Jodief100--- random stuff and BIG news

[jodief100]

I took some pictures but I am too tired right now. I will get them on tomorrow. The babies are all adorable. There is a black one and a black with badger markings and a brown and white and a white doe with a black patch on one eye.

All of the does are big bodies, nice looking does. I am so excited to see their babies.

 

[bonbean01]

Rest up...and will be looking for photos tomorrow

 

[jodief100]

It has been a crazy week. The weather was looking nice, the grass was starting to grown and right now it is snowing like crazy.

They figured out what the electronet was pretty quickly. They are still not sure about the dogs.

Here are the pictures of the some of the new does. Two were picked up with babies on them, 1 more kidded in the trailer and 4 more kidded this past week. Pictures of the babies are on my kidding thread here: http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=22635&p=21

She is a PB kiko with a cute little doe kid on her.

Boer-kiko cross of some type. Smaller and younger than the others. We are not sure if she took or not.

I think this is the kiko-boer-nubian but I am not sure.

I am not sure, the kiko spanish or maybe the kiko- ober?

Chilling out at the hoop house.

Exploring the fence line.

Settling in

The PB kiko mommies

 

[Bridgemoof]

Great looking healthy goats Jodi! Congratulations. I really like the Kiko does, wish we had some Kiko does here to go with Kiko Joe!

 

[jodief100]

Great looking healthy goats Jodi! Congratulations. I really like the Kiko does, wish we had some Kiko does here to go with Kiko Joe!

Bridge-

You should go to the "Mid-Atlantic Small Ruminant Extravaganza" Sept 19-21 in Chatham, VA They are having an "Elite Buck and Ram Sale". Bucks will have to qualify at the MD buck test so we may have some there. Not sure where the Rams are coming from. They will also have a Doe and Ewe sale and a meat goat and hair sheep training symposium.

 

[jodief100]

We had a major disaster here yesterday. The two inches of snow that came out of NOWHERE was followed by and inch of rain and thunderstorms. The creek rose, the water came gushing down the hill and my lower field shelters flooded. I found all my new babies huddled in the mud, wet and shivering. One was real bad off so I rushed her into the house. I tried for abour 30 minutes to get her warmed up but no avail- I lost her. The pretty black one with the white spot on her head.

I went to check and the water was about an inch deep. So I hauled 3 hay bales, 60 yards, downhill in the wet, slippery muddy grass, in the dark, in a freaking thunderstorm. I put them in the shelter and put the babies on top. I watched with the flashlight for about 10 minutes and realized, this isn't going to work. The water was 4" deep in some places. The babies were falling between bales and between the bales and the walls. So I carried all the babies up the hill to the hay barn. It was the only dry place I had. They snuggled down into the hay and warmed up.

By then the sun had come up and the does were wandering around in the mud looking for thier babies. I managed to coax them to the hay barn with a grain bucket and they all had a happy reunion.

So now I have goats in my hay barn making a mess. It isn't the best place for them and my meager hay supply is now pretty much ruined. But they are dry and safe.

I am going to have to integrate them into the main herd which I don't want to do until the last 2 kid.

Everything is a mess. I couldn't get to work becasue water was over the bridge. The culverts were jammed with someone upstream's yard trimmings and a dead deer.

I didn't want to mention any of this yesterday when I was on. I came here to cheer up and it was all too raw. I am still very upset over the whole thing.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Oh Jodi that is just horrific! I am so sorry you lost one of the babies. And what a nightmare for you all night long. So so sorry.

WE have the same thing with our creek rising, it's so scary how quickly it can become devastating. I just found this waterway monitor online that now I can monitor how high my creek is real time, so if it's night time I can just go online and see if it's rising or falling.
This is my closest creek on the link, but you can just find your closest creek and bookmark it.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/rive...ata[]=hydrograph&data[]=impacts&data[]=crests

I hope that helps in the future.



Oh and the buck show, wow, I will check it out! Not sure how far that is from me, but it would be interesting to see.

 

[bonbean01]

 

[RainySunday]

Oh Jodie, how awful! I am so sorry about the doeling, but good job with the quick thinking and getting the rest moved when you did. What a long night! Thoughts/prayers for energy and refreshment as you face the next few days of cleanup and figuring out what next.

 

[Symphony]