A Jesusfreaks tales of farm life with soon to be Six kids

[Jesusfreak101]

The oldest is 13, 10 and 7 So yes i think they know. The school is refusing to allow them on campus. They are only accepting first responder children and no one else's. I call a friend who is a private school administrator and she said that she didn't know about that distrects policy. But I had called to see if they had and ideals or programs they offered to help. Unforantly no and we discussed out of distracted policy from what she said most school here aren't accepting outside of their district kids I know some do but apparently not near us. So it's narrowing the options.

 

[Bruce]

I don't know about the 7 year old but the other 2 should be more understanding and willing to do what they can. And that includes doing school work at home.

I'm not surprised districts don't want to bring in kids from other areas, they have enough problem dealing with the kids they already have.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

That's true but he can't work from home so there part of the main issue is job requires him outside the home.

 

[thistlebloom]

JF, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think when you said 'they refuse to work with him', you were speaking of the school and not the kids.
I think @Bruce may have thought you meant the kids weren't willing to work with their dad.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

That's correct thistle. The school is completely refusing to offer any ideas or advice outside of he on his own unless he can find someone to take on the kids while he at work.

 

[Bruce]

Sounds like a hard road for him and I think there are many walking that same road.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

agreed bruce it very frustrating for all you would think one of the students that would be allowed on campus would be those with only one parent in the house.

 

[River Buffaloes]

Finally I rushed through all 123 pages.

What a neat journal!!!

What a marvelous person!!!

What a wonderful family!!!

Salutes and regards

On the farm front there are few things I can make suggestions on.

1) extra milk problem — easy to solve, you can make yoghurt from that milk and then you can churn the yoghurt and extract the cream, then clarify it to make ghee. The buttermilk is a good protein source, it helps in digestion and acts as a dewormer. It's nature is cold so it's a very suitable as a drink on hot days. You can add sugar or salt and pepper, it goes both ways. I also like it with roti and rice.


2) Incubation issues — little complicated. I think your incubator is broken, I read somewhere you are hoping to get a new incubator. I don't know whether you got one or you are still hunting for one. In my opinion sportsman cabinet incubators are more reliable and easy to operate.

I understand that goose season is over, but it's never too late to learn. Hatching goose eggs is tricky. To begin with, for best results geese should be kept in mated pairs, but in any case the sex ratio should not be too lopsided. Toulouse geese are one of the few goose breeds that can be trusted (arguably) to sit on their eggs. Ducks do better job in hatching goose eggs than geese themselves, but by far best results are from muscovy ducks.


There's an excellent thread on BYC on this subject.

Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

Hi Everybody Well here's My GUIDE to incubation and hatching which is applicable to ALL SPECIES. However as I've had so many appreciative comments and input on previous threads I've decided to post it in the Geese section and use EXHIBITION DEWLAP TOULOUSE GEESE as my example breed. I cannot...

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3) heifer aggression – complicated issue. Cattles are rather unpredictable livestock. As a child I have been attacked by cows, around fifteen years ago a heifer attacked my great grandmother and broke her hips. A different heifer attacked my grandmother around 5-6 years ago, thankfully there was no serious injury, but the sad part is that she was born on our farm and my grandmother raised her from 20 day old orphan, by bottle feeding her.

That's why we only keep buffaloes now, they are so sweet, just like a huge puppy. Maybe some of them are aggressive (not nearly as often as cows) and they may attack, but never their owners, just like dogs. I have never heard of a buffalo who attacked or charged the family who owned her. Infact I only know of one instance in which an old woman in her eighties was severely injured by buffaloes. In that case her buffalo was fighting with someone else's buffalo and she was trying to seperate them (bad idea) both buffaloes fell down in the ditch taking the woman with them. She partially recovered and lived for a few more years.

I know that buffaloes are not that common where you are, even though there are farms all over North America I know they are kept atleast in Ontario, British Columbia, Maine, New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Vermont, California and Pennsylvania, but anyway I would suggest to avoid keeping cows for time being or buy a mature cow who has passed her "jumpy phase" and is reasonably calm and gentle around children. That's what I can suggest regarding cows. I am personally done with cows.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

River first is your sanity still intacted after reading all that?? If not well first i am not liable second in getting a cure for insanity i not much help there either i am afraid lol. Right now my biggest issue is a lack of milk now lol she started to drop in milk production.
On the incubator I would agree it was broken for sure. I am waiting to buy a new one until we closer to the season i like hatching in. The geese have ironically started laying and I am not thrilled lol. I was about to seperate some for processing and now one laying and o don't know which new female it is. So no seperating yet but i can atleast enjoy so eggs lol. Today not a good day to mess with the calf so her and her goat buddies get to stay in their pen and not in the pasture. They have hay and water they will survive the disappointment. I don't feel like dealing with the buck and calf when some things are going on so at the moment they can park it. The pigs are one huge compared to when we got them one still looks pregnant we see if she drops some piglets for us if she was bred prior to us getting her around Sept 20th should be her due date. So we see either way i know gruff tried mounting may so she should drop i estimate some time in december I could be wrong just depends on his success. I have noticed any more heats but i could very well miss them. Oh and gruff needs his hooves trimmed anyone want to come over and hold him or trim while i hold him lol. Dh says he help we shall see. Either way it has to get done even if i have to tie the pig up. For those of you who don't know my husband he hates mud and he not found of the musk gruff gives off lol so bring some popcorn it should be fun to watch. However if you have any breathing issues as result of choking or laughing to hard or any other such problems you been warned lol. I haven't got much outside done i did plant some more seeds but so far the pumpkins, squash and cauliflower plants are the only recognisable ones that have sprouted. I am order more school books for the kids, master books isn't working out as planned. It's way to slow and Lucy doesn't learn as well from it. She said she prefers rod and staff so back to that we go. I need to find history and science but with her father being a history junky and her mother being a science (animal and plant basised) junky i am not sure we need either. But anyways i been looking at more fabric to order and other such things. I baked bread yesterday and a new apple oat bar thing so far most of us like it. I am going to be baking muffins today and more bread. I also been freezing some eggs and have alot put in the water glass solution and eggs are still taking over the extra fridge and freezer so going to look into so more recipes that use alot of them. It's been nice outside unforantly I don't get out as much as i like wirh four kids. The dang fire ants have come out everywhere after the rain and I am chopping up their nest unforantly i have yet to find a solution to not using poison and as its near both the animals, garden and my babies i can't use typical poisons of out concerned for their well being. The older kids would behave but the two year old well he a different story. We waiting for a new play yard for Lilian to come in. The older kids can't seem to remember no toys in living room rule on a regulare basis and Lilian gotten things she didn't need so new plan. Prior we used both cribs and play pens but the crib we had was to large and we got rid of it so need another option. She has a chair, a bouncer, a walker and her bed so ahe needs a place she can roll and crawl. Plus the two year old loves to play with her and give her toys he thinks are safe and take away toys he thinks are dangerous which can drive me crazy lol. Not much really new to report with the cool weather I breed my rabbits so hoping for hopping tiny feet soon and the goats should be breed but as i have witness it who knows when they will drop. But I believe he got sweetheart in August as he was all about her then i haven't seen him go crazy over cookie. And he seperated from panda but that might not mean much as there were together in the pasture in August so that being said stuff happens and I am one person with well stuff happens and fencing doesn't always stay were you want it. So far no more misshapps but we shall see if she pregnant thats fine i just was thinking of waiting longer to rebreed her. I plan to dry her off by the end of October so I can worm her and not worry about it. I also plan to get fecals ran and some testing done if i can.

 

[Baymule]

@River Buffaloes you should start a thread about your buffaloes!