Alice Acres ~ new (human) grandbaby!

[Alice Acres]

Here is a photo we went & had taken at the finish line. I'm the one in the middle. My daughters even brought me flowers!!!

 

[bonbean01]

Congrats!!!! And so sweet about the flowers

 

[Alice Acres]

I don't have goats. We did many yrs ago, when our human kids were little, just as pets.

But, I see that MANY members here are goat crazy!

I work as a homecare RN now, and my client and his wife have a little boy in Africa that they sponsor through their church. Last year for Christmas, they sent some extra $$ to him, hoping that it could go towards something to make his life better or more fun.
Several months after this, they got an 8x10 photo, showing what their donation had been used for - they got 3 goats!!!

I talked about this group (BYH) with them, and they agreed to let me take a photo of their young man with his mom and their goats. He is in Zimbabwe, Africa.

I just love this picture! I love the goats, seeing the background, and check out their fencing too. It tells a whole story about their lifestyle.
I wonder what kind of goats they are too.
Hope you enjoy the picture!

 

[Southern by choice]

Isn't it great! My mom sponsors a little girl in one of the African Nations too. Every year our family looks through the catalogs to see what group of animals we should gift, this year will be goats for sure! It is a great way to not just impact one family but a whole community!
Thanks for sharing the picture.

 

[Queen Mum]

This is wonderful! I am so happy for you. And I LOVE the picutre of the family with goats. Their goats look great!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

That is a great pic. So glad they let you share it. I am getting excited for November to come.

 

[Alice Acres]

I'm at work. My husband is home...so he is in charge of supper!

I got a text from him earlier, he finally got around to thinning out our banty rooster population. We had a whole hatch of them this spring. A local elementary school hatches them out the last week of school for an educational project in the classroom. 2 yrs ago when they started this, they forgot to plan ahead and find a place for them... Luckily one of my BIL's is the IT guy for the school district, and he volunteered us to take them.
They are an assortment, and really pretty birds. But we don't need 10 banty roosters! Luckily, they are nice birds, but eventually they would start fighting for hens.

So, he has 3 of them cleaned and on the menu for supper. He had our son bring out stuffing too, so I think they will be like little game hens. Should be interesting.

 

[Southern by choice]

I would like to hear how this turns out for you. Is it even worth the time spent processing them? We had over 60 chicks hatched this summer, all oops chicks Modern Game Bantams x Cochin Bantam. Their nests were everywhere. Two nights ago another hidden nest and 9 more! UGH! I thought of doing the same but they are only 1 lb.
Thought of feeding them to the dogs but we're still working on the LGD's NOT eating chickens.
None of our roos fight though, old or young and usually the males pair up as buddies and hang out together, but no fighting.

 

[Alice Acres]

I sent him a text, asking for a photo of them....no reply yet!
All I got so far is that the house sure smells good.

 

[Alice Acres]

OK, he did it.
It's not that great quality (phone picture texted), but I think this will work. 3 stuffed banty roosters, and it's in my oval crockpot.

I'm thinking this will make a good meal. Add some green beans or corn from the garden...