Changing goals and speed

[AClark]

Does anyone else ever feel like this is them?

That's me "Come to me jungle friends" when I go out to feed now. Y'all should hear the ruckus. I have 3 horses nickering at me, and the 2 Nubian does "complaining" as soon as I step out on the deck and start to put my mudders on. It gets a bit sketchy trying to navigate between 3 pushy horses and 2 goats. The kids horse walks so close I can feel her breath on my neck, I'm tripping over the goats walking in front of me, and pushing my husbands gelding off of me the whole time. Luckily, nobody kicks at each other, but I am wary not to get caught in the crossfire.
My TB mare is taking awhile to learn to trust me, I wouldn't say she has been abused, but she still looks at me like I'm sketchy and up to something. I'm just now where I can brush her all over and pick up her feet, but still haven't re-tried haltering her after finding out she likes the "you can't catch me" game. I know she's broke to ride and well broken, but I'm letting her take her time to build up a bond since she's still not super comfortable with me. The kids horse thinks I'm the best thing ever because I have food, she was easy to win over.

My quail eggs are on lock down and am I ever excited! I managed to candle a couple of the eggs with my Iphone (works great BTW) and I saw one move in the shell. Most are too dark and spotted to see through well, but I saw one moving around for sure. So, we can expect fluffy quail chick pictures in the near future. I know not to count my "chickens" before they've hatched, but with 108 eggs in there still, something has to hatch, right?
We are going to retry chicken eggs after these guys vacate the incubator. I think a combination of getting too cold and improper incubator regulation caused my failure of the last batch.

Aside from that, I've misplaced my "herd" management binder and can't figure out when the new rabbit kits are due. I think I rebred them on the 4th? Yeah I need to find that thing.

I honestly believe that if I died and went to heaven, I'd be put right back where I am now. I honestly couldn't ask for more.

 

[NH homesteader]

yup, every time I step out the door there are 4 goats, 3 pigs, 4 turkeys and 13 chickens who are trying to convince me they're starving to death! I have learned how to push the pigs out of the way (but they seem to think I can feed them when their faces are crammed into the food dish- hello fat heads in the way!)

It's great isn't it?

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sounds like ya are having Fun...and plenty of it...
If even half of them hatch, that will be a bunch of "Peepers" running around. If ya noted the breeding in your journal here, ya could always search back to it and wouldn't have to keep a book....just a thought....somebody here could even remind ya....

 

[Bruce]

I was wondering about the pet door in the bottom freezer until the penguins came out. Guess the landlord didn't notice that modification.

Fortunately I only have to deal with the herd of 12 chickens in the barn alley. The alpacas can't get in there but they stand at the gate in anticipation.

 

[Baymule]

I honestly believe that if I died and went to heaven, I'd be put right back where I am now. I honestly couldn't ask for more.

My husband and I say all the time how blessed we are and how happy we are. I totally get where you're coming from.

 

[Mini Horses]

My goats are in a front field now and when I pull into the driveway they run to that fence line.....in AM, open back door and everyone starts yelling "hello, FEED ME AGAIN !". Pigs? I would carry a loaf of bread and throw it out, so I could dump feed while they scampered for it.

All I can say is that we need to remember this --- BECAUSE we feed and they love us for it, when they get out of their fenced areas (and one day or night they will) and have that "burst out run", they will happily come to us when we call and rattle a can of rocks! It's like being the Pied Piper

AClark the baby is adorable! Nice head of hair, too... I hope you get some rest here & there. You will be fine so long as you don't mistakenly give your coffee to the animals! You'll need it.

I can say you are braver than I with 100+ quail to hatch Obviously you needed more work! Really???

 

[Bruce]

Yes @Mini Horses I think she did need more work! Hardly anything going on

 

[Hens and Roos]

Good luck with the quail....it is neat to watch them hatch....like popcorn!

 

[AClark]

@Bruce of course I needed more work, I might get bored around here!

To be honest though, that's true. While the baby does have her demands, she's also a newborn and sleeps a good deal. DH is happier with me staying home than working, and I think I'm going to go "back to work" from home from here on out. I hate commuting, traffic, and well, most people so going to work in the morning was always a challenge. Not the getting up part, but the driving and dealing with people part. My job is frequently done from home anyway.

It is totally the Pied Piper, I think it's hilarious to watch them all scramble to chase me around. It's kind of like a Laurel and Hardy skit. I leave 2 buckets over the fence to go get the furthest feeder, and the goats realize it and go start to eat out of it, or one of the horses will follow me with their head in the bucket while I walk (seriously, 1000 lbs of animal with it's head so far in a bucket it can't see where it's going, what could go wrong here?) And yes, fat heads in the feeder before I pour it - I say the same thing! Move your fat head so I can dump this out.

 

[Bruce]

But you have several other kids as well, no? I ASSUME they require a bit of attention. That said, I'm sure you are using a bucket that you can carry. Just happens your bucket is bigger than some others