FergusonK's journal - Goodbye Java Jewel.

[Ferguson K]

My husband got me a double registered buckskin paint doeling. She's all my favorite things in one! If only she was polled and blue eyed.

Her name is Lyra. We're making the trek home with her in my lap. Please ignore my mismatched socks and dirty work truck floorboard.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

HA! Love the mismatched socks, the dirty floor AND the goat! Congrats

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Congrats! She's a cutie!

 

[Ferguson K]

Just got her settled into a temporary stall. She's FAT! 10 weeks old, freshly weaned, and felt like she was 30lbs. Solid little thing!

Her dam had a nice, tight, but small udder. She had large capacity though, so I'm happy. This is her third freshening and she's giving 3+ cups in the morning and 2+/- in the evening, with twins nursing. Said she was still producing about the same with the twins weaned. They don't milk every day either, so we shall see.

I'll get better pictures in the morning. The girls are mad at us, I forgot my mother was at my brothers and they didn't get milked.

Red was in the milk stall standing on the stanchion looking at us like

 

[Poka_Doodle]

She's adorable.

 

[sadieml]

Oh, @Ferguson K, she's beautiful. Reminds me of one of the does Jaeger is supposed to breed. My fault that hasn't happened, yet. Been really busy lately. My #1 DS had "minor" surgery yesterday, and I've been preoccupied with preparations for that and building new digs for our new, broody Barbu d'Uccle hens and their roo.

BTW, since the breed is Belgian, we named them Jean-Pierre, Justine, Claudine, and Pauline (all said with your best French accent, please). I thought it was appropriate, and since I speak French (and try to make my young 'uns), I enjoy it. DH just grins and bears it. As of today, there are 12 eggs in their clutch, so I expect them to start sitting in the next day or 2. We never intended to breed chickens, but with such beauties as these, we just had to. Now I'm getting excited about hatching out our very own babies! The friend who owned them before said they just hatched a clutch of 18 about 3 weeks ago, so I guess if we can find a local market for them, we can regularly hatch out some show quality beauties. Hmm, I wonder...

 

[Ferguson K]

I hope your kiddo heals up well. I know all too well about things not going as planned, around here lately that's all that seems to be happening. The only thing that's going correctly, it's getting more does and adding to our herd. Things we've been talking about for months.

I bred and sold a lot of chickens over theyears. Thousands of them. I had a slight obsession with chickens. I've always wanted goats, and have been talking about owning goats for a long time. Over the years I have had show goats, that I have shown in FFA and in local commercial Stock Show grounds. I finally figured out that I wanted to have dairy goats, that I didn't like having to put all the kids in the freezer every year. I sold all of my goats two years ago and started researching. Last year John surprised me with two ND bucks. A few months later we drove nine hours to get Aelia. Then a trip to Arkansas to get Miss Red, and picked up Taystee and Karma along the way. ( Poppy, Prudence, and Lilly we've had their entire lives. )

I realized as time went on that I wanted to focus on the goats so we sold out, entire flock (3000+) separated and spread throughout the country. Traded a few birds here and there. .. ended up with pigs ( I've always wanted to try my hand in it, again I've just had show stock or potbellies. ) My supportive Husband wants me to focus on one thing, and one thing only. And he's right. I don't need to be stressing out about the pigs and everything else when my man loves the goats. So we've decided to sell the pigs, except for the Potbelly's. They really don't do enough harm to do any problems. Besides we like using them to flower gardens with.

I've got two more does in mind add to the herd, and I'm bringing a buck down from North Texas next month. He's gorgeous, and I am in love with his udder lineage. We retained Taystee's and Red's doelings. But decided to sell everyone else. All of the kids we are selling have a deposit on them and/or are paid for.

I am really excited for what 2017 has in store, and we're going to start showing this year. I've decided to volunteer at some local shows between now and when Onyx is ready to hit the road. It'll help get me used to it again. Completely different work l world from what I'm used to.

 

[Latestarter]

Sounds like the bug bit you Congrats! Glad you've got it all sorted out and are going to focus on something you really enjoy. We should all live that way. Also glad the hubby is with you for the ride! That makes a huge difference. Looking forward to the future pics and success stories!

 

[Ferguson K]

I need to take a moment and brag on three of my girls. ( I'm sure it would be four of them, but, Aelia is out of the game. )

Lilly and Poppy are BOER goats and giving me a quart combined.

Red is giving me just over a quart.

Twice daily.

How about them apples?!!!

Aelia is healing up nicely. She's closed back up, no more blown tissue. Some slight scanning but she won't scar. She still had her (teatular?) In on the right side. Just replaced it this morning. The amount of chunky milk coming out when we milk is gross. Day three of antibiotics for her.

Look at that pretty FF udder. See how swollen she still is on the right teat?

Lyra has started stand training already, so we figured we would feed her on it. It'll help next year when she freshens for the first time.

Look at how big Holly is getting!

Hero and Henry. Henry is one of Lilly's kids. He's huge for a two week old!

Hero and my loving, devoted other half. Two good looking studs!

Helen and Holly also got some stand time. They're still to small so we held them while they "ate". They're not quite interested in feed yet, but, it's never to early! They're still mad at us from their disbudding yesterday. Silly kids.

Also, Haggard has decided that he is dropped and ready to go. He's been attempting to mount the ladies and had been buck-ish all week. A checked.... they were both in the sack! The band is ON! Poor boy, didn't even notice!

 

[Ferguson K]

Test Canular* that's what Aelia was given by the vet.