Jodief100--- random stuff and BIG news

[MsDeb]

I just happened to mention to David last night that "everyone" seems to be posting pics of baby goats. He immediately shut me down with some nonsense about how we have two does are on our way to having our own baby goats and not to get all hormonal and wanting baby goats right now. Me mumbling something about the fact that it would be a year from this coming March before we'd have baby goats if we wait for our does to have babies didn't seem to clue him in on anything. The poor, poor, clueless man.

 

[jodief100]

MsDeb- you will have them eventually. They are a lot of work. Sorry your hubby doesn't understand.

 

[jodief100]

We ran all the does over the last two weeks and not a single one needed worming. I am not surprised since we have had some hard freezes but with the weather going from 20 to 60 back down to 20 and back up to 60 I wanted to make sure. Hooves were nasty from all the mud. Did the best we could but we were standing in ankle deep muck ourselves.

The 20 babies we have so far are getting huge. They are bouncing all over the barn and are sick of the rain. We should have more any day now. Weather report says nothing over 40 for 10 days and a four day run that will stay below freezing. Wednesday is the worst, high of 16 and a low of 0. AS long as we don't have 6 weeks straight of nothing above freezing like last year I can handle it... I think. I keep reminding myself that 20 degrees is 40 degrees warmer than it was this time last year.

I won the football pool at work so I bought myself a heated water bowl for the chickens. I have decided I like the bowl and bucket style waterer for the chickens better than the dome style. Less work to refill it and less water wasted. Hubby wants to get the buckets with nipple waterers.

 

[Southern by choice]

Jodie I know it stinks but truth be told I am glad I am not the only one. We are ankle deep in mud in some places too. I was literally sliding all over this morning. Goats are sick of it, chickens are sick of it and I think the dogs are even depressed.
Nothing like going out and getting that horrible sinking feeling.
I am worried about parasites. Hooves... lets not even go there.

Yay for winning the pool! I have given up on chicken waterers. We just use 2 gallon buckets everywhere.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I feel your pain.... In the 27 years I've been at my place it's NEVER been this bad and I'm including a couple tropical storms and a hurricane that were NOT this messy!

 

[Baymule]

Sloppy slop. We all shoulda had pigs.

 

[BrownSheep]

I don't know if it is an option for you guys but we actually made board walks back when we had bad mud. Not so much in the pens in pastures but just in our most traveled in areas. House to the hydrant/gate, dog pen, and haystack. It did get a little slick at times but was better than the mud.

 

[SA Farm]

I don't know if it is an option for you guys but we actually made board walks back when we had bad mud. Not so much in the pens in pastures but just in our most traveled in areas. House to the hydrant/gate, dog pen, and haystack. It did get a little slick at times but was better than the mud.

I've used pallets for just such purposes Worked really well until I needed them for hay stacks

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Picked up 6 pallets a couple weeks ago and 6 more this week. They do make good 'roads'. Only need about 96 more, lol!

 

[Southern by choice]

I wonder if I could just build a "deck" you know about 150 ft x 100 ft- that should cover the walk area.