poor jill, give her a hug and take good care of her. your gonna be a little busy till she gets back on her feet between boys, bunnies, house work, cooking and church work so take care of yourself too. keep on hoppin' kiddo
it's been a while so I thought I'd try and catch up on everyone. gonna take a while. and be picture heavy too. but since youall love pictures that shouldn't be a problem.
on the family front, the good news is that str#3 finally moved into her own house about 5 miles from here, woot!! the bad...
Hey aggies, welcome to the great state of arklahoma. living here is gonna take a little getting use to since youall a texicans and all. I live right on the ark/okla boarder a little ways below fort smith. hope you find the info you need, lots of really nice folks with lot of knowledge hang...
hi west virginia, welcome to the herd. you'll find lots of info and lots of nice helpful people on here. I lived in w.va. for a good part of my adult life and loved it there. I lived outside Buckhannon which is below Clarksburg which is below Morgantown. I don't know about now but the state...
you know you may as well go in, climb in bed and go to sleep because they are going to hold those babies hostage till you are goofy and nonfunctional from lack of sleep and then and only then will they release them
forgot to tell you bay, I bought the white dorper when I thought the ram I had was not doing his job, bad on me, I guess he was just bashful, never saw him so much as sniff a ewe much less try to breed one but low and behold all of the ewes lambed without a problem. all twins except one single...
i'm just past so happy for you, they are beautiful girls. hope and faith sound like great names to me. it will be interesting to watch their color develop. I don't see grey, I see brown. time will tell. congratulations you goat grammy you.
bummer @Baymule. wonder what happened to mr duck. hopefully that nest full of eggs will provide you with a replacement or two. and yes you need to eat that drake, why raise them if you don't like the way they taste. str#1 ran over one of my drakes last week and we debreasted him, marinated...
boys his age are bullet proof, don't you guys remember that. and yup, the good Lord takes care of widders, orphans and half wits. mama always said so. if the no seat belt ticket got thru to him maybe this will too. we can only hope it does.
:lol: that granddaughter is going to give you a run for your money one of these days. I guess she told ds straight out. loving the porcine palace and I bet the pigs love it too. I can't wait to see how the herefords taste. the large blacks we have butchered have been awesome eating but sooo...
I do a combination of containers, have old chest type freezer for the goat/sheep feed and use metal trash cans for the chicken, duck, rabbit and dog feeds. use to use 5 gallon buckets to store grain in but the rats were able to chew into the top of it too. i'm giving real serious consideration...
we may never know who is feeding whom but I can tell you that whoever seems to be doing a good job. they all look great, fat and healthy. and the 3/4-1/4 or 1/2-1/2 is really not a big deal I just wanted you to remember that she is more milk than meat and should milk very well. and you are...
since I don't live close to a road and my driveway is over a tenth of a mile up a small hill and out of site of the road I didn't have that problem. the chickens learned to run for cover when the guineas started to holler. worked out well for me;)
wow joe, congratulations on all the new babies. glad everyone is doing well. pretty babies. and glad dot is milking well for you. her mama was a milking fool. is april doing ok feeding her three? and I keep reminding you that april isn't 1/2-1/2 meat and milk but 3/4 milk and 1/4 meat...