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Well feels like at least a small herd of some kind of livestock

She is 10 months old now. Not sure of weight exactly but I would say getting close to 100. Just a sweetheart. She is a house LGD and adores her human kids to pieces.

Just for a smile, my daughter teaching Piper to lay down today

Yes, my cute Sambuca. He went to a nearby family with some future 4H kids. He and another buck, along with our does Pumpkin, Scarlett, Yonnie, Stella, Nova, and Red Rose all have new farms. We are going to talk to a financial planner about what it would do if I took some time off for a...

Been offline for nearly a year it seems. My apologies to those who wondered what happened. Our plans sometimes shift, evolve, and change without much of our own input. The kids are getting older and the challenges much more complicated and time consuming. The freedom I recall daydreaming...

Thanks. We got her moved over and she loves it so far. More space and we got to bring in some of her own furniture so it is more like home. The OFA boys are awesome!! Gawd do they stink right now, those adorable little boogers. Monty is definitely the king of the bucks, even dominates our...

Happy Tuesday! I will be off until next Tuesday and am looking forward to a bit of a break I hope. The first thing on my list finish a table set I am sanding and antiquing in my garage. Time to do hooves and fecals too. Our vet is coming out to do the dogs vaccinations and exams so should be...

That Louie is a character! We THOUGHT we had the problem fixed until yesterday. He is my boy for sure and yesterday it was our other dog's turn for a walk (my mom and I take two of the six dogs, rotating their turns, on a 4 miles walk around the block once a week or so). Louie was sooo...

And we have an answer! It was our LGD Louie :ep He was standing on the goat trough, climbing and pulling himself through the small side opening of our hay feeder, then having himself a good time peeing and pooing in the barn, opening the catfood bin and having an extra meal, then climbing...

His scurs look small to me. Once castrated, you should be able to show him regardless of small scurs, but email your local 4H leader to ask about the maximum size. We have reburned scurs on our own but they do need to be small still and it is not something that I would have done without...

It is really strange. The barn is closed at night except for a large cat door (which was made larger by our LGD Louie who was locked in the main barn area on night and ripped out the plastic cat door and chewed the sides of opening). Other than the cats, nothing is loose in the barn...

Do you have a buddy for him to hang with when he is separated from the does? I have a beautiful buck who is an aggressive lover and terrorizes the does relentlessly. The other 4 are more gentle natured. We pen breed the does we want bred by Mr. Crazy and then put him back and he chills out...

Hope Blue heals quickly. We had an incident over the summer with our two females. The vet didn't do stitches, just had us do some flushing since the wounds were pretty open, not pocketed where bacteria could grow. It healed up well.

I really do need to get an updated pic of critters, barn , and whatnot. I did take a before pic of the goat pen and then was soooo sore and tired by time it was done (and stinky) I didn't get an after pic. Will have to try tonight. We have a really weird mystery I am hoping to solve by the end...

Is the buck of the same breed then, not a larger breed? At 6 months old, he definitely could impregnate her. She is young. Some folks breed at 6-8 months old so it is a bit soon but she might be alright. It isn't ideal. You could have your vet administer Lute to be on the safe side. We...

Hi Backyarders! I have been offline for quite sometime dealing with a busy season of life. The homestead is going great, and as always, I busy myself with that never ending to-do list. This weekend, we moved my garden so that next year it is easier to manage, a bit closer to the house. We...

Hi guys! I have had one heck of a few months here. DH's department closed at work and while he still has a job, his hours are a mess and we never know week-to-week what to expect. Then an unexpected opportunity landed in my lap and I jumped on it. I got a new job so I am in the middle of...

Oh jeeez has it really been a month! Sorry about that! We have been hitting that to do list hard. Pasture fence is done, hotwire added to my parent's fence, making a new feed building for the meat goats, and kidding season for the dairy goats is done. Updates! I have not weighed them this...

Our dogs are out 24/7. We have large coyotes and they are a real PITA. They used to come frequently onto the property but while we still have them come by, they are definitely deterred. The only time they are locked in is when we have that once or twice yearly wretched storm when I need to...