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jodief100
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The conference was great. The seminars they had were very informative. I learned a lot in the one that had on managing pasture for goats. They had comparisons to horses, cows and sheep so it was very helpful to show how you need to adjust things for goats as opposed to other species. Linda Sparks had a fun one on cooking with goat. I highly recommend this conference next year for anyone raising goats, not just meat goats or kikos.
The sale was INSANE! The average sale price was just under $1700 per goat. I knew the prices would go high but I didnt expect that high. I also didnt expect almost every single one to go over $1000. I only got a chance to bid on 4 because the rest the starting bid was way above my max. I did get one, she is a 50% and went near the end so while she was a bit expensive, she wasnt ridiculously so. It was neat seeing all those beautiful goats.
It was cold; we sat in the sale barn for 5 hours during the auction and shivered. Next time I am bringing a heavy blanket. It would have been decent if we hadnt been sitting on wooden benches and not walking around.
Maryanne is doing better. She has clumpy soft poo now but it is an improvement. Now Bayou has the poos. It seems that whatever this is if you catch it quick it isnt so bad. She is better this morning. My pastures are getting grazed down a bit, I think the goats are eating plants they normally dont and it is upsetting their systems. Getting that close to the ground isnt helping either. I put out hay but they would rather graze.
The sale was INSANE! The average sale price was just under $1700 per goat. I knew the prices would go high but I didnt expect that high. I also didnt expect almost every single one to go over $1000. I only got a chance to bid on 4 because the rest the starting bid was way above my max. I did get one, she is a 50% and went near the end so while she was a bit expensive, she wasnt ridiculously so. It was neat seeing all those beautiful goats.
It was cold; we sat in the sale barn for 5 hours during the auction and shivered. Next time I am bringing a heavy blanket. It would have been decent if we hadnt been sitting on wooden benches and not walking around.
Maryanne is doing better. She has clumpy soft poo now but it is an improvement. Now Bayou has the poos. It seems that whatever this is if you catch it quick it isnt so bad. She is better this morning. My pastures are getting grazed down a bit, I think the goats are eating plants they normally dont and it is upsetting their systems. Getting that close to the ground isnt helping either. I put out hay but they would rather graze.
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Most of the goats have been moved out to the front fields for the winter. The shelter is done enough to house them. I will be adding several that are currently in the breeding pen this weekend. The new ones are in isolation for now and will be moved next month. In December, I will start moving back to the barn the ones expected to kid at the end of the month.
The garage is coming along. We have 10 of the 16 trusses up and will knock out a few more this weekend. This is the last week we can get anything done after work and then it is weekends only until March. I hate Daylight Savings Time.
Making dog boxes and poultry hoop house are next on the to do list. Then hay racks and if all goes according to plan, the silkie/brooder house.
All goats are healthy or getting there. The frost in the mornings has killed off the bugs so I think we are set for the winter.
Need to get more hay. My hay guy only got a small second cutting so most of what we have is first cutting. The goats will love it come the cold winter days but right now most of it is going on the ground. Fortunately there is still plenty of green in the pasture.
At the seminar on increasing breeding performance this weekend, there was a great deal of discussion on using teaser bucks. Does anyone have or know of someone with some experience with this?
The garage is coming along. We have 10 of the 16 trusses up and will knock out a few more this weekend. This is the last week we can get anything done after work and then it is weekends only until March. I hate Daylight Savings Time.
Making dog boxes and poultry hoop house are next on the to do list. Then hay racks and if all goes according to plan, the silkie/brooder house.
All goats are healthy or getting there. The frost in the mornings has killed off the bugs so I think we are set for the winter.
Need to get more hay. My hay guy only got a small second cutting so most of what we have is first cutting. The goats will love it come the cold winter days but right now most of it is going on the ground. Fortunately there is still plenty of green in the pasture.
At the seminar on increasing breeding performance this weekend, there was a great deal of discussion on using teaser bucks. Does anyone have or know of someone with some experience with this?
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Good luck with your new girls. Will you be breeding them to a kiko buck or adding some boer to the genetics?
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I have been breeding my first timers to my kiko bucks ever since I got them since the babies are smaller. It seems to be working as we have not had any kidding problems. I haven't decided what mix to go with after that. I want to keep some boer influence for the bigger size but the kikos are selling just as well as market goats and are getting higher prices as keepers. I will have some difficult choices to make next year.20kidsonhill said:
Roll farms
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Odd on the smaller kids.... Every single kid KikoMan sired was 9# or better. Average was 10.5#. Biggest was 14#.
My boer kids average 8.5#.
Dairy kids average 7#.
My boer kids average 8.5#.
Dairy kids average 7#.
ksalvagno
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What cuties! Congratulations on your new goats!
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Well it has been crazy at work and with the time change I do not get home before dark. So I finally had the chance to take some pictures and update things.
I got most everyone out in the front field for the winter. The new girls are in the barn and the girls that were in the buck pens until last week are with them until I can get them moved. Modern gun season started today so no one is going anywhere today. Too many crazies who don't fire a gun all year until they get "something" in their sights. I may try and move the last four to the breeding pens but only if I can move them by truck.
The shelter is done. I still need to install the water and fix one corner but the goats are living in it.
The garage is getting there. Slowly but now it looks like a garage.
The goats enjoying their breakfast.
This is Star, it is not a great picture but she came up to me and posed. She was also telling me she really wants to go and visit her boyfriend. She is big enough now so I hope to get her moved by truck tonight. Roll, I know you are just as eager as I to see what she gives me.
I had to put down Maryanne. I just got her healthy and she went down with a heavy worm load again. That is 4 times in 7 months I have had to nurse her back from severe worms. I just couldn't risk her dropping drug resistant worms all over my pastures anymore. She was real bad this time. I had to prop her up and was feeding her by hand 8 times a day and everything was just going right through her. I don't think she would have made it anyways. It was a hard decision but I had to do what was best for my herd and I felt she was putting the others at risk. She was so sad and pitiful, just lying there waiting to be fed.
The greyhounds wanted to show off their new finery. They got new collars at the Gathering.
Gracie's has rhinestones on it.
Jo Jo in his manly football collar
Roi is here for the weekend. He has some really bad dry and flaky skin on his head and ears. Any suggestions?
I got most everyone out in the front field for the winter. The new girls are in the barn and the girls that were in the buck pens until last week are with them until I can get them moved. Modern gun season started today so no one is going anywhere today. Too many crazies who don't fire a gun all year until they get "something" in their sights. I may try and move the last four to the breeding pens but only if I can move them by truck.
The shelter is done. I still need to install the water and fix one corner but the goats are living in it.
The garage is getting there. Slowly but now it looks like a garage.
The goats enjoying their breakfast.
This is Star, it is not a great picture but she came up to me and posed. She was also telling me she really wants to go and visit her boyfriend. She is big enough now so I hope to get her moved by truck tonight. Roll, I know you are just as eager as I to see what she gives me.
I had to put down Maryanne. I just got her healthy and she went down with a heavy worm load again. That is 4 times in 7 months I have had to nurse her back from severe worms. I just couldn't risk her dropping drug resistant worms all over my pastures anymore. She was real bad this time. I had to prop her up and was feeding her by hand 8 times a day and everything was just going right through her. I don't think she would have made it anyways. It was a hard decision but I had to do what was best for my herd and I felt she was putting the others at risk. She was so sad and pitiful, just lying there waiting to be fed.
The greyhounds wanted to show off their new finery. They got new collars at the Gathering.
Gracie's has rhinestones on it.
Jo Jo in his manly football collar
Roi is here for the weekend. He has some really bad dry and flaky skin on his head and ears. Any suggestions?
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Goat enclosure really turned out nice. Boy going to have a BIG garage. DH is jealous. What type of equipment do you have? Just curious is all.
Sorry to hear about Maryanne. Sometimes the health of the herd must be maintained. She sounded like she was constantly being bothered with worms and her system just couldn't get rid of them. So sorry but I think you did the best for her and the right thing for her and your herd. Sometimes you just can't save them all.
Pretty greyhounds, plus the collars as well. Sorry to hear Roi has itchy dry skin. Kuvacz are white skinned and they do go into a dry spell in the Fall. DH used to use a product called Loveland. (All natural) It was a small company, believe it or not out of Bronx New York. Was the best stuff DH ever ran across. And now of course I can't find it. This was through a chemist that I knew that since has passed. Just put some on our dogs food, and had no problems with dry skin. Wish I could help more.
Sorry to hear about Maryanne. Sometimes the health of the herd must be maintained. She sounded like she was constantly being bothered with worms and her system just couldn't get rid of them. So sorry but I think you did the best for her and the right thing for her and your herd. Sometimes you just can't save them all.
Pretty greyhounds, plus the collars as well. Sorry to hear Roi has itchy dry skin. Kuvacz are white skinned and they do go into a dry spell in the Fall. DH used to use a product called Loveland. (All natural) It was a small company, believe it or not out of Bronx New York. Was the best stuff DH ever ran across. And now of course I can't find it. This was through a chemist that I knew that since has passed. Just put some on our dogs food, and had no problems with dry skin. Wish I could help more.
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The garage is 30' x 60'. Hubby wanted 40' wide but the trusses would have to be seriously upgraded and it added a huge cost. It is going to have 3 car doors and then 20' on the end partitioned off for a workshop.Ms. Research said:
Eventualy we want to put an overhang on the back for the tractor impliments but for now they will go inside. Backhoe, loader, bushog, grater blade, scraper blade, etc...
I made a box out of a goat panel this weekend and put a high door in it. In theory, the goats won't be able to get in the high door and the dog could. The purpose is to leave the dog feeder in there so I wouldn't have to go out to the far field every morning to feed him. This morning there were three goats and no dog inside.
We had severe storm warnings last night. The news was saying to unplug electronics and get to an inside room on your lowest floor. Hubby was watching out the back window, the trusses were put in place this weekend but he only had them temporarily braced. He was a bit freaked out at the 70 mph wind gusts being predicted.
Nothing. We had a lot of rain for a short time but nothing we haven't seen before.
The bulk of the storm swung north of us. I am sure Elevan was hit much harder then we were. Gotta love the National Weather Service. Waste of tax dollars if you ask me. Anyone who needs a warning to take shelter from an electrical storm should be taken out the gene pool anyways.
