ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[jodief100]

I suspect the "wierd egg thing" is just in her genetics.

Basenjis are sighthounds like my greyhounds! Wonderful little dogs. I can't let Grace near the small animals but Jo is fine with everyone. Grace has caught rabbits and squirls. She is getting to old now but she was something to see! She is classified "low-moderate prey drive". You should see my friend's grey who is classified "high". He grabbed a 20 lb pyr puppy by the ear and tried to take off with it.

 

[elevan]

Yes, Basenji trials are quite fun to watch They are fast little dogs.

I went to the doctor this morning to get the stitch removed from the back of my knee. No more temptation for those chickens - that mole is history. I suspect that they will find something else to attack though

I also got reamed by the doctor for not properly taking my meds (acid reflux, stomach ready to ulcerate, nausea...yada yada). "It's no wonder you're nauseated...you got to treat the disease and not the symptoms. You must take your medicines the way that they are prescribed to you" cringing...while DH gives me THE look of I told you so I hate taking meds...especially meds that make me tired. Ah, well...guess I gotta suck it up and do it anyway. DH threatened to treat me like one of my critters and force the meds into me. No thanks! I'll be a good girl from now on...at least I'll try

We stopped at TSC after the doctor to get some grit and oyster shell. Now tell me if this makes sense...5# bag is 5.99 and 25#grit / 50#o.s. is 9.79 Who in their right mind is gonna buy a 5# bag? And they are both labeled as Manna Pro so it's not a brand difference.

Then we went to Menards to return the stuff I got to run electricity to the barn. I'm not doing it. I'm not gonna run electricity to a barn that's not mine when I'm hoping to get my own farm soon. Yes, it's a pain to haul hot water buckets to the barn in the winter. Yes, it's a pain to run an extension cord when I need a power tool down there. But I am NOT gonna do it. And so I returned all the stuff. And then the lady hands me back the money and I asked her why she was giving me less than what I had paid originally. "Well, Sweety, you bought a bag of candy the first time you came and I can't refund what you've already ate" :/ Dumb blonde moment! DH laughed all the way to the car on that one! Yeah, laugh it up mister...you're the one that's gonna be hauling hot water this winter!

Stopped at the grocery store to fill my prescriptions on the way home and had a 30 minute wait. You know why they do that to you? Cause then you're gonna buy something. We didn't have breakfast this morning cause we were running late...and we're in a store full of food - hungry....and they had samples out...You guessed it - bought too much junk that I normally wouldn't buy But my purchases did mean that I got $0.20 off on a full fill up! Yay, for gas discounts!

Then I remembered...we were running late this morning...so I turned to DH, "Did you let the chickens out this morning?" His reponse, "Nope". Ugh! Those are gonna be some mad birds. We got home and DH went to let the chickens out of the coop and he was almost overtaken as they rushed through the human door to get out. (It was almost noon when we got home). And as punishment to me - they've withheld eggs this morning...little snots (I'm stealing lines from RTG)

Had a BLT for lunch and then sat down to some computer stuff. I see a nap in my near future cause those meds are making me sleepy

Boys have a soccer practice / game tonight. Let's hope that they improve a little and we're able to score something. Blaine never did bruise from his facial hit...thank goodness cause picture day at school was the next day.

I suspect the "wierd egg thing" is just in her genetics.

So, you think she just lays "bad" eggs?

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eta: I've added a bio on me to my first post of the journal if anyone wants to go back and read it.

 

[elevan]

Team Green did a lot better tonight! Woot! Now, we don't keep score in kindergarten soccer but if we did we had a tie game 2-2.

I was a little disappointed in our players for misconduct though. We lost the ball once due to shoving an opposing team member and during practice (which is directly before the game) all of our male players (6) decided to pick on one of our boys who has down's syndrome I'm extremely disappointed that one of those boys was mine (Keaton).

Blaine had to sit on the side lines due to getting a Red card in school the past 2 days...today's offense was being disrespectful to his teacher. I seriously may have the first kindergartener to get suspended from school for attitude if he keeps it up. They've already moved him to a new classroom, he's lost recess and has to sit with the principal and he's sat out of 2 soccer games. I don't know what else to do with him...well, he's losing all toys tomorrow - they'll be removed from his room.

 

[Ms. Research]

Team Green did a lot better tonight! Woot! Now, we don't keep score in kindergarten soccer but if we did we had a tie game 2-2.

I was a little disappointed in our players for misconduct though. We lost the ball once due to shoving an opposing team member and during practice (which is directly before the game) all of our male players (6) decided to pick on one of our boys who has down's syndrome I'm extremely disappointed that one of those boys was mine (Keaton).

Blaine had to sit on the side lines due to getting a Red card in school the past 2 days...today's offense was being disrespectful to his teacher. I seriously may have the first kindergartener to get suspended from school for attitude if he keeps it up. They've already moved him to a new classroom, he's lost recess and has to sit with the principal and he's sat out of 2 soccer games. I don't know what else to do with him...well, he's losing all toys tomorrow - they'll be removed from his room.

Don't give in. I think what you are doing is exactly what I did to get my Son's attention. He went through a "testing" time like Blaine is doing, and we basically removed everything from his room. He got the point. Took him lots of time before he got anything back. But that "attitude" adjustment did work out.

Regarding the incident with the young boy with downe, peer pressure can be very tough at that age. Seems he's trying to fit in and fitting in means he has to pull what he's pulling. Time to nip this type of peer pressure in the bud.

I think what you and your DH are doing for these boys is awesome. I commend those who love someone's children and truly take them in as their own.

 

[elevan]

One of the boys on the team decided to repeatedly kick one of the girls during practice tonight too. I don't know why they all decided to be mean tonight :/

DH is coach and will be talking to the parents about this type of behavior at picture day on Saturday. He's decided that if it continues then he will sit out any player who does it...even at the risk of forfeiting a game. He had a very stern talk with all the players tonight but really the parents must reinforce that at home as well.

 

[Ms. Research]

One of the boys on the team decided to repeatedly kick one of the girls during practice tonight too. I don't know why they all decided to be mean tonight :/

DH is coach and will be talking to the parents about this type of behavior at picture day on Saturday. He's decided that if it continues then he will sit out any player who does it...even at the risk of forfeiting a game. He had a very stern talk with all the players tonight but really the parents must reinforce that at home as well.

X2 on the parents FULL involvement. Way to go to your DH. Showing them young that it's not just winning, but the respect of the game which is full respect of others. Excellent message in life.

 

[daisychick]

I am enjoying reading your journal. I have a few hens that lay some weird shaped eggs. Sometimes they seem to "smooth" out after their molting time and the start of their second laying cycle. Others always have a "wrinkled type shell" on their eggs. I really just think it has something to do with their egg tube or canal or whatever it is called. I am amazed at the size of eggs that some of my little hens lay, I have no idea how they squeeze those things out, and then other big hens lay smaller eggs. It is one of life's mysteries.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

We had one this summer that thought she worked for Dairy Queen. Every egg had a little ice cream swoop on the top of it. I wish I'd taken a picture of one.

 

[elevan]

Making some breeding plans...does will be placed with bucks over late fall - winter. This hand breeding isn't working as I had hoped...so we're going to go back to pasture breeding. I'm gonna split the herd into 4 groups....3 breeding groups and 1 non-breeding group.

Group 1: Non-breeding
Miss Diva - she is too young and too small to breed yet.
Kingston - wether
Rocky - wether


Group 2: Breeding Pygmy
Speedy - buck
Goldie - never freshened on our farm
Elsie - 4 yrs old and never freshened


Group 3: Breeding F1 Pygerian
Ranger - buck
Daisy - If she doesn't kid early Dec
Maggie - yearling 1st timer


Group 4: Breeding - Is he ready?
Snickers - buck
Lilly - If she doesn't kid mid Nov.

 

[marlowmanor]

sounds like you have a plan! Hope it works well for you. Hoping for pretty babies and girls!