bonbean01
Herd Master
Jodief100--- random stuff and BIG news
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Four Winds Ranch
Loving the herd life
Hang in there!!!! There will be light at the end of the tunnel, the sun will come out from behind the clouds!!!!! 
Soooo sorry about your losses, the hardships and mass distruction a flood brings and leaves! I know how you are feeling!!! It happend to me a few years ago and I lost my horse, and we thought my Stepdad. Luckly, we found him about 12 hours later, very cold, huging the neck of my passed horse. 
The river washed everything away, and my Stepdad got caught in it and grabbed my horses neck (Shilo) as the horse tried to swim. We found them stuck in a log jam on a neighbors place about 3 miles away!
Soooo sorry about your losses, the hardships and mass distruction a flood brings and leaves! I know how you are feeling!!! It happend to me a few years ago and I lost my horse, and we thought my Stepdad. Luckly, we found him about 12 hours later, very cold, huging the neck of my passed horse. The river washed everything away, and my Stepdad got caught in it and grabbed my horses neck (Shilo) as the horse tried to swim. We found them stuck in a log jam on a neighbors place about 3 miles away!
alsea1
True BYH Addict
Wow to the both of you.
What a story for you family history four winds.
I'm sorry to hear you lost valuable hay and a baby goat Jodie. These things are hard to take sometimes.
I guess thats what the old timers meant when they would say " Welllll. Thats farming."
Summer is on the way. I'm sure of it.
What a story for you family history four winds.
I'm sorry to hear you lost valuable hay and a baby goat Jodie. These things are hard to take sometimes.
I guess thats what the old timers meant when they would say " Welllll. Thats farming."
Summer is on the way. I'm sure of it.
Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
I am so sorry Jodi. How frustrating and sad. I hope warmer, dryer weather starts your way soon and things get better for you.
Do you mind my asking what brand of electronet and charger you bought? I am shopping for my mother. She wants to have a way to move an electric fence around her property for goats so they can browse and area for a week or two, and then she can move them. I am working on a movable shelter but know nada about the fence issue.
How frustrating and sad. I hope warmer, dryer weather starts your way soon and things get better for you. Do you mind my asking what brand of electronet and charger you bought? I am shopping for my mother. She wants to have a way to move an electric fence around her property for goats so they can browse and area for a week or two, and then she can move them. I am working on a movable shelter but know nada about the fence issue.
purplequeenvt
Herd Master
Check out Premier (www.premier1supplies.com). We got all our fences from them 12+ years ago. We are moving to a different fencing system now, but that is only because our electronets have finally given out after years of abuse and it will be very expensive to replace the 15-20 sections that we have.Pearce Pastures said:I am so sorry Jodi.
Do you mind my asking what brand of electronet and charger you bought? I am shopping for my mother. She wants to have a way to move an electric fence around her property for goats so they can browse and area for a week or two, and then she can move them. I am working on a movable shelter but know nada about the fence issue.
Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Thanks for the tip. What are you moving to? I am not sure yet if the nets are the way to go or if there is something better. The nets seem nice because they are, well, nets and then a kid couldn't squeeze under a wire and get out.
purplequeenvt
Herd Master
We are going to use 3 strands of polywire with fiberglass posts (t-posts in the corners and as support in the middle). It takes longer to set up at first, but we can set up multiple rotations at once so it should make the day to day care less work. We started using it last fall and it was soooo much better. No more escaping sheep AND it kept our 2 Hodini goats in as well.
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jodief100
True BYH Addict
We use the nets from Premier One with the "suitcase" style solar chargers. They are OK but you do have to be diligent about making sure they are charged. The goats seem to know when it isn't.
I have been in a bit of a funk, reeling over a very tough week. We lost twins who were born in a freak snowstorm, the baby girl to the flood and one that I found trampled. I then had 8 babies crowd into a warming barrel because of the cold snap and four suffocated. I almost put the entire herd up for sale. My husband talked me out of it; he may regret that. We have more snow today. I opened up the door to the hay barn and let the goats hang out in there all week. They have trampled everything, tipped over the garbage cans, knocked the lids of the chick brooders and trashed all the hay but they are WARM and DRY. I had planned on them being out in the upper fields by now but there is no growth and no way to keep the water from freezing. The barn isn't exactly safe but at this point I am picking the least bad of a lot of bad options.
This weather SUCKS. It was warming up, the grass was growing, it was getting into the 60s during the day. The goats had started to shed their winter coats and BAM! It hasn't been above 40 for 2 weeks with a lot of rain and snow. I wasn't prepared for this and neither were the goats.
Thank you all for your well wishes and kind thoughts. I keep reminding myself that so many others have it worse. Those who have lost parents or children, those who wake up every morning on the street or a cold wet room and those who do not know where their next meal is coming from.
I am truly fortunate and blessed, it is difficult to remember that some days.
I have been in a bit of a funk, reeling over a very tough week. We lost twins who were born in a freak snowstorm, the baby girl to the flood and one that I found trampled. I then had 8 babies crowd into a warming barrel because of the cold snap and four suffocated. I almost put the entire herd up for sale. My husband talked me out of it; he may regret that. We have more snow today. I opened up the door to the hay barn and let the goats hang out in there all week. They have trampled everything, tipped over the garbage cans, knocked the lids of the chick brooders and trashed all the hay but they are WARM and DRY. I had planned on them being out in the upper fields by now but there is no growth and no way to keep the water from freezing. The barn isn't exactly safe but at this point I am picking the least bad of a lot of bad options.
This weather SUCKS. It was warming up, the grass was growing, it was getting into the 60s during the day. The goats had started to shed their winter coats and BAM! It hasn't been above 40 for 2 weeks with a lot of rain and snow. I wasn't prepared for this and neither were the goats.
Thank you all for your well wishes and kind thoughts. I keep reminding myself that so many others have it worse. Those who have lost parents or children, those who wake up every morning on the street or a cold wet room and those who do not know where their next meal is coming from.
I am truly fortunate and blessed, it is difficult to remember that some days.
autumnprairie
Owned by the Rotten Heifers
it will get better but I know at times like this it is hard to see sometimes. I am glad you didn't sell your herd
Bridgemoof
Overrun with beasties
I am so sorry Jodi about all of your losses. It's so hard to keep trudging forward with all of that heartache. But you can do it. The sun will be shining soon and your goats will be frolicking around in the warm weather and you'll be glad you have kept the ones that survived.
It's so hard to keep trudging forward with all of that heartache. But you can do it. The sun will be shining soon and your goats will be frolicking around in the warm weather and you'll be glad you have kept the ones that survived. 
