77Herford Farm Zoo Journal Moving

[77Herford]

Herd of Belties for sale in Texas....descisions.

 

[marlowmanor]

get them! You need more cows. If there is no room on your farm send them to the Farm 2!

 

[redtailgal]

at this point, what a few more critters...........

sorry you feel bad

 

[77Herford]

The owner is in Texas but we have shared some emails.

I slept nearly 24 hours with only breaks for pills and potty. Wife is taking up the slack. We added grain for all the goats so Brownie can get her grain need and so those whethers will fatten up, its just a plus for Patches and the Nubians now in the mix.

 

[77Herford]

This week I WILL have some Shorthorn cows, some more Belted Galloways, simmental cows (AI bred), Piedmontese cows and 1 Bull, Gloucester and two Jutland draft horses.

Don't remember if I ever said so, I sold my ponies a while ago. I didn't break even but the Horse market is terrible around here.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

The horse market is terrible everywhere. I lamented of late with another "think outside the box" friend that if I could get past it being a horse, my freezer would be full for the next 10 years just based on craigslist adds alone. I think I could deal with it if it was served to me but I don't think I could process it myself.

 

[77Herford]

The horse market is terrible everywhere. I lamented of late with another "think outside the box" friend that if I could get past it being a horse, my freezer would be full for the next 10 years just based on craigslist adds alone. I think I could deal with it if it was served to me but I don't think I could process it myself.

Yes, my Horse friends who taugh me alot about raising and training horses have around fifty nice horses but they can't give them away. I'm going to buy one beautiful light buckskin I've had my eye one for over a year but that won't help much at all. Their feed bill a year is nearly 50k and thats just Hay. The wife which I learned most from refuses to sell them for dog food and I understand but at some point you have to do what you must.

 

[77Herford]

I'm glad a have some odd friends, because they seem to know alot of other people all over the place. Like the one who knows some Livestock buyers or agents. They are checking out this Galloway herd for me so I don't have to drive down of course for a price but its a discount, yay. I've used these people before so I know they are on the up and up.

Gave the pup's lamb time this morning. I'm not sure Jake will be a LGD, lol. He walked right up to the nearest one sniffed it and then turned raised his nearest back leg and pee'd on the lambs head, lol. I cracked up at first but then scolded him and took him out. I then had to rinse the lamb off and use a little soap.

 

[marlowmanor]

He was just letting everyone know that was HIS lamb!

 

[77Herford]

Ok, maybe not a Jutland. They aren't as abundunt around me. Looking to be either Shire's or Percheron's. I have only worked with Percherons but in past fairs I have liked Shire, Jutlands and Clydestales.