KinderKorner's ** Kid Pictures

[KinderKorner]

I have probably 75 started birds that will be sold soon. So hopefully I will make back some of the money for feed. But I doubt I'll break even. I just have too many. Although since the silkies are gone that cuts down on a lot of the waste.

Now if I could just get rid of a horse. :/

My horses eat more than my entire herd of goats everyday and produce nothing.

 

[KinderKorner]

It's the day to shave udders, and trim hooves and work outside and it's a windy 15 degrees outside. It's bitter when we've been in the 50's or 60's nearly all month.

Of course it had to get cold when I needed to do stuff outside.

 

[KinderKorner]

I got the shots, and hoof trimming, and udder shaving done. Plus gace Jacob and Roosevelt their 2nd round of worming.

It's 15 degrees outside and super windy and cold. My fingers were so frozen I couldn't do a good shave job. Plus the goats were cranky and all stompy and I can't say I blame them. So I apologize in advance for bad pictures and bad shave jobs. haha. I will be redoing them in a week or so once their udders get bigger.

Lily's is the biggest so far. This is her 4th freshening.

Meg's is just starting. 4th freshening

Angeliese's is barely even there. She is such a brat about everything. I don't know why I love her so much. She screamed through walking on the lease, and hoof trimming, and shaving. She was jumping and stomping. But she can be so snuggly and cute sometimes.

None of them have much going on. I'm sure they will start filling up soon though.

 

[KinderKorner]

We got an inch or two of snow last night. But it's already above freezing and I believe it's going to get back up in the 50's today or tomorrow. Looks like good weather this week so I'm hoping it's still nice when the babies are born. Can't wait. 9 more days.


I'm curious to what Lily's babies will look like. I bet they will have bug eyes.

Planning on keeping a doeling from Angie and Meg hopefully. So I hope Meg has 2 girls, and Angie had 2 girls and 1 boy. haha. A girl can dream.

 

[KinderKorner]

What I goal I hope to reach this year is to get a nice buck. I'm hoping for a good 1st gen from my Nubians, or a buckling from the bred does I am getting but we will see. My bucks have served me well but as my herd improves and my knowledge I see faults that I would like to improve on.

I feel I'm heading in the right direction with my does, but my bucks seem not up to par with them. It could be just because I have been seeing them for months with their winter woolies and all tucked up and shivering.

I'm anxious for warm weather to get here so I can muscle them up and see just what I have to work with.

I reduced my doe herd last year quite a bit, and I am happy with what I choose to save. (Wish I had a few more. haha)

This year is going to be buck reduction. I have 7 right now. 1 is sold, but he isn't shaping into something I like so I may wether him and let them pick a different buck.

1 I'm really liking but we will see what happens in the warm weather, and when his first babies are born this month.

I'm ready for winter to be over.

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

What I goal I hope to reach this year is to get a nice buck.

Me too!

 

[KinderKorner]

Lily's and Angeliese's udders are starting to bloom. I'm so excited. Angelieses teats are pretty short though so hopefully they will get longer as she fills more. Meg's udder isn't doing much. I thought it got pretty big last time, so hopefully it will start filling soon.

Angeliese is going to be a holy terror on the milk stand. Everytime I try to touch her udder she bucks and screams.


Ellie one of my other younger does is a perfect angel and just squats when you scratch her belly or udder. Why can't my Angie be good like that. Can't wait for all my FF babies. Expecting great things this year.

Oh I spent $105 more dollars on animal food yesterday. So now I am minus $365.

I'm going to have to buy hay soon too. Yikes.

1 week until kidding! Yahoo!

 

[KinderKorner]

Well the rain has finally stopped. So I attempted to take some pictures of my adorable little cochins. The hens all ran into the house, but I managed to trap the three roosters outside. So I got a lot of pictures to share. They are beautiful fluffy little things, great broodies, and they lay a lot.

The poor roosters thought I was going to kill them so they are on high alert. Their necks are all stretched up and an many of the pictures you can see they are trying to climb the wall, but you'll get to see how pretty they are.

I have one Mille Fleur, and 2 Mille Fleur/Blue Mottled mixes. Trying to improve type a little and add the blue color to the mille.

Both of the younger ones started out the same color, then as they got older, one of them lighten incredibly. I thought it was splash, but I think it's actually just an extremely mottled blue. Whatever it is it's really neat.

Here is the two brothers. Big color difference.

Daddy bird. He is a BEAUTIFUL dark red color.

"Make sure you get my good side."

"Are you checking out my butt?"

Then we have the darker rooster. He was crazy. Poor guy I think I just about gave him a heart attack.

I named this one the drive by stink eye.

"Does this picture make my butt look big?"

Pretty Mille chest.

You can see how fluffy and wide they are much better when I wasn't all up in their business and freaking them out.

If I can talk my Fiance into letting me borrow his telephoto lens one day I'll get much better pictures.

Well thats all my cochin boys. I'll try to go take some hen pictures after my batteries charge back up.

 

[KinderKorner]

Just found this picture in my email of some of the 6 month old babies someone has that I hatched. They sure do mature beautifully.

I'm getting sick. :/ I've had a head ache since yesterday but I thought it was because I was tired. But I slept 9 hours and I've still got it. Plus aches, a sore throat, and a runny nose. Oh joy. I just got over being sick a few weeks ago, and then a few weeks before that. I've never been sick 3 times in 3 or 4 months before. Usually I get sick once a year. *sigh*

Oh well. Life must go on. I have to get some work done before I get anymore pictures. But I'll try my best. It's hard to get motivated when I feel like crap.

Oh and this morning I guess one of my bucks got out, so my family just stuck him in with Jacob and Roosevelt who are in a seperate pen right now until Jacob gets stronger. I found them this morning. Jacob and Jasper had been head butting probably for hours. (Not in a mean way, just playfully) But Jasper broke a scur off, and cut Jacobs head and there is blood all over the house, and pen, and them, and even poor Roosvelt.

Just what Jacob didn't need. I'm finally getting his eyelids less pale, and now he busts his head open and bleeds out all the weeks of work I have put in him. I want to kick Jaspers butt. I hope he didn't work himself up too much.

 

[elevan]

I'm getting sick. :/ I've had a head ache since yesterday but I thought it was because I was tired. But I slept 9 hours and I've still got it. Plus aches, a sore throat, and a runny nose. Oh joy. I just got over being sick a few weeks ago, and then a few weeks before that. I've never been sick 3 times in 3 or 4 months before. Usually I get sick once a year. *sigh*

Oh well. Life must go on. I have to get some work done before I get anymore pictures. But I'll try my best. It's hard to get motivated when I feel like crap.

Know how you feel. I've been sporting a headache and sore throat for several hours now myself. Sure makes you miserable.

Oh and this morning I guess one of my bucks got out, so my family just stuck him in with Jacob and Roosevelt who are in a seperate pen right now until Jacob gets stronger. I found them this morning. Jacob and Jasper had been head butting probably for hours. (Not in a mean way, just playfully) But Jasper broke a scur off, and cut Jacobs head and there is blood all over the house, and pen, and them, and even poor Roosvelt.

Just what Jacob didn't need. I'm finally getting his eyelids less pale, and now he busts his head open and bleeds out all the weeks of work I have put in him. I want to kick Jaspers butt. I hope he didn't work himself up too much.

Those scurs do bleed a lot!