Coffee anyone ?

[Mini Horses]

Rain! The systems heading NE are here. Right now, my farm has been between a couple bands of heavy storm, hope it stays that way. Started about 4 am, maybe about 2 hrs from now, the system should be off coast, the cold following in will drop temps radically, may see a few flurries...no accumulation. TV and internet signals going in and out.

I'll go out for feeding chores before long. Yeah, late but no one would have come out in the rain earlier anyway. Feed extra & late yesterday, knowing this was coming. We're good!

Those North are getting a good snow. Sorry.....but be safe. Stay off the roads!

 

[Alaskan]

I had another headache starting at 4am ish.

Not sure what is going on there...

 

[Mini Horses]

It's 23 on the porch, 18 feel like...and I feel like "too cold for me!". What a kick in the patootee after the week of 70s! . Of course, it would be balmy for those of you with the foot of snow...but, cold for here!! I can deal with it, only here a few days, not months. . NOT looking forward to feed time this morning. Brrrrr!

Early to bed last night so up and awake at what would be 3am but, clock says it's now 4am. Out of warm bed to a mere 60 in the house and turned the heat up pronto! Made some hot tea and sitting back in the warm bed for a little while. . Contemplating my day.

Hope everyone is well and enjoying their day!

 

[farmerjan]

16 when I left for work at "old time" of 4 a.m. and when I got home the temp had dropped to 13. Have no idea of the wind chill temp and don't want to know. It was DA#@ED cold out. Up to 28 now and will warm some more but still cold today. Ground is white, we had about 3 inches but it blew and drifted with the wind.
It is now 11:30... daylight savings time... I HATE DST..... feels like the day is getting going and according to the clock it is half way through....

 

[Mini Horses]

Well, starting that early you've got half a day in....no matter the time!

 

[Show Sebright]

Y’all, we had a huge rain storm and all that yellow pollen was washed into the lakes. Thank goodness. And I see the trees getting little green things all over them and I thought to myself “ is pollen season over early, are those new leaves?”. Well no they are just green pollen getting ready to drop soon. RIP my allergies

 

[Alaskan]

It felt like maybe another headache was coming when I went to bed last night, an almost nothing,but thinking it would build up while I slept..... so I took Tylenol before bed.

I slept fine, so that is good.

Church went well... I kept starting one song a bit too low... but once started wrong I couldn't correct myself.

Ah well... all in all went well.

 

[Mini Horses]

Was planning to work today -- it is beautiful out there! -- but late yesterday, at feeding. I hear unmistakeable baby goat cries. Go into shed, yep, there it is. Check 3 does in there to find mom, who is wondering, WTH is that thing over there? She walks! Yeah. Gimme the hay!!! Quickly work up a jug. Put kid in there, leaving it open for mom and she eventually returns. Sniffs and lays down to eat hay that's in there. Find placenta and another kid, maybe 1.5#, not alive. Suspect it died in utero and caused this early delivery. One surviving (boy of course) is also small, 3#. So, she's not being a mom, not wanting any milking thoughts, barely uddered. Kicks at attempts. Yeah, a real problem. Go to house, colostrum from freezer....etc. so I have an unplanned bottle babe. He's with her but, just room mates! Hope one of these others that are bagging has kids soon. Enough milk for maybe a week, before a replacement mix.....someone else kid!!!! . This is first doe I've ever had who totally disowned! One had trips and would only feed two but, she did all other care for the one I bottled. A little ironic that the milk I am using is from that very bottle baby after she kidded last year.

It was cold yesterday morn but stayed above freezing through the night. Going to 60 today!! Beautiful sunshine day...almost no breeze and I'm getting two stalls ready for someone out there to use to kid!! One of my experienced does is losing ligs, bagging some....do it, Lilly, do it!! . She's a 2 gal a day gal, so plenty for everyone.

Better get back at it.....and plan how to bottle this kid all week....I'm working.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

@Mini Horses - sorry your kidding season started with an issue. Do bottle babies sell well in your area? They are cute but a whole lotta work. Hope your other does start contributing to the milk supply in case this baby turns into a 100% bottle baby.

 

[Mini Horses]

Progress!! She's got a cute bag filling. While was chomping on hay, I got in there and cleared plugs, held up the leg she thought to raise --- milked about an ounce out! Stuck the kid under but he had a full tummy from the bottle. It's ok as she could smell his butt and wasn't sure who was taking the milk. In a couple hrs, I'll feed others on far side of field and give her grain & hay. Put the kid up there and work it! I'll also milk a couple ozs from each side to increase production. Hormones are a blessing sometimes! She's gonna learn, I hope. . I want him nursing her tonight.

The smells and kid cries are encouraging one of my gals to increase her bagging...and a little swelling in lady parts. So I'm expecting Lilly to kid before too, too long.