ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[elevan]

Also who is it that is running the G.A.S. store? I want some G.S.A items but there are not near enough ND items.

\/ Here is a G.A.S site with Nigerian stuff:
http://www.cafepress.com/mygasgear/8493723


P.S She runs it.

We've added the G.A.S. store to the website: http://honakerfarm.com/?page_id=204 If you click on See All you'll go to the main store that SFG linked to.

I run it and handle all the designs. If there is a product that you want the doesn't have the ND G.A.S. logo on it, just PM me and I don't have a problem adding it. I've added designs for other members before

Checked out the website. It looks wonderful, I may have to borrow your designer for mine

Shoot me a PM and I'll be glad to refer you

I'm also very pleased with the hosting site after we finally figured out some of their quirks. I'd be glad to refer anyone to it as well!

Question for you, would you send a processed turkey to Utah???

If you're serious then I'll look into it

I'm sure it would require a USDA processor and that would be about an hour drive for me to get to, so the price would be a little bit more. Shoot me a PM if you're serious.

Sorry about the hand I have done that on ice skates before.

Thanks. I don't think the splint is gonna last for 3 weeks though. It's such a pain in the rear. I needed to wash eggs so I took it off this morning. While I'm paying for it in the form of pain right now, I just can't do so many things with it on.

 

[BarredRockMomma]

Also who is it that is running the G.A.S. store? I want some G.S.A items but there are not near enough ND items.

\/ Here is a G.A.S site with Nigerian stuff:
http://www.cafepress.com/mygasgear/8493723


P.S She runs it.

Thank SFG I couldn't remember if it was her or RTG

 

[elevan]

I just downloaded this Goat Veterinary Ebook . I haven't read through the whole thing yet, but I've already found some interesting tidbits, so I thought that I'd share with my fellow goat enthusiasts.

 

[autumnprairie]

thanks for the link to the ebook I will definately check it out. sorry to hear about your hand I hope it gets better soon

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Glad you got out skating with your son, sorry to hear you hurt your hand though. I hope it heals up soon!

 

[redtailgal]

Havent seen you today........hope everything is ok!

 

[elevan]

CRAZY DAY TODAY!

Woke up with a monster headache, so DH let me sleep a little longer and took care of getting the boys on the bus for me.

Then when I got up and around he decided to take me to lunch. We were getting ready to walk out the door and the school called - "come pick up B". So we detoured to the school where I was told that B got a write up on the bus and then refused to listen to his teacher. Then when sent to the office he hid behind a fake tree and cried. They just left him be until he was done because he wouldn't talk to them. Then he did his work in the office. He needed scissors for something and one the secretaries gave him a pair of (non-safety, super sharp) scissors. Well...he wasn't paying attention so he cut himself. They gave him a bandage and by the time I got there it was bleeding through.

We changed the bandage. Decided that we weren't changing our plans because of his behavior and went out to eat. Since B ate lunch at school all he got was a drink which made him mad because B thinks about food all the time and could eat it just as often. By the time we were done B was bleeding through his bandage again.

We changed another bandage. Then we ran some errands. Grocery store, feed store, thrift store and such. Got home just in time to get K off the bus. B was bleeding through another bandage.

So 4 hours later he's still bleeding through bandages. It's one of those sideways cuts that you can't really tell how deep it is. But since he was still bleeding pretty well I decided to take him to be looked at.

Spent 3 hours at the doctor. No stitches. He got a steri-strip. By the time we got home (half an hour) he had picked it off! I was so mad at that boy. Got the cleaning agent that they gave me out and the steri-strips to replace it and went to work. He started bawling over the cleaner...well that was my cue, "If you don't want this to happen again, then leave the dang thing alone! Got it?"

Threw t.v. dinners in the microwave as it was after 8pm at that time and then ran out to take care of critters. DH took care of Boingo while we were at the doctors...I was so proud of him as it was the first time he's given Boingo his shot without me around. There was only one other time he gave it and he was completely freaked out then.

Got a phone call from my brother who said he was on the way with 2 rescued goats. "They're small goats" he says. I told him I was in the field and to just yell when he got here then.

Hurried through watering and doing a chicken head count. Grabbed eggs...WAIT A MINUTE - THAT'S A CHICK!!!

Hershey was in Cruella's box...our EE was in Hershey's box and Cruella was in the EE's box. (And we gained another broody tonight as well - a mixed breed). Well under Hershey was a chick! Heard brother yell, so decided to come back to the coop in a bit.

Walked to the other end of the field where DH and brother had already put these 2 goats into the isolation pen. They are TWICE the size of my goats. Look to be LaMancha / Alpine crosses and are both wethers. Cute as can be and super sweet. My isolation pen is small, it's made for small breeds after all. I'll quarantine deworm these guys and give them a health check but they'll probably only spend 2 weeks instead of a month in there because of it's size and their size. Pics tomorrow when I have light to take them. Guy that owned them wanted to get rid of them because they ate everything. All he fed them was corn and the grass that they had in their yard. I used to say that the phrase about goats eating anything was a myth...until I met these 2 tonight. They literally will eat anything. I'm betting it's because they are looking for needed nutrients though. Corn is now off their menu - I don't feed it and I won't feed it. The bucket of corn that came with them will go to the pig and / or chickens.

Back to the coop...now Hershey has 2 CHICKS!!! But she's in Cruella's nest!

What to do?

I switched everyone back to their own nests. Then I took one of the chicks and put it under Hershey (her eggs are due to hatch too)...problem solved.

So it's been a pretty crazy Tuesday around here.

 

[redtailgal]

And what did you do in your spare time?



and for B and his owie.

 

[HankTheTank]

And what did you do in your spare time?

Played hopscotch, of course!

Sounds like you had quite the day, elevan! You could be the next superhero..

 

[elevan]

Here's some pics of our newest arrivals:

One of Cruella's chicks.
Unfortunately there was a fight over the nest and this little one sustained an eye injury. The injury should heal nicely though.

Cruella's other chick:

I'm still waiting on the goat pics to upload