Chickens really- My adventure into Goats

[thistlebloom]

You have a gorgeous barn! What a relief to get your hay in. Is that enough for a year or will you have to order more?
I'm getting 6 tons of brome grass hay delivered and stacked this year. I already have it reserved. We've never had anybody stack it before and I'm ridiculously excited about that, haha.

Sorry about your kid turning your day upside down. I hope this is a wakeup call that he picks up on. Life has enough problems without going out of your way to make more.

The tall blue flowers are larkspurs, and the ground cover in the picture is aegapodium.
The other plant with the white bloom I'm not sure of. It looks very similar to Aralia, there are different varieties with slightly different leaf forms.

 

[chickens really]

You have a gorgeous barn! What a relief to get your hay in. Is that enough for a year or will you have to order more?
I'm getting 6 tons of brome grass hay delivered and stacked this year. I already have it reserved. We've never had anybody stack it before and I'm ridiculously excited about that, haha.

Sorry about your kid turning your day upside down. I hope this is a wakeup call that he picks up on. Life has enough problems without going out of your way to make more.

The tall blue flowers are larkspurs, and the ground cover in the picture is aegapodium.
The other plant with the white bloom I'm not sure of. It looks very similar to Aralia, there are different varieties with slightly different leaf forms.

Thanks for the kind words. I definitely love my little barn. ❤
Also thanks for putting a name to my flowers.
I should have enough hay to last me till next years first cut. Although I'm thinking we should buy a bit more from the second cut this Fall. We bought 160 bales.
As far as my Son goes. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink! It's a sad situation. He is his own worst enemy.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I was sure glad ya had "supervision" with your clean-up and though fairly small, a "bird's eye view" was attained.... ....gotta love our animals and their "assistance" when tough jobs are faced.......now ya don't have to fret about the weather and hay production....just when the cold winds begin to blow and the white stuff starts flying........so sorry about the accident and glad he was okay........I've always told my daughters that decisions have consequences....good, bad, and indifferent....we don't get to decide which it is, but ya best be ready to accept and deal with them when they come...tomorrow, next week, or even a year down the road....ya just never know when it will come, but it surely will..........at 30yrs old ya are only a "cheerleader" on the sideline and it is most difficult to have to live with the results of another's decisions....be they good or bad...for whatever the reason.....just remember when ya was 30 and wouldn't listen to reason.....

 

[chickens really]

I was sure glad ya had "supervision" with your clean-up and though fairly small, a "bird's eye view" was attained.... ....gotta love our animals and their "assistance" when tough jobs are faced.......now ya don't have to fret about the weather and hay production....just when the cold winds begin to blow and the white stuff starts flying........so sorry about the accident and glad he was okay........I've always told my daughters that decisions have consequences....good, bad, and indifferent....we don't get to decide which it is, but ya best be ready to accept and deal with them when they come...tomorrow, next week, or even a year down the road....ya just never know when it will come, but it surely will..........at 30yrs old ya are only a "cheerleader" on the sideline and it is most difficult to have to live with the results of another's decisions....be they good or bad...for whatever the reason.....just remember when ya was 30 and wouldn't listen to reason.....

Yes. We definitely had helpers with us yesterday up at the barn.
I'm very glad I got quality hay for when the cold winds blow. We are set.
I definitely know and appreciate your words. Growing up and becoming a Man isn't easy. We all have hopes and dreams for our children and sometimes the paths they head down are not anything we hoped for them. My Son was known and still known for his skateboarding abilities. He had been in many magazines and videos. At 21 he broke his leg doing a Hand rail that ended his chances of going to California to skate pro. Then he made a lot of bad choices. I just hope he finds his way back to an easier life.

 

[chickens really]

One bloom so far on my lilies. I will post a better picture once they are in full bloom. Also my other poppies will be blooming soon too.

 

[chickens really]

Busy day today and tomorrow. I have to go to town today and need to boost Pearl her vaccinations. My husband is home today so I hope he has time to help me clean my goats houses.
Tomorrow my Farrier is coming to trim the horses and the goats in the morning and then I'm going back to town again.
Levi still has his dingle dangles on. He is fine though and not bothered by them still there. Yesterday he finally came to me for a good petting and scratching. He even licked my hand and nibbled on me. He is such a sweet little goat. Ozzy on the other hand is a hyper nutty goat. If I wasn't attached to him and he wasn't my Sons favourite goat I would seriously consider placing him in another home. He is leash trained and for the most part will behave when on lead. Although when he is not wanting to cooperate he puts his head down and plows full force ahead or puts on the brakes. I think I need a head halter for Ozzy? Fancy is so awesome on a leash. I must start lead training baby Pearl too. I admit I have been spoiling her. Levi walks not to bad on a lead.

Bindi should be coming into heat soon. I hope to breed her to a Bernese Mountain dog. He is a smaller male. I'm giving a puppy to my Sons best friend that we have known for a million years.
His old dog might not make it another year? Blind and deaf now.
Darla and Lucy will be coming into heat soon too. I will be breeding Darla this heat to another Poodle. Lucy I might breed again and then spay her? I'm a bit nervous though. Complicated deliveries are always a concern.

 

[chickens really]

Goodness! Ozzy is being a jerk to Fancy today. He actually was being very aggressive towards her and bunted her 3 times knocking her over! She cried out. I noticed the other day she is a bit standoffish around him and reluctant to go in her night time pen with him.
Always something going on here!

 

[chickens really]

Goodness I was so busy yesterday I forgot to vaccinate Pearl. I better remember to do it this morning. Not sure if my Farrier is coming this morning because guess what? It's raining again here!
I'm working on a project and all I need are 3 parts to complete it. Of course I'm waiting for the store to get the shipment in. Possibly today he will have what I need. . I'm painting wood alphabets, spelling out my Goats names plus Goats. I'm missing an A,R,S...I got laughing because my Son put a Z behind Goat and told me to just read it with a Swedish accent! Bahahaha!even the old guy at the store burst out laughing
Being I'm missing the A R S my husband says I'm missing the arse end of my project..
I keep forgetting to say what kind of hay I bought. It's Timothy with a little orchard grass. When it was cut it got one rain on it out in the field before he got it baled. Although it's still awesome hay. Never got any other rain on it though. My Goats love the hay but Teddy doesn't think much of it. He will eat it once he gets hungry enough. Of course my husband worries about his horse too much..

 

[chickens really]

Last week my friend gave me a number for a Lady with registered ND goats. I sent her pictures of Levi. She confirmed he is ND but the product of the Dwarf gene. Pigmy don't have blue eyes and if they do they have ND in them. She said I made the right choice by wethering Levi. She said she seen to many kids born with leg problems and spinal deformities when using dwarfed as breeding stock.
I don't care. Levi is my little Man..❤
I won't be buying her goats. Very expensive! Close to what I paid for my hay.

 

[chickens really]

Double rainbow this morning!