Goatgurl - life goes on at someday farm

[babsbag]

I bought my first buck when I had 6 does to breed and then after 2 years I had to get another new buck as I won't line breed for more than one generation. If you keep kids you are often on the lookout for new blood. Horrible life to be a buck.

 

[goatgurl]

sorry I couldn't answer youall, my computer went 10-7. the screen went all jumpy and wiggly then faded to black, not good...not good at all. since it is an old laptop anyway and I have already replaced the screen once I really didn't think it was worth it to replace it again. so I have been computerless for the past couple of weeks. bless her heart, my friend jb has let me use her laptop till I can get a new one. she just uses her phone or gets online at work if she needs to.
as to problems with biosecurity fortunately for me I got my ram from the same person that I had purchased one of my ewes and my last ram from and he hasn't brought any new animals onto his farm in several years so if his animals have a problem mine probably do too. if that weren't the case I would get a ram earlier in the year and isolate him in one of the back pens for a few weeks before letting him out with the girls. @Devonviolet I met the owner years back when I bought my female maremma from him. he raises registered katadhin sheep, registered savanna meat goats and was selling his last litter of maremma pups. nice guy, nice place and well cared for stock. and @Southern by choice he has about as many dogs as you do. they are beautiful and hard working. seven all together, three with the sheep, three with the goats and a retired 11 year old male who stays the yard and barn area with his two border collie, sheep working friends. and to answer the question about what the dogs did when Raymond whacked me, emma (the littlest and my avatar) charged his nose, she is the one who backed him away from me. Katie got between he and I and made sure he stayed in front of me. baby jj ran for her life. the sheep and the goats intimidate her. the older she gets the better she gets but she still has plenty of respect for them and runs if they threaten her.
other than the computer dying all is well with my world. ground is drying well, the snow and ice missed us and I have been enjoying the warmer days. goats are getting their little yup i'm preggers udders and looking the part. sheep are doing well, glad to be out of lock up and the young hens are finally starting to lay. yea!!! little bitty eggs, makes me smile. I've been working with the bunny poo and compost and getting the planting barrels ready for spring then I spend hours looking in the seed catalogs and convincing myself that I don't need all the neat things I find.
its good to be back, I've missed youall. take care

 

[Baymule]

Glad you weren't hurt by the ram whack in the back. I don't have a ram yet, but will have to get one so I can have another lamb crop. I know how you feel with no computer. When we moved last February, we had no internet. I exhausted every avenue and finally 7 months later, DH saw a Hughes Net commercial on TV and I called them. It is slow, but it is a connection and sure beats using my phone! Glad you are back with us!

 

[goatgurl]

well my friend had to borrow her computer back for a while so I've been gone again. life is always interesting. things are going well here, we're getting some much needed rain here today. i'm trying to put off going out to do chores but the radar looks like it is going to last a while so i'm gonna send this and then go get started. i have bunnys due tomorrow. nest box in and bess the bunny has it all fluffed and ready, is pulling fur and looking pretty preggo. last time she and calllie were both in the same hutch, kindled on the same day and had a total of 16 kits. now they are separated so it will be interesting to see who has how many.
had to add a couple of goat pictures for good measure. the big gal is spritzer and the ff with the starter kit is baby bang. they are due on the same day and have a month to go. i'm only freshening 8 does this year which seems strange but will be more manageable. 4 first fresheners, 1 - 2nd, 1- 3rd and 2- 4th. five of them are due within 5 days. what was i thinking??? well can't get the pictures to load, dang it... you'll just have to trust me, they're looking pregnant,

 

[Southern by choice]

Aw... wish the pics would have loaded. Something just oh so cute about pregnant goats!

We had 4 go in 24 hrs. Leah the night before and then 3 the next morning it started. The girls were wonderful... each one waited til the other was done before they had theirs! Now those are some considerate does if ya ask me!

It is nice when they all can be close together.

I love to see everyone else with their rabbits and the kits... I am not brave enough to take on rabbits.

We seem to be having extra rain. So saturated, so sick of it and we are now in a 3 day spell of it. Tomorrow severe thunderstorms and wind.. probably because the temp is suppose to be almost 70... they are calling for possible tornadoes... more East of where we are.. Raleigh and East of... fortunately we are West. Still the crew is out picking up everything not nailed down... hmmmm they could be out there for days.

Glad you were able to poke yer head in!

 

[goatgurl]

I sure hope that my girls are as considerate as yours are when it comes time for everyone to deliver. I have been reading everyone's kidding threads and see so many doelings. I sure hope my older does cooperate, I have never gotten doe kids out of the two oldest does and am getting pretty desperate. i'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I have to be the first to admit that if my sil didn't help with dispatching the bunny growouts I probably wouldn't raise them to eat. I can clean them all day long but am a woose when it comes to dispatching them.

 

[goatgurl]

as of today the score is opossum 4, me 6. something had killed 4 of my young hens in the past 3 weeks, have set live traps and prowled around the barn and chicken house in the dark to no avail but this afternoon Katie, the bwd was barking and carrying on up in the feed side of the barn so I took my trusty little pistol and headed up to see what she had cornered. lo and behold there was my little chicken killer in the flesh. it was quite the circus, there was me, Katie, emma, J.J. 8 goats, 4 sheep and a flock of chickens and ducks all crowded into the girls side of the barn but when the gun went off the only ones left standing were miss emma and I. every one else was standing on the outside looking in. the killer guard dogs were both outside, they said they were protecting the goats but I don't really believe them... ' good news is that ms. 'possum was dead, other good news was that I didn't shoot a hole in the side of the barn. sort of sad news was that ms. 'possum was a mama and had 5 little babies stuck tight to her. at least that's 5 less for the chickens and I to worry about. last year it was raccoons, this year opossums. never a dull moment around here.
on a lighter note, bess black bunny had her kits three days ago. nine fat happy little bunnies. 1 black, 1 blonde, 1 broken blonde, and 6 broken blacks. did I ever tell youall how darn cute it is when you pull back moms fur pile and little baby bunnies start popping up and down. makes me laugh. callie is due tomorrow, Maggie next week and pinkie lee the week after that. i'm going t be covered in baby bunnies pretty soon.
wrestled with 5 of the pregger goats today and gave them their cd-t boosters. between the gun and the needles I am not their favorite person right now. count down to babies. i'm starting to get excited. this borrowed computer still won't let me post pictures so youall will just have to use your imagination. i'm still working on it tho.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Good shooting, GG! Glad you got that chickin' killin' critter!

 

[Baymule]

Awww......baby bunnies are so darn cute! And you have 5 goats due? Whew! You are gonna be busy!

 

[goatgurl]

actually @Baymule I have 8 goats to freshen but 5 are due in a 5 day period. when are you gonna come get yours? and bring @Devonviolet with you, she wants a lamancha for minimunchies and boy do I have a girl for her. I guess i'm nuts but they just kept coming into heat so I kept taking them to the buck.
so far baby bunny count is 14. bess had 9 and callie had 5. all fat happy little things. Maggie is due to kindle this thrusday and pinkielee the following Wednesday. had fried rabbit for family dinner on sunday. everyone enjoyed the fruits of my labor... SIL has a turkey fryer that he loves to use so I let him do most of the cooking. he fried potatoes and the rabbit, I did the corn on the cob and mixed up a green salad and ds#1 made caramel brownies. add a glass of sweet tea and what more could you ask for.