk check up. He's 5 mos. old now.
LOVE his sweet face
There will be some folks from Purdue here on Monday to take milk and vaginal samples from our does, they're trying to find out how widespread Q fever is here in Indiana, and doing a survey of producers to find out how well-informed 'we' are about the disease and precautions we need to take...
Jazz, due Christmas day
Dazzle....due Dec 26th-ish
Ruby, due Dec. 27th, and Peyton, due date unknown
And Ellie, due date unknown but US confirmed bred on the 1st try so she's gotta go soon.
This is Harry. He was born here in 2006. His dam was a big boer x Nub doe named Bre, dad was a Kiko buck sired by the famous Loverboy.
He was born a single, weighing a whopping 13#, born 'dead', heart beating but not breathing. I did CPR and saved him.
He was named for Harry Potter, it...
We have 5 does due around Thanksgiving - 4 nubs and 1 boer.
None of the udder pics are impressive (yet) - but w/ almost a month to go they're not going to be....I'll post pics when they're closer for comparison.
Blue -FF Nubian - if the ultrasound hadn't said she was bred, I would have sworn...
You just had to say, "Take a look at June Bug Bluff" on facebook, didn't you???
;)
I did...and now we're going to go pick up the spotted buckling born Oct. 13th tonight!
http://junebugbluff.com/goats-for-sale
I really like everthing about this boy....his mama was born here. His dad is...
If your dogs have double dew claws, make sure you check them every few months. (Well, any dew claws, actually....)
They can become overgrown and grow into the dog's leg and cause a very nasty infection if your not observant. It's especially important if you have a 'hairy' breed who's feet...
I got a verrrry, verrrry good deal on a couple nice does today.
They're 3 yr old 1/2 sisters (same dad) out of a friend's herd. She sold them as kids to a family who offered them to me for.....$100.00!!! For both!
Their kids have lost interest and the mom has migraines and just wants less to...