77Herford Farm Zoo Journal Moving

[77Herford]

Dogs came back last night and dug their way into the sheep pen. One of the labs was badly injured but will make it and the other he didn't make it. We of course had to call the Dog walker lady but she was lucky my wife is a Vet tech or her other dog might be toast too. The lady was borderline livid but overall more concerned about her dog. The remaining lab is at the local vet and will need screws in one of he's legs and alot of sedated rest.
After she calmed down the lady came to realize she was in the wrong and along with a fine from the county will be keeping her dogs on a leash. Yes, I said dogs, she apparently has some terriers but they are house dogs.
None of my Sheep are injured but they are all on edge. The Llama team of Clove and Brat really out did themselves, which pleased me. They will do great with the Goats next year.

Speaking of Farm 2, we have around 34 Boer kids on the ground and 17 Kiko kids. The lovely Kiko kids of the 17, 10 are does! We will be keeping all the Kiko does for the next 5 to 6 years as we phase out the Boer does and bring in Boer bucks. I must admit though my friend managing Farm 2 is like me in someways and likes to experiment and with my approval bought a Spanish buck and will be test breeding him with ten Kiko does.

 

[MrsDieselEngineer]

That couldn't have been a pretty sight, I do feel a little bit sorry for the lady who lost a dog but she should have kept them home. Hurray for Llamas! They did a great job protecting your sheep

 

[wannacow]

Wow! The more I read about llamas, the more I want one. I still say poor dogs as they were only being dogs, but to that "owner"... Dogs are to be taken care of, not to let wander because they are "good dogs"...

 

[aggieterpkatie]

So did your llamas cause the injuries? Good for them for protecting their flock. That stupid owner...it's her own stupid fault her dogs got hurt.

 

[jodief100]

I feel awful for the dogs, it wasn't their fault. They were just doing what they are supposed to do. It was their ignorant and foolish owner's fault. She had been warned repeatedly but I guess she just had to be "right".

77- I am glad you didn't have to do it and the llamas took care of it for you. Partially because I know how much you care about dogs and also because the stupid owner can't blame you.

So for farm 2 are you going to bring in a kiko buck for your replacement does? That is what I do. Breed the best of my does to a kiko buck for keeper kids and breed the rest to a boer for terminal kids. I do occasionally keep some of the boer sired kids if the look good.

If you do get a kiko buck, I recommend going to the OK buck test sale. It is a forage based test and they only sell the best performing bucks. I got Bullet out of the MD buck test (same deal but OK is closer to you). I have never had to worm him and he got big fast. I will see what his kids do this year and I am real excited about it.

 

[77Herford]

I was originally going to go with Kiko bucks and Boer does but I believe either Roll Farms or 20Kidsonahill told me mid purchase that it would be better for my to have Kiko does and Boer bucks so since they have more knowledge in Goats I switched things up. So right now I have some Kiko bucks and some Boer bucks, then I have some Kiko does and many more Boer does. I will keep all the Kiko kidded does I have for the seeable future and slowly sell off my Boer does. Many of the does I purchased had already been open or had been bred when I got them, hence the early winter kiddings. All the other does have been bred with some Kiko and some Boer bucks.

I'll be trading in my beat up tractor for another tractor a Farmall.

 

[autumnprairie]

I was originally going to go with Kiko bucks and Boer does but I believe either Roll Farms or 20Kidsonahill told me mid purchase that it would be better for my to have Kiko does and Boer bucks so since they have more knowledge in Goats I switched things up. So right now I have some Kiko bucks and some Boer bucks, then I have some Kiko does and many more Boer does. I will keep all the Kiko kidded does I have for the seeable future and slowly sell off my Boer does. Many of the does I purchased had already been open or had been bred when I got them, hence the early winter kiddings. All the other does have been bred with some Kiko and some Boer bucks.

I'll be trading in my beat up tractor for another tractor a Farmall.

I will be looking for a kiko doe now, I like there hardiness.
I just asked hubby if I could and he said YES just have to find the right one now.

 

[Ms. Research]

Glad to hear lllamas did their job. Too bad for the dog owner. Sorry for the dogs. Hope your sheep settle down after that.

Glad to hear Farm 2 is doing well.

K

 

[77Herford]

Ok, the wife liked the pretty ring but she flipped over the real suprise gift. She flew to her cousins house for a few days and in that time I had a little green house put up attached to our garage. Heated by the sun and toasty warm with a water line, two long tables for her plants and some hanging hydroponics.

That's right ladies, meet the World's Greatest Husband.

 

[Mamaboid]

Ok, the wife liked the pretty ring but she flipped over the real suprise gift. She flew to her cousins house for a few days and in that time I had a little green house put up attached to our garage. Heated by the sun and toasty warm with a water line, two long tables for her plants and some hanging hydroponics.

That's right ladies, meet the World's Greatest Husband.

Yup, have to admit, you are pretty high on that list. What a wonderful gift.