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Are your Kinders 1st gen, 2nd gen?
KINDERS CALLING A New Home, A New Life.SUZZY'S BABIES ARE HERE !!!
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kinder
Loving the herd life
October 27th. 2014....
Kinders Calling.....
It took me until Aug. ( with a little help from my friends ) to get things done enough so I could move the guys into their new home. By then the chickens moved too, rooster; Othello started crowing at 10 weeks and now they are 16 wks.. Things were taking longer than I had planed, but there was progress just the same.
. Every day the goat areas get cleaned ( in and out ) unless its raining. I feed them 2x's a day and check up on them every 2hr., for water, hay and what ever else. I had to limit how mush hay I gave them at one time because they started getting fat, so I started giving a small arm full to them every 2 hrs. They are fed between 6:30-7:00 am every day and put to bed at 9:00 pm at night. A few times in Aug. the humidity was so bad for Jed and Wyatte that I sat out a chair, bucket of cool water and there brush, and just brushed them by dipping the brush in the cool water, it seem to bring some relief from it all. And I would brush the girls also, although the humidity didn't seem to bother them much. Now all of my goats love to be brushed.!! My biggest fear in my yard is snails and slugs,
And sense there is no easy way to rid them from my yard, I will go around the property early am and late pm with a cup of salt water and a pair of tongs and hand pick any who were stupid enough to let me see them ( after a while I got really good at it ).
In September I had things under control. Things seem to finally be getting easier and my relationship with the goats and chickens was exactly the way I had hoped.
October was a pretty busy mo. The bucks and does both are in full bloom !!!!! Got my first egg.
Here is a pic. of my son and my 12 year old cat Tooty Fruity helping
An up date on Jeds 2 off springs, this was taken in Sept. which would make them almost 4mo.
Lord Dublin: Jed's son
And Lady Godiva Jed's daughter
The breeders said they were such nice specs. that they decided to keep both..
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Be back with more......
Kinders Calling.....It took me until Aug. ( with a little help from my friends ) to get things done enough so I could move the guys into their new home. By then the chickens moved too, rooster; Othello started crowing at 10 weeks and now they are 16 wks.. Things were taking longer than I had planed, but there was progress just the same.
. Every day the goat areas get cleaned ( in and out ) unless its raining. I feed them 2x's a day and check up on them every 2hr., for water, hay and what ever else. I had to limit how mush hay I gave them at one time because they started getting fat, so I started giving a small arm full to them every 2 hrs. They are fed between 6:30-7:00 am every day and put to bed at 9:00 pm at night. A few times in Aug. the humidity was so bad for Jed and Wyatte that I sat out a chair, bucket of cool water and there brush, and just brushed them by dipping the brush in the cool water, it seem to bring some relief from it all. And I would brush the girls also, although the humidity didn't seem to bother them much. Now all of my goats love to be brushed.!! My biggest fear in my yard is snails and slugs, And sense there is no easy way to rid them from my yard, I will go around the property early am and late pm with a cup of salt water and a pair of tongs and hand pick any who were stupid enough to let me see them ( after a while I got really good at it ).In September I had things under control. Things seem to finally be getting easier and my relationship with the goats and chickens was exactly the way I had hoped.
October was a pretty busy mo. The bucks and does both are in full bloom !!!!! Got my first egg.
Here is a pic. of my son and my 12 year old cat Tooty Fruity helping
An up date on Jeds 2 off springs, this was taken in Sept. which would make them almost 4mo.
Lord Dublin: Jed's son
And Lady Godiva Jed's daughter
The breeders said they were such nice specs. that they decided to keep both..
.Be back with more......
Southern by choice
Herd Master
Love all the pics!
As far as snails and slugs- geese and ducks!
Years ago we (well our goats did
) ended up with lung worm.
We have streams and some places are just wet and marshy. Snails were horrible! They are an intermediary host for the lungworm. We brought in the ducks and geese and we have had no issues since.
We no longer have ducks and are down to 3 geese (actually we do have 1 mutt duck) NO SNAILS ANYWHERE on the inside of the fenced areas. Outside of those areas where there are no geese, ducks...snails and slugs EVERYWHERE!
I was going to process the rest of our geese but then I remembered about the lungworm. I think we will keep 2 and process the 3rd. Mutt duck is a lifer LOL
As far as snails and slugs- geese and ducks!
Years ago we (well our goats did
) ended up with lung worm.We have streams and some places are just wet and marshy. Snails were horrible! They are an intermediary host for the lungworm. We brought in the ducks and geese and we have had no issues since.
We no longer have ducks and are down to 3 geese (actually we do have 1 mutt duck) NO SNAILS ANYWHERE on the inside of the fenced areas. Outside of those areas where there are no geese, ducks...snails and slugs EVERYWHERE!
I was going to process the rest of our geese but then I remembered about the lungworm. I think we will keep 2 and process the 3rd. Mutt duck is a lifer LOL
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Maybe go could get Call ducks, they are the bantams of ducks!
LOVED the pics! Sounds like they are spoiled rotten!
Jed's babies are pretty!
LOVED the pics! Sounds like they are spoiled rotten!
Jed's babies are pretty!
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kinder
Loving the herd life
Thanks GW. & Sothern.!!
Jed and Wyatte both had to get scures removed at the beginning of this mo. What a hurtful thing to go through.
I also had my small herd checked for CAE and had a fecal check done. Every one was negative!!
They already get their CD&T every year. The breeder be for didn't keep records of past serious illnesses because she has had none. Her Vet doesn't believe in testing unless some thing rears its ugly head. My Vet when I asked her what I should test for, said it was an individual preference and some are not so picky and others want it all. She did suggest the CAE and said I just might want to start a Herd Testing Schedule. Otherwise ( when selling ) if someone wants tests done just let them know it will cost them extra. Be back ( feeding time )
Jed and Wyatte both had to get scures removed at the beginning of this mo. What a hurtful thing to go through
.I also had my small herd checked for CAE and had a fecal check done. Every one was negative!!
They already get their CD&T every year. The breeder be for didn't keep records of past serious illnesses because she has had none. Her Vet doesn't believe in testing unless some thing rears its ugly head. My Vet when I asked her what I should test for, said it was an individual preference and some are not so picky and others want it all. She did suggest the CAE and said I just might want to start a Herd Testing Schedule. Otherwise ( when selling ) if someone wants tests done just let them know it will cost them extra. Be back ( feeding time )- Thread starter
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kinder
Loving the herd life
I finally got some up dated pics., Had to dig out the small camera.
Here's a pic. of Amy and Hazel ( Both were born in March ) Amy ( Soon to be 8 mo./ 60 lbs./ 19 in. ht.. )
Hazel ( Soon to be 8 mo./ 67 lbs./20 in. ht....)
And of course my eldest..Suzzy.. ( Soon to be 10 mo./ 68 lbs./ 20 in. ht....)
She still has the heart on her rump, and I love her wattles.
Here's a pic. of Amy and Hazel ( Both were born in March ) Amy ( Soon to be 8 mo./ 60 lbs./ 19 in. ht.. )
Hazel ( Soon to be 8 mo./ 67 lbs./20 in. ht....)
And of course my eldest..Suzzy.. ( Soon to be 10 mo./ 68 lbs./ 20 in. ht....)
She still has the heart on her rump, and I love her wattles.- Thread starter
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