Jodief100--- random stuff and BIG news

[jodief100]

What kind of Chicks did you get???!!!
I am wanting to get some chicks this year to, but I will have to wait till May or June when the weather is a little warmer!

I bought the "hatchery choice assorted heavies". They gave me: Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orpingtons, Easter Eggers and Golden Laced Wyandottes. I was very happy with the assortment. All heritage breeds! I order the hatchery choice a few times a year. Usually there are 1-2 heritage breeds and 1-2 production crosses. I got lucky this time.

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

That is and awesome idea!!!!
I am going to look into what my hachery has for different assortments!!!!
Thanks!

 

[greenbean]

Congrats on the chicks! I love them and agree they lose their cuteness too soon. But I have to agree with CocoNUT it's so funny when the cockerels start trying to crow! Pictures?

 

[20kidsonhill]

I picked up 100 day old chicks at the hatchery yesterday. They are all settling in, eating and drinking just fine. They were a little bit huddled under the lamps this morning but they will spread out as the day gets warmer.

I love little baby chicks. Too bad they only stay cute like that for a few days.

Still no new goat babies. I checked my records and I must have written some dates down wrong. I f they are right than Doeling and Yogurt are on AT LEAST day 152. They were with the buck for 6 weeks. Is it possible he got them the very last day?!?!?!

I have a suspected breeding date for Ginger and Mama which puts January 21st as 150 days, but I am not trusting the dates I wrote down for anything at this point.

We bred two does for a friend and the does were here 45 days, I never saw any breeding but figured I had missed it. The night before they are scheduled to come out I witness breeding. Talk about a close call. They did end up being pregnant and kidding.

 

[jodief100]

I lost a doe yesterday, Listeria. She was improving but last night I found her dead.

Goats have still not kidded. Which means I have serious problems or all my records are wrong.

I need to get my Spit together about my logs. I am waiting too long between deeds and writing them down. Bad side abotu haveing a good memory, I tend to depend on it too much.

I think I need a break for awhile. I am wiped out right now.

 

[marlowmanor]

So sorry about your doe.

Hope you get things figured out with your records. Take a break, take a trip somewhere you can relax.

 

[Southern by choice]

Sorry Jodie, that really stinks.

 

[bonbean01]

So sorry

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Sorry Jodie.

 

[greenbean]

I'm sorry to hear about your doe.