77Herford Farm Zoo Journal Moving

[77Herford]

Reposting some images I erased. Ellse the spotted Nubian doe.

 

[elevan]

Nice looking girl.

 

[77Herford]

The Matriarch of the dairy does. I was for a time calling her Whitey but my other nickname for her is Nibbles because she will nibble on anything and that is what I always thought Goats did before I became better educated on them and owned them.

Agnes the Greyish doe and her friend Louise the brownish doe.

 

[wannacow]

Don't you just love the nubian faces? They're so pretty!

 

[77Herford]

I like the long floppy ears. I'm sure I'll get all sorts of comments from the other Goat ladies and maybe one guy reading but I swear the Nubian's are more efficent grazers than my other does of other breeds. I'm seriously thinking of keeping my French Alpine buck for the future herd sire. Keeping purebred Goats isn't an issue for me, I just want milk and pasture control along the timber.
The two remaining Sows got their pen doubled in size today, so they spent the day looking around. The mutt piglets are growing faster than the Hereford pigs. Its like they grow over night everyday. Good thing I'm giving them lots of extra starter feed.

 

[77Herford]

Ok, with my neighborhood expanding and becoming a neighborhood to my west and south, I must once again put up with people, lol. I sound like a grumpy old man.
I would say the average acreage at around two acres some larger ones. No, I haven't had any surprise visitors lately. Most of the new Hobby Farms have a chicken or two and many have at least one horse. I'm happy to report some of them actually regularly ride their horses. A couple have a house cow, some of the house cows made me laugh so much I had to pull over. One property has an Angus cow with calf and they are actually trying to milk her. I truly feel for them as the Angus cow's utter isn't that big, I doubt they are getting much. My wife met the wife of the debocle and they assumed all cow's could provide enough milk for a family.
My Wife I'm sure smiled but educated the lady on a few different breeds that will provide much more milk. That was a month ago and I don't see the Angus or calf anymore driving by but I do see speckled Shorthorn with a full milk bag and red calf at side.

One more educated family in the barrel so many more to go. We have two older couples close by that are becoming fast friends and they too becoming friends. The Sheep lady and Grandma chicken is what we respectively call them. I fear they may make my lady an old lady before her time.

 

[77Herford]

Had to sick Chief on a Coy Dog this morning and it ended up being a trap as there were actually three of them. I called out Raven who still has pups and went into the fray as Chief bravely tried to hold his own. I had been up all night and hearing the calls getting closer and closer until I knew they had to be with in the main property/house area.
So Raven bless her soul came bolting out and went right to work. Raven really is viscious once in attack mode. Two of the Coy Dogs ran off limping but we got one. Chief has got some bites and scratches on him, which we have treated. Raven who killed the Coy dog with her signature death grip on the wind pipe was just concerned about me and Chief her oldest pup. It was pretty sweet watching her try and tend to us both. The fact that Raven can be so viscious at one moment and then so kind the next its pretty awesome.
Oh Raven was fine.

The Coy dog is in the burn pile cooking. I would be surprised if one of the other Coy's survive more than a few days as Chief was making short work of his back left thigh.

P.S
Remember Raven still has pups.

 

[wannacow]

Glad your dogs are ok. Sounds like you've got some good ones. I have a question though, how do you know the difference between coyotes and coydogs? Is it because they are braver by coming close to the house?

 

[MrsDieselEngineer]

Good dogs!!

 

[autumnprairie]

good dogs, I am glad yours are all ok