FergusonK's journal - Goodbye Java Jewel.

[Ferguson K]

Diva is coming a long way. She is giving GLOBSof milk, and almost giving me all of it now. There was barely anything left this morning. I'm happy.

Top picture is this morning, bottom was last week when we started training her udder.

Her kids are taking down finally, and have learned how to use the lambar by watching the other two. Few! I was worried about them.

Frida's kids will be pulled Thursday. I don't think she's still producing colostrum but as busy as I am with work the next few days now is not the time to start kids on a bottle.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Congrats on all of the new goats and I'm glad your horse didn't get hurt too bad.

 

[Bruce]

How does poor Diva walk?

 

[Ferguson K]

How does poor Diva walk?

One leg in front of the other!

She sort of waddles when she's full. Just like all my girls do. She is a huge producer! Her daughter is, too. Her yearling wasn't bred so were not sure what the yearling will do.

 

[Bruce]

I'm kind of envisioning "swing the right leg out and around, swing the left leg out and around, repeat until she gets where she wants to be".

 

[Ferguson K]

2+ gallons from the girls this morning. I haven't weighed it yet, but, it's a lot...

Diva gave me 1.5 gallons.

Frida gave me 1.1+ gallons.

June gave us her usual 1.5 quarts and Pearly gave us a few oz. Big kids sucking her dry.

I'm seeing our daily average go up.

Lots of milk in the freezer.

10(11?) Hour fill on these two...

Gotta get everybody shaved down. LA is in 10 days.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

Is this your first LA?

 

[Ferguson K]

My first not the girls.

We had all Jr's until now.

 

[Ferguson K]

So got some not so great news in the mail today.

My booked stop for LA got overbooked. So unless I can find another local to hook up with we will not be appraising this year.

Fingers crossed...

In other news I've been promising y'all updated pictures. Well after this mornings tornados passed over, no real damage just a tree on a fence, we got out and got busy getting pictures.

Oh yeah the tree....

Zinnia's mastitis came back with a vengeance overnight. Ugh... her udder is terrible... all the diarrhea is from the antibiotics.

Her udder is a full hard rock.

Pictures of kids in next posts.

 

[Ferguson K]

Junebug's smaller daughter Katy... I forgot to download the pictures of Lady. I'll grab them shortly.

"Sightly"

"Image" who was being a PITA...

Her twin "Jethro"

More coming...