Hens and Roos
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I'm so sorry to hear, our sympathy and prayers for your family 
Goats&moregoats: KickinUpDust Farm Journal
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Had to add a second post because you can only put up 10 pictures at a time. We did name the chicks. Pictures aren't the greatest, sorry.
Princess named by granddaughter Rae (Rachel)
Izzy named by grandson Chase
Brownie named by granddaughter Shy (Shyanne)
Ann named by Doreen
Cheecka named by my son Eric (not pictured)
and Hilda not pictured and named by myself. I will try to get better individual pictures of all of them. They have almost all their feathers already. Definitely growing way to fast.
More bad news: One of my brothers found out that he has skin cancer. They are hoping they got it in time, but we don't know as of yet. His daughter suffered from Bell's Palsy yesterday morning. She is in her late 20's. She is currently receiving treatment and they are expecting a complete recovery.
Princess named by granddaughter Rae (Rachel) Izzy named by grandson Chase Brownie named by granddaughter Shy (Shyanne) Ann named by Doreen Cheecka named by my son Eric (not pictured)and Hilda not pictured and named by myself. I will try to get better individual pictures of all of them. They have almost all their feathers already. Definitely growing way to fast.
More bad news: One of my brothers found out that he has skin cancer. They are hoping they got it in time, but we don't know as of yet. His daughter suffered from Bell's Palsy yesterday morning. She is in her late 20's. She is currently receiving treatment and they are expecting a complete recovery.
Hens and Roos
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Cute chicks, always fun to watch them grow...we added a few Polish just for fun this year. As far as your goats, you may just have to try putting them together and let them sort it out...
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@Hens and Roos , you are correct on the goats no doubt. Now I just have to work up the nerve to proceed.
Hens and Roos
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@goats&moregoats, if you have several days you can always increase the length of time they are together. I know it's always hard to watch the younger kids getting "picked on" by the older ones.
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Well today i spent about 3 hours out in the pasture with all the goats. Nothing major happened. Sage puffing up her coat and giving dirty looks ( before I had goats I didn't even know they could do this) and a head toss here and there, but no contact made. I was all set to leave the younger ones in with the two older girls, but I ran into another issue...lol. The little buggers won't let me out of there sight. They beat me to the gate and I can't battle past them without one of us getting zapped by the electric fence. I would prefer that none of us do, but honestly if I have to choose between me or them.....umm, yeah does this make me a terrible goat mom? Once I get this piece figured out, I am going to leave them out for the day while I work in the yard and see how it goes. I am thinking some grain might occupy them long enough in the am for me to slip out of the fence.
Poor Juniper really got a taste of it today. Hard lesson to learn, but learn it they must. Any how she stuck her head between two of the lines and got zapped, but she ran into it instead of away, tumble out of the fence and next thing I know she has cleared the fence to get back with the rest of them. Happened in a matter of a minute or two. I am certainly hoping it only takes a time or two because that thing hurts! I know from my own stupid mistakes.
It is certainly entertaining watching Sage and Ginger running around like kids when they are all together. They eat a bit and then off and running, then back to eating. Rio needs to work on his braking when he is running down hill to catch me. He runs right into the back of my legs. Good thing I know to expect it. Today he also plowed right into poor Nutmeg and set her into a spin.
So after that I got some yard work done, signed up for Relay for Life ( tomorrow ) and planted the flowers & decorative grass I brought back from my mom's service. My sister bought two of the same mixed pots and gave me one.
Now I have two baskets of laundry to fold and then off to catch the zz's before beginning again at 6 am tomorrow.
Poor Juniper really got a taste of it today. Hard lesson to learn, but learn it they must. Any how she stuck her head between two of the lines and got zapped, but she ran into it instead of away, tumble out of the fence and next thing I know she has cleared the fence to get back with the rest of them. Happened in a matter of a minute or two. I am certainly hoping it only takes a time or two because that thing hurts! I know from my own stupid mistakes.
It is certainly entertaining watching Sage and Ginger running around like kids when they are all together. They eat a bit and then off and running, then back to eating. Rio needs to work on his braking when he is running down hill to catch me. He runs right into the back of my legs. Good thing I know to expect it. Today he also plowed right into poor Nutmeg and set her into a spin.
So after that I got some yard work done, signed up for Relay for Life ( tomorrow ) and planted the flowers & decorative grass I brought back from my mom's service. My sister bought two of the same mixed pots and gave me one.
Now I have two baskets of laundry to fold and then off to catch the zz's before beginning again at 6 am tomorrow.
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Condolences on the loss of your mom. I'm glad the family was able to see her off and she went without pain. Glad to hear things are working out with the goats. I raise my kids with the adults, from birth. Yeah, they sometimes get chased and sometimes it's because they're being pests and deserved it. Haven't been doing this for decades, but no issues or injuries yet. 
CntryBoy777
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Really sorry to hear about your Mom and know it is difficult to get past it all.....
There is nothing like new life to help take your mind off of things tho....I told ya those ducks would grow fast, but hang in there....they will be worth it....I promise!!.....when we got our goats, the Boys were around 3mnths when we brought them home and Star was 8yrs old....they were from the same herd, but they weren't very friendly together. I think they should be okay and will work things out....I'd just make sure there were a couple of places that they could seek refuge and hide from any confrontation....tho, the Boys always seemed to bring it to Star, instead of her harrassing them....it is always meaningful for grandkids to name the animals.....great Job!!.....
There is nothing like new life to help take your mind off of things tho....I told ya those ducks would grow fast, but hang in there....they will be worth it....I promise!!.....when we got our goats, the Boys were around 3mnths when we brought them home and Star was 8yrs old....they were from the same herd, but they weren't very friendly together. I think they should be okay and will work things out....I'd just make sure there were a couple of places that they could seek refuge and hide from any confrontation....tho, the Boys always seemed to bring it to Star, instead of her harrassing them....it is always meaningful for grandkids to name the animals.....great Job!!.....
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I'm so sorry you lost your mom I know it was real hard on me when mine died in 2003. Hope your brother and his daughter have good outcomes and soon!
I know it was real hard on me when mine died in 2003. Hope your brother and his daughter have good outcomes and soon!
