Baymule
Herd Master
For her size, that goat has some big boobies! 
FergusonK's journal - Goodbye Java Jewel.
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Baymule
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Is that a milking stanchion I see??????
it just dawned on me......I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes......new lumber....no squatting in the dirt...... hmmmmm.......the clues lead me to believe that somebody that had to fold into sixteenths in order to be on a goat booby level might have done something special for his sweet wife.....
it just dawned on me......I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes......new lumber....no squatting in the dirt...... hmmmmm.......the clues lead me to believe that somebody that had to fold into sixteenths in order to be on a goat booby level might have done something special for his sweet wife.....
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Ferguson K
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Yes! I thought I posted it... My husband and my Dad built me a portable stanchion. It lives on my garden cart and is light weight enough to take off.
OneFineAcre
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Nice
Congrats
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Ferguson K
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Today was all in all a good day. We got home from our vacation around 1 AM. Took a quick nap, and I was up and going again by 6:30. I made myself a quick breakfast and scuttled outside to say hello to my girls. We've been gone a week and I had been living off of picture updates from my mother. I was very happy when they all came bouncing up screaming and begging for breakfast. Everyone got a quick pay in the head and I ran off to unload my new stanchion!
First for up was Aelia. She's been my star pupil on our makeshift stanch and proved again today shes a star. Due to my mother not milking while we we're gone I lost a little bit of production. I think they're still early enough in the game to bring them back up to speed. I had been getting almost 3 cups a day from Aelia, I got barely half this morning and about a quarter this evening. Red gave me five whopping cups today, I can't wait to see what she will do once she's at full capacity! I got two cups from Poppy this evening, that was exciting. Her flow is like a fountain. Pinch, flow, wait, pinch, flow, perfect. I'm in love. Easiest goat to milk out of all seven does as far as size of tit and milk flow. Even Aelia and Red don't compare to that water fall! Prudence and Lilly gave us almost a cup. All in all a good day.
I'm in love with my new stand. It's making my life SOOOO much easier. So easy on the back as it's the perfect height I can sit in an actual chair, and my bad back appreciated it very much. Less cramping in my hands even, probably because I wasn't hunched. All it took was forcing the hubby to milk once.
So, with milking done, I was able to cut up and package all of the pigs and get them stuck in the freezer. It's FULL. I don't have room for much else. That was exhausting. I'm just glad to have it done.
Friday I go to pick up our new Doe. Her name is Onyx, she's a registered ND. She's bred, a junior, and I plan on showing her as much as possible. She's my gateway drug! My Boer goats never got me as excited as this doe. She's a beautiful charcoal black with moon spots. Pictures when I bring her home.
Until then, here's some pictures from today.
First for up was Aelia. She's been my star pupil on our makeshift stanch and proved again today shes a star. Due to my mother not milking while we we're gone I lost a little bit of production. I think they're still early enough in the game to bring them back up to speed. I had been getting almost 3 cups a day from Aelia, I got barely half this morning and about a quarter this evening. Red gave me five whopping cups today, I can't wait to see what she will do once she's at full capacity! I got two cups from Poppy this evening, that was exciting. Her flow is like a fountain. Pinch, flow, wait, pinch, flow, perfect. I'm in love. Easiest goat to milk out of all seven does as far as size of tit and milk flow. Even Aelia and Red don't compare to that water fall! Prudence and Lilly gave us almost a cup. All in all a good day.
I'm in love with my new stand. It's making my life SOOOO much easier. So easy on the back as it's the perfect height I can sit in an actual chair, and my bad back appreciated it very much. Less cramping in my hands even, probably because I wasn't hunched. All it took was forcing the hubby to milk once.
So, with milking done, I was able to cut up and package all of the pigs and get them stuck in the freezer. It's FULL. I don't have room for much else. That was exhausting. I'm just glad to have it done.
Friday I go to pick up our new Doe. Her name is Onyx, she's a registered ND. She's bred, a junior, and I plan on showing her as much as possible. She's my gateway drug! My Boer goats never got me as excited as this doe. She's a beautiful charcoal black with moon spots. Pictures when I bring her home.
Until then, here's some pictures from today.
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Ferguson K
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Ferguson K
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Look what came in today! My ADGA paperwork should be right behind it.
I'm going to do my herd name paperwork all at the same time. I'm hoping I don't have three different herd names / tattoo names....
I'm going to do my herd name paperwork all at the same time. I'm hoping I don't have three different herd names / tattoo names....
Mike CHS
Herd Master
No pun intended but that little pig looks like a real ham. 
We still to figure out what our farm name is going to be to file with the county and/or our herd name.
We still to figure out what our farm name is going to be to file with the county and/or our herd name.
MrsKuhn
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Ferguson K
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No pun intended but that little pig looks like a real ham.
We still to figure out what our farm name is going to be to file with the county and/or our herd name.
That "little" pig is almost 400lbs. But he is a ham, he lives for back scrstches and scrape and treats.
