rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

Good bye, Campines. Off to be free range birds. Now we have mostly d'uccles plus a pair of polish a few sultans, a houdan, two bantam cochin pullets and three bantam cochin cockerels. If they have to be confined here, maybe slightly dense houdans might be a good idea. Shaun loves the potato level one we have and it seems to like confinement and they're listed as "better" layers. I'll watch.

 

[Baymule]

You have quite a mix of breeds. I like having different breeds and colors.

 

[rachels.haven]

I messed up my menfolk. I played some of these because I thought they were funny and they reminded me of a crasser version of the Red Green show and I wanted to analyze (poor guy progressively gets more and more sunburned as the skit progresses in some of them though as a heads up).

Now DH is talking funny-I think he the ones that go on and on stuck on a tangent about swamp bum struck home with him after this last week when our house made it to 85 (tiny AC is too weak for our tiny house). Dan first thought they were awful. Then he realized they were satire. Now they're hilarious to him. Aiden doesn't seem to have time to dwell on it, and just accepts it satire and all and moves on.
I've really got to be careful of what I watch.

 

[rachels.haven]

Forgot to mention, we went to this month's goat show yesterday. I went to last months go pickup a Lucky-4 leaf buckling out of two Little Orchard animals to mix with my Lucky*Star's/Little Orchard lines (Lucky-4 leaf is Erin Griner's herd and she uses her parent's animals frequently). This time i went to bring home 4 ND bottle doelings from does and lines that have persistent lactations and regularly milk through. Now i have 6 from this breeder including 2 i got last year from her heaviest milker. Time to feed them up and grow them out.

I saw a lot of "dairy" dairy goats as opposed to fat sausages and "not in my barn"s. I think that one show i went to in TN was not normal. They may just be breeding them fat and low production down there.

Boys complained the whole time we were there. Mark and I enjoyed what we got to see

 

[Mini Horses]

THATs the thing with ND. Great milk lines, udders, lactations, etc. and not just "registered ND". YEAH, if you're gonna milk, get lots of milk!! ND, more butterfat, too. Saanen increase that with feed.

 

[rachels.haven]

THATs the thing with ND. Great milk lines, udders, lactations, etc. and not just "registered ND". YEAH, if you're gonna milk, get lots of milk!! ND, more butterfat, too. Saanen increase that with feed.

And these girls should appraise well too according to the breeder and family history though boosting and maintaining milk is the priority this time.

Funny you mention them, I'm actually tempted to add a saanen or sable again for the son that likes them after yesterday. They are real dairy goats though and disease control isnt always priority in real dairies so I'd have to wait for the right opportunity. Probably won't happen here. Regardless they were beautiful.

 

[Mini Horses]

Here, I'd add a couple NDs again EXCEPT my bucks are big boys & that's a concern. Yep, jump that fence, all 300#. Ram it down, you name it. But would buy some otherwise .

Fortunate to have a good breeder with Saanen close by. Makes for good breeding visits, or replacement lines. Sold my Saanen buck a few yrs back.

 

[rachels.haven]

Here, I'd add a couple NDs again EXCEPT my bucks are big boys & that's a concern. Yep, jump that fence, all 300#. Ram it down, you name it. But would buy some otherwise .

Fortunate to have a good breeder with Saanen close by. Makes for good breeding visits, or replacement lines. Sold my Saanen buck a few yrs back.

Oh man. That would be intense. Your 300 lbs bucks would blaze the way and trail naughty little bucks behind them. Like minions...either that or they'd jump out first and make the big guys go nuts.

 

[Baymule]

My rams don’t jump out. Cooper and Rocky are gentle sweethearts that want attention and animal crackers. Little Ringo is the perfect example of a ram, his balls are bigger than his brain and he has two balls. Ponder on that.

 

[rachels.haven]

My rams don’t jump out. Cooper and Rocky are gentle sweethearts that want attention and animal crackers. Little Ringo is the perfect example of a ram, his balls are bigger than his brain and he has two balls. Ponder on that.

I've technically only had one jumper and he hurt his leg on the way over and never did it again...and then I sold him because "never" is never as never as it could be with a buck. And then we had doelings jumping-one broke her leg (not sure I wrote about that, but she's almost back to normal and off stall rest Wednesday thanks to a good set job at the vet) and the one that left the electric fence to opt out of pasture time. I think for goats it's a learned behavior and it's hard to unteach.

Also, speaking of "bigger than their brains" those large efficient, flock covering balls probably weigh those rams down. I can't imagine them wanting them jangled around as they land from a jump. Although wouldn't they "ram" a fence down? My vet has told me he's had rams in his practice that have rammed each other so hard their necks broke, so I'm sure they have the power.