greenfamilyfarm's Journal - Nubian Kids are HERE! Pictures Up

[greenfamilyfarms]

I'm so embarrassed, y'all.

I had been posting updates via cell phone because I couldn't get my internet on the computer up for the past 3 days. We had been having issues with outages with our internet, so I didn't think much of it.

I had hubby call the internet provider and they cut off our internet for non-payment. WHAT?!?!? I didn't remember even getting the bill. I had hubby to look for it and low and behold, it was right on the kitchen table. Shoot! So, I had to pay a $100 deposit and $45 activation fee plus our outstanding bill to get our internet back up on the computer. I could just kick myself.

Home internet will be back up Monday morning, so pictures then.

 

[Mamaboid]

OH, I am so happy that I am not the only one who does things like this. I hate it when I do something like that, but sometimes the brain just goes into "duh" mode and crap happens. Sorry you have to pay the extra, but you made my day.

 

[autumnprairie]

me too, i do it too

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Penny (Drama Mama's Doeling) 11 days old:

Bunny's Doelings 2 days old:

 

[jodief100]

They are growing out so nice. What lovely babies.

 

[autumnprairie]

BEAUTIFUL I really like the first ones coloring

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Saturday we started our garden for this year. We ordered all of our seeds from Sandhill this time and they sent everything we ordered with no substitutions plus 2 freebie packs of seeds. We have a 4x8 and 4x4 bed of green arrow peas, 4x4 bed of assorted lettuce, and a 4x84x8 of half assorted beets and brillance carrot.

I had been working on building the soil up for this year and it looks pretty good for this year. Last year we used just plain topsoil we ordered by truck load and it was a really poor soil. Our tomatoes and peppers done well but the root crops never developed roots that were nig enough to eat.

 

[elevan]

A huge benefit you have living in a Southern Climate...a longer growing season. We can't plant anything in the ground here until mid May and then by August we're usually pretty much done...except for some fall crops which are done by mid October.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

After observation of Penny over the past few days, I think she's blind. It appears that she cannot see, but goes by sound. I will call or her mama will call and she will go towards the sound. When she goes to nurse, she misses and has to root for the nipple. It takes her a while to find a teat, but she's getting plenty to eat. She's gaining weight and is otherwise healthy.

I've had to rescue her from the other side of the fence twice today. She will stumble out of the fence and then can't figure out how to get back.

How often does blindness occur in goats? What could cause it?

 

[elevan]

No idea how often it happens. As to what? There are a lot of things that can cause blindness and sometimes there's just no reason at all.

Check her site by bringing your finger from far away to close to her eye. If you can nearly touch the eyeball without a blink / flinch then she's blind in that eye (check them both the same). If she blinks / flinches when you get within 3/4 - 1 inch of the eyeball then she can see shadows. If she blinks / flinches when your finger is further away then she may have some sight impairment (given her other "symptoms") such as nearsightedness.