Goats&moregoats: KickinUpDust Farm Journal
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goatgurl
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as an old, tired and retired rn i use to ask myself and other nurses which is worse having a mind that works and a body that doesn't or having a body that works and a mind that doesn't? i had always said that I'd rather have a body that worked because if your mind didn't work you wouldn't know it anyway. that was until i watched DS1's husband slowly disappear to Alzheimer's. he knew his mind didn't work and it tortured him every day. broke my heart for both of them. my heart goes out to your friend and her family.
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goats&moregoats
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@goatgurl & @kinder : Thank you for your kind words.
So, I am like 70% sure I have two late bred does. I will be watching them closely as March deepens. I also think my Soay ewe is prego. That one is really much harder to tell. Looking at April/May for her.
Right now spending time working on fence in between my two part time jobs. Also getting things set for the two youngest girls to be outside. Still waiting for a bit warmer temps at night(just because they are use to the warm house). Will be adding a third full time job into the mix which will help with this summers plans & events.
I have two weddings(two daughters) and a graduation(youngest) and I have one buck to finish paying for. Also have a blue eyed buckling( have to visit and choose) and a blue eyed doeling to pay for, plus she has a milk stand I can purchase as well. Plus I have a buck shelter and pasture to get set. That adds up to a lot of $$$.
Lost my first full grown chicken to a hawk yesterday. Was not pleased and this shows that other food sources are low right now. Yukon & Tahoe are not bonded with the chickens so that doesn't help. To top it off it was an Easter Egger hen.
I know I am starting to push things again work wise, but I want these goats and I want better shelter and larger pasture areas. Need money to cover the things I want. On the upside of work, it is overnight at my friends. I can sleep, don't need to stay awake all night yet.
More news: I have fallen to many times this year. The doctor believes I have torn two ligaments in my left knee. I go this next week to see a specialist so we can figure out what direction we need to go. I also tore a ligament or a muscle in my left thumb joint. The joint closes to the hand. Now I am overly cautious around the barn and ice.
I have been catching up on threads on here and so delighted with all the kid & lamb pictures. Spring will be here soon and they all will be playing happily in green pastures.
So, I am like 70% sure I have two late bred does. I will be watching them closely as March deepens. I also think my Soay ewe is prego. That one is really much harder to tell. Looking at April/May for her.
Right now spending time working on fence in between my two part time jobs. Also getting things set for the two youngest girls to be outside. Still waiting for a bit warmer temps at night(just because they are use to the warm house). Will be adding a third full time job into the mix which will help with this summers plans & events.
I have two weddings(two daughters) and a graduation(youngest) and I have one buck to finish paying for. Also have a blue eyed buckling( have to visit and choose) and a blue eyed doeling to pay for, plus she has a milk stand I can purchase as well. Plus I have a buck shelter and pasture to get set. That adds up to a lot of $$$.
Lost my first full grown chicken to a hawk yesterday. Was not pleased and this shows that other food sources are low right now. Yukon & Tahoe are not bonded with the chickens so that doesn't help. To top it off it was an Easter Egger hen.
I know I am starting to push things again work wise, but I want these goats and I want better shelter and larger pasture areas. Need money to cover the things I want. On the upside of work, it is overnight at my friends. I can sleep, don't need to stay awake all night yet.
More news: I have fallen to many times this year. The doctor believes I have torn two ligaments in my left knee. I go this next week to see a specialist so we can figure out what direction we need to go. I also tore a ligament or a muscle in my left thumb joint. The joint closes to the hand. Now I am overly cautious around the barn and ice.
I have been catching up on threads on here and so delighted with all the kid & lamb pictures. Spring will be here soon and they all will be playing happily in green pastures.
norseofcourse
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Oh gosh, be careful on that ice. Knee (and thumb) problems are not fun to deal with, I know people with both. Do you have any kind of a brace to wear for support?
Congrats on the job, yes there's always plenty to do (and pay for...).
Congrats on the job, yes there's always plenty to do (and pay for...).
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goats&moregoats
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Time to catch up again. I don't get much "free" time lately, but it's all good. I stay out of trouble that way. LOL
My knee is fine other than arthritis getting much worse. Shots are the next step so I am putting that off until I just can't stand it. Thumb acts up on and off, no definite prognosis on that. When it acts up I put the brace back on for a few days.
Third job turned out to be as needed on weekends. Did three eight hour shifts last weekend and two this weekend. They are going away for two weeks so no work there. It will all come together I know it will.
Now the farm: Poppit miscarried way back late fall. Well it must of been a set of twins and only lost one, because she had a miscarriage again in mid Jan. and I had sold my buck back in Oct. Anyway, she is doing just fine. I have a small buck that I plan on breeding her with in Nov/Dec 2015. I am getting him in Oct 2015.
Registered as: Red Maples Y'ld 8 Second Ride. Barn Name: Rustic. He will breed my four does for 2015 season/2016Spring kids.
The other doe that I thought was late bred was not. All done with birthing this season. Sold: 3 bucklins & 1 doeling as bottle babies, 2 older doelings and two does.
Bought: 3 doelings.
Esha: Hindi name meaning Desire. registered Name: Red Maples One Royal Esha
Sakura: Japanese for Cycle of Life or Cherry Blossom. Registered name: Red Maples Sweet Sakura.
Hakuna-Matata: No worries for the rest of your days. Registered Name: Red Maples Hakuna-Matata
Coco: Registered name: Red Maples Coconut Rum. Picking her up on the 4th of April.
The person I purchased these goats from was extremely nice and gave me a milk stand. Can you say: "Oh so appreciated!!"
More later today.
My knee is fine other than arthritis getting much worse. Shots are the next step so I am putting that off until I just can't stand it. Thumb acts up on and off, no definite prognosis on that. When it acts up I put the brace back on for a few days.
Third job turned out to be as needed on weekends. Did three eight hour shifts last weekend and two this weekend. They are going away for two weeks so no work there. It will all come together I know it will.
Now the farm: Poppit miscarried way back late fall. Well it must of been a set of twins and only lost one, because she had a miscarriage again in mid Jan. and I had sold my buck back in Oct. Anyway, she is doing just fine. I have a small buck that I plan on breeding her with in Nov/Dec 2015. I am getting him in Oct 2015.
Registered as: Red Maples Y'ld 8 Second Ride. Barn Name: Rustic. He will breed my four does for 2015 season/2016Spring kids.The other doe that I thought was late bred was not. All done with birthing this season. Sold: 3 bucklins & 1 doeling as bottle babies, 2 older doelings and two does.
Bought: 3 doelings.
Esha: Hindi name meaning Desire. registered Name: Red Maples One Royal Esha Sakura: Japanese for Cycle of Life or Cherry Blossom. Registered name: Red Maples Sweet Sakura. Hakuna-Matata: No worries for the rest of your days. Registered Name: Red Maples Hakuna-Matata Coco: Registered name: Red Maples Coconut Rum. Picking her up on the 4th of April.The person I purchased these goats from was extremely nice and gave me a milk stand. Can you say: "Oh so appreciated!!"
More later today.
OneFineAcre
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Nice looking girls
Very creative names
Very creative names
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goats&moregoats
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Made a deal for about 30 cedar post, 20 metal post, miles of electric fence, fence charger, plywood & some scrap lumber for $200.00. I am paying 100 of that, daughter and sister-in-law paying 50.00 each. I got them hooked on goats too! They now each have two.
Working on adding these three to the herd.
Buckling- Enapay (Sioux for Brave) registered name: Red Maples Crazy Enapay Viho(Cheyenne for Chief)
Doeling-Chumani Registered Name: Red Maples Cheekahlay Kinta (Little:Lokota & Deer: Choctaw)
Doeling-Peanut Registered name: Red Maples Koko Mapiya (Koko-Blackfoot for Night, Mapiya-Sioux for Sky)
also plan on adding a wether to be with the buckling. Named picked for him:Row Registered Name: Red Maples Wakan Rowtag (Wakan- Sioux for Sacred, Rowtag- Algonquin for Fire) Picked a different name. My 17 yr old son wanted one named Loki, we did name one Loki from my own does kidding, but it passed away. So I added to the name and we choose another buckling not a wether.
Work to be done: 1) Finish off 12x12 barn-move chickens to this barn, get more chicks(prefer Easter eggers)
2) redo smaller chicken coop for buck barn-will hold 2 bucks and 1 wether.
3) Enclose instant garage with plywood-this will be the doe barn. 10x16, will hold 11 does.
4) What is now the doe barn will house my two Soay sheep until kidding time. Then they will move to a temporary shelter and the barn will be my kidding & kid barn until kids are sold.
5) Will build temporary removable kidding pens. Plan to only breed four does this 2015 breeding season.
6) Fence hillside.
7) Fence that will encompass all animals with sections to divide them from each other. This way they all have the protection of the LDG's.
The order they are numbered is not the order they will be done.
Materials to get now and before kidding season:
1) A whole Lot of pallets!
2) feeder bucket(hoping to get this weekend)
3) 4 more heated buckets
4) heated chicken water container
5) goat milking machine....looking at one on-line.
Working on adding these three to the herd.
Buckling- Enapay (Sioux for Brave) registered name: Red Maples Crazy Enapay Viho(Cheyenne for Chief) Doeling-Chumani Registered Name: Red Maples Cheekahlay Kinta (Little:Lokota & Deer: Choctaw) Doeling-Peanut Registered name: Red Maples Koko Mapiya (Koko-Blackfoot for Night, Mapiya-Sioux for Sky)also plan on adding a wether to be with the buckling. Named picked for him:Row Registered Name: Red Maples Wakan Rowtag (Wakan- Sioux for Sacred, Rowtag- Algonquin for Fire) Picked a different name. My 17 yr old son wanted one named Loki, we did name one Loki from my own does kidding, but it passed away. So I added to the name and we choose another buckling not a wether.
Work to be done: 1) Finish off 12x12 barn-move chickens to this barn, get more chicks(prefer Easter eggers)
2) redo smaller chicken coop for buck barn-will hold 2 bucks and 1 wether.
3) Enclose instant garage with plywood-this will be the doe barn. 10x16, will hold 11 does.
4) What is now the doe barn will house my two Soay sheep until kidding time. Then they will move to a temporary shelter and the barn will be my kidding & kid barn until kids are sold.
5) Will build temporary removable kidding pens. Plan to only breed four does this 2015 breeding season.
6) Fence hillside.
7) Fence that will encompass all animals with sections to divide them from each other. This way they all have the protection of the LDG's.
The order they are numbered is not the order they will be done.
Materials to get now and before kidding season:
1) A whole Lot of pallets!
2) feeder bucket(hoping to get this weekend)
3) 4 more heated buckets
4) heated chicken water container
5) goat milking machine....looking at one on-line.
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goats&moregoats
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Didn't get the buckling pictured above. I did however get two others along, both with blue eyes, with the two doelings above. We brought them all home today, they settled right in with the other three babies. Now I have to get to work on that buck barn even sooner than I thought. Good thing is I can use the 10X6 dog kennel for their play yard for a little while. That gives me a bit more time and hopefully warmer weather to get their fence up. The doelings will be fine with the adult goats in about two weeks. By then I will have the sheep moved, the chickens moved and the buck pen ready for Gus &
Loki.
Gus will be registered with the name that is with the buckling pictured above and Loki will be registered as Loco Loki.
No more goat buying for a few years and I still have Rustic to pick up in the fall.
added to my materials needed list:
clippers for the goats, didn't shave my girls the past two seasons, but since I want to milk this next year I think it will be better if I do.
tattoo kit
banding tool
disbudding iron
Will be getting registered within the next two months. I believe I want to register with the AGS and the ADGA. One of my older does is registered with both under previous owner. Any opinions on this subject are welcome.
I also got to bring home the milk stand. Putting that together on Monday and getting to work on hoof trimming.
Got all the barns cleaned out, goats treated for fleas, ticks & lice. Dogs treatment next week and a retreatment for goats.
Little Deer....... Coco....... Peanut.........Gus........2 of my granddaughters
Loki........Babies at play........... Hey Peanut is that how it's done?
Loki.
Gus will be registered with the name that is with the buckling pictured above and Loki will be registered as Loco Loki.
No more goat buying for a few years and I still have Rustic to pick up in the fall.
added to my materials needed list:
clippers for the goats, didn't shave my girls the past two seasons, but since I want to milk this next year I think it will be better if I do.
tattoo kit
banding tool
disbudding iron
Will be getting registered within the next two months. I believe I want to register with the AGS and the ADGA. One of my older does is registered with both under previous owner. Any opinions on this subject are welcome.
I also got to bring home the milk stand. Putting that together on Monday and getting to work on hoof trimming.
Got all the barns cleaned out, goats treated for fleas, ticks & lice. Dogs treatment next week and a retreatment for goats.
Little Deer....... Coco....... Peanut.........Gus........2 of my granddaughters
Loki........Babies at play........... Hey Peanut is that how it's done?
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goats&moregoats
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Oh my what things have finally gotten done over the last few days! 
The sheep are finally in their own pen. Chickens moved to new barn. We want more so they needed bigger space. Working on chicken run today, actual door on chicken barn and hopefully a new gate for the goats. Hopefully I will also have time to set up a temporary pen for the two little bucklings. Need to collect more pallets to get my pasture area growing. All slowly coming together though.
I also finally got my application for AGS filled out and sent in
. Don't know how long that process takes. Looking forward to having all my goats registered by the end of summer. Hoping to also register with ADGA by then as well. Now it's off to tractor supply to see what damage I can do to the wallet.
The sheep are finally in their own pen. Chickens moved to new barn. We want more so they needed bigger space. Working on chicken run today, actual door on chicken barn and hopefully a new gate for the goats. Hopefully I will also have time to set up a temporary pen for the two little bucklings. Need to collect more pallets to get my pasture area growing. All slowly coming together though.I also finally got my application for AGS filled out and sent in
. Don't know how long that process takes. Looking forward to having all my goats registered by the end of summer. Hoping to also register with ADGA by then as well. Now it's off to tractor supply to see what damage I can do to the wallet.
