The little guy came home today, he's settling in just fine. We made a outside pen for him for the day time and we have him in the barn tucked away safe and sound for the night. I will keep him away from my other two for a while. This guy is small. After all this he might not be staying with me long. I have a few people very interested in him. We'll see. This time it's all about finding the right home for him, if I can't well then I guess I have another goat.
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So I've decided to take in the unwanted Nigerian Dwarf goat that a co-workers daughter bought because she thought it was cute, had if for a week and decided she didn't want it, so off to another co-workers home because she thought her son would like it, well it's been about another week and she doesn't want it. So I'm taking it. I get very frustrated with some peoples thinking. This poor little guy hasn't seen a vet yet has been moved around like old furniture.
I'm picking him up on Saturday, he has his first appointment at the vet on May 10th, OMG how hard was that. Sorry for venting.
Zoe kidded about two weeks after I noticed her udder. Her kids were smaller than the other five born here in the last three weeks. She was in with the buck to keep him company until I noticed her udder and did not get a whole lot of grain since I didn't know she was even pregnant! So..I think I have been feeding my pregnant goats too much and thats why the first five were bigger.
All of the kids are growing and doing well.
Kidding season is over for now. I am thankful.
Here's Whit, born yesterday.
And here's his sister Kali.
Hi! I was hoping for any information about organic herbal worming options. I will have 3 goats on organic farmland and need to find some organic options. Anyone recommend any products?
Thanks,
Gretta
This is the 4th job I have had where I have been laid off due to closure. And right now is the absolute worst time too! Monday will be my last day since I was scheduled off Tuesday and Wednesday and 9-5 Thursday but they decided to close at 11AM Thursday and I just don't see the point of rushing to get there at 9 and leaving after only two hours. I'll get those two hours before Monday since I am almost always on register and have to take time at the end of my shift to count down anyway.
I found 5 jobs in the paper that I plan to apply for , plus Walmart, Sams, and Target. Its a little far but I might try the tractor supply they just opened. It would be pretty neat to get a job in a feed store or a vets or something like that. Or a job actually using my degree in Business. The only thing is I will do just about anything to stay on this side of Lake Pontchartrain. I really don't want to drive the hour plus each way to New Orleans every day unless they pay teacher salary at the least.
I guess this means I really have to get those boys sold. If any one might be interested in either of them please let me know. I won't refuse a reasonable offer.
I wrote last June 30 about my goat Zoe who was bought bred but really wasn't. I put her in several times after that with the buck and she kept coming back into heat. Well, when I bought a new buck on Oct 21st I put her with him to keep him company. I checked on her udder occasionally but figured she was going to get pregnant again. Today I noticed she had an udder! Now I have NO idea when she will kid. Go figure.
This buck is good. He's the father of the quints I lost and the triplets we just had. I have another due in the next couple of days. Could she be due that soon?
Bad day, Bad day, Bad day....
We only go out of town two weeks a year. One at Christmas and one in the summer. I am planning now for that trip by trying to find a sitter who can milk the goats etc. So I had a homeschooling mother and daughter over this morning to help with the morning chores. I was up at 5:30 and swept the porch which is now my milking parlor. I'd say it took about an hour and a half to finish with the does, and as we were walking back to the buck pen I noticed a white lump... as I got closer I noticed the position he was in and sure enough he was dead. I was so embarrassed that someone came over to see the farm and how everything works and they met a dead Pecial, and a confused Boudreaux.
I just wormed him Friday. David did the chores last night because I had to close at work. He said Pecial was being his normal docile self...ate his grain and chewed his cud. So he died sometime between 7 and 7, and I want to say that I didn't miss him by much because he was still somewhat warm and flexible. I took him to the vet and they said it would be about 5-7 days before they got the results back from the lab. I hope they talk to me and not David, because if he finds out the tests were expensive ( they haven't told us how much yet) he will be really upset.
Pecial was an older buck but not THAT old.... but he was really nice looking and I was looking forward to breeding him with Isabel to give her some width. I was excited about getting good traits and blue eyes, but I guess I will have to wait on the blue eyes some more.
My mentor, whom Pecial came from said, that she would give me another buck to replace Pecial. One I have had my eye on for a while, and has some good width, so would make a good mate for Isabel still. I am on my way to get him tomorrow. Boudreaux should be happy again tomorrow evening when I get back...for now he's screaming his head off. I can hear him in here...
If Oviedo doesn't grow out more in about a month I think I will keep him as a weather in case something like this ever happens again I'll have an insta-buddy.
I guess I picked a heck of a year to start with goats....seems like everyone has it rough.
Madison, the littlest goat born @ Pink Roses Farm this year is doing much better! She's still eating around 2 oz at each bottle feeding. When she eats less at one feeding tends to make it up at the next one. This evening she ate 2.5 oz. She is also not shaking anymore, and doing better every day in terms of walking and getting up. She is outside all day now except for feedings and is starting to play more with her sister and half brothers.
I have been milking her mom twice a day Since they were born to get milk for Madison, and to freeze some for an emergency next year. The first few days I did not get much, but she is improving every day! By the 5th day she gave 6 oz 6th day 14 and today 21 oz!! I seriously cannot wait for next week when I start putting babies up at night and milking in the morning!
Everything around here takes forever and a day to get done! So I am really excited that tomorrow I am getting the boys cattle panel pens and they will be arriving with my mentor whenever she comes. I have been waiting for someone with a truck who could help for weeks and weeks!
Also I am off for a couple days and we can get the cutting tools to make the milk stand we already marked pieces for...been asking for that since early summer!!
Getting a new roof on our house!! Needed that for more than a year...now we can keep our homeowners insurance that they have been trying to cancel since before Christmas.
It's almost my birthday, and I gave my mom a list of stuff I wanted...I hope she picks the cheese making kit or the step stool tool box!Any of the other stuff would be fine too!
Stuff is finally getting done, and I like it!
I was checking out this site because I have two "forever pregnant" girls and I had them tested to make sure they were pregnant and there weren't any problems. I found this interesting article on False Pregnancy in Goats. It's copyright protected so I can't actually post the article itself on this blog. However, since Biotracking is a large company, I'm sure they secured the copyright before putting it on their website...if you go there you can read it...here's the link..just click on the article to bring it up
The blizzard that hit the midwest last Tuesday certainly brought some challenges...like getting to the barn without slipping on all that ice. I don't know how you folks up north do it! Luckily the power stayed on, the heatlamps all worked and everyone worked together to stay warm.
Well! The big snow came all day Monday about 1 to 2 inches an hour and I kept them inside with the door closed because the wind was brutal and swirling snow in every direction. I didn't want snow in to pens. Tuesday when I opened the door they all rushed out and stayed outside most of the day. The snow was 16.4 inches deep! They scampered about belly deep and didn't care at all.
I am glad since it looks like the snow will continue to come.
I was never move excited to be able to walk the buck to the doe pen and to walk in there with him NOT threatening to butt me! The small two year old is giving more milk than my other milker and is much easier to milk. She also stood for the buck before I got her, during the ride home and when she got home. I am hoping for a good outcome.
The other think I'm looking for is plans/blueprints for the smallest possible legal milking parlor and cheese kitchen. I have a space for it, but would love to see some plans for designs that have worked for people. I know so many of these questions can only be answered with it depends...but I am looking for some experienced suggestions to help guide my dreaming. Thanks for any input you have!
I've always had the luxury (with my angoras before and my nigies now) to have the space to just separate out the doe(s) and buck I wanted them bred to and just leave them together in the pen for about a month. This year I'm using a friends buck to add new bloodlines to my herd and I want to be sure these two does are in heat (and not just teasing!) before I haul them over to be serviced. Any clues?
At what age do you start breeding? and what else do I need to know? I'll be researching the subject but first hand advice is always better.
Also, They came to me VERY skittish, never being handled. I have spent the past 3 months, hand feeding them, playing with them and just trying to earn their trust. One has come around beautifully (practically crawls in my lap) the other is still very afraid. I'd love to hear your ideas.
Thank-you!
I just finished 7 days in a row at work. I feel like it just whirled by. Sam is getting friendlier.. which is good. I could be wrong but it seems like he waits to get petted after Stanley, who always runs up first.
When I bought these boys I did not distinguish between registries, I thought registered is registered, so when I bought my does, it became apparent that this was not the case, which is why they are at my mentors house being bread to one of her bucks who has the same registrations.
So I thought, no big deal, we can just whether them, and we will have a couple of companions. David on the other hand would rather sell them and try to get the $200( for the pair) back that we paid for them, then buy a cheaper whether before the new buck comes early next year. I see where he's coming from, but at the same time, I like them, and wouldn't mind keeping them as whethers. If you were in this position, what would you do?
