Jodief100--- random stuff and BIG news

[20kidsonhill]

I will split it with you, come by and pick up a couple of mine for 75 bucks and you sell a couple of yours for 75 bucks and we will both have that worm fuzzy feeling you get for helping out children. Seriously, If I lived closer I would help out, but like you said, 75 is way under any market value, especially at the current market prices. You can get $90 for a 30 lb kid right now, Drop off Buttheads doeling when you come by. Indie is a smaller doe and doesn't eat as much as some of the others, and she weans a little lighter kids, but I bet if you put the pencil to the paper and calculated feed costs per lb of kids, she would be ahead of some of the others, or even most of the others. Both her does that I have kept are a little bigger framed than she is, but they also seem to require less feed, not to mention crazy worm resistance. Can't remember the last time I wormed pepper or Indie. I did have to worm Annie over the summer, she was milking twins and kidded in June at 15 months, that was a little hard on her.


Okay sorry for babbling.

Good luck on your decision, maybe you could help out with 2 goats and your friend could help out with the other 2.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

That is a pickle. If the kids are great kids and would really benefit from the goats, than I would do that.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

So you're talking selling to the kids for $75 vs. selling to the other buyer for $100? I would worry that if they're so "poor" (hate that word) can they feed and provide proper care? Although if you're selling at auction you really have no idea either. Hmm. I know how much I loved showing in 4-H, so I'm leaning towards sell to the kids, but they're your goats and your money!

 

[jodief100]

Thanks, I really do want to sell to these kids. I just wasn't sure how much of a sap that made me.

My friend is taking to the 4-H agent in this county tomorrow to figure out what exactly they need. Apparently it is several families. These are rural farm kids. They live in one of the poorest counties in the country. I am not worried about them being able to take care of them. They live on multi-generational farms and just don't have a lot of cash. I may have to take some of what I sell them for in trade. This is really why I want to help them. These are hardworking folks whose kids want the opportunity to learn skills that can help them improve their lot in life, not someone looking for handouts.

A different family coming by tonight...... and hubby left for a funeral. An old friend of his was in a terrible accident this last weekend.

 

[20kidsonhill]

If it is a poor county they probably don't have much for lower weight limits on the fair animals. that might make it easier to sell something a little smaller or not perfect.

Our county has a weight limit of 60 to 120, but one of the counties over from us, doesn't have any lower limit. Although, they recommend that the goat be near 70 to 90lbs, but that does help the families that don't have a lot of money to spend, they can buy a kid that may not be perfect or a little behind and still bring it to the show.

to your husband, We had a rough year in 2011, with 3 funerals of friends and family in our age range, all of them still raising children.

 

[jodief100]

I got deposits for two 4-H goats last night. He picked Mamas traditional boy and the red boy in my avatar. They just got into goats recently and their does didnt kid in time. So we talked goats for awhile.

We are under a severe weather alert. Thunderstorms, hail and possibly tornados are expected. Nefer and Molly have very soft ligaments so it sounds like kidding time to me.

I hope to get the hoop house finished and the creep area set up this weekend. I have 4 families that said they want to come out and look at 4-H kids and I need to talk to my friend about his conversation with the 4-H agent with the kids who need inexpensive goats.

20kids- this county has no weight limits at all. In fact, their weigh in is so early they are going to have to come and get the goats before they are weaned, take them to the weigh in and then bring them back.

 

[20kidsonhill]

4 families, that will be a lot of cheap goats, how will you manage that? You mentioned your base price being $100.00, but with prices going up, our base price is $150.00, and feed sure isn't getting any cheaper. Good luck with all of those decisions.

And good luck with the girls in the maternity ward and the bad weather, we had thunderstorms yesterday, and looks like more on the way tomorrow.

 

[jodief100]

4 families, that will be a lot of cheap goats, how will you manage that? You mentioned your base price being $100.00, but with prices going up, our base price is $150.00, and feed sure isn't getting any cheaper. Good luck with all of those decisions.

And good luck with the girls in the maternity ward and the bad weather, we had thunderstorms yesterday, and looks like more on the way tomorrow.

The 4 families comming by this weekend are different families than the ones who need the inexpensive ones. I told my friend if I have any left after this weekend I can work something out with the low income kids. I have to admit when they mentioned barter I decided that this will work out just fine. Usually when I barter with these farm families we both get better deals than cash.

I sell 4-H goats for $100 even though it is a little low because I really want for any kid who wants one to be able to afford one. If feed keeps going up the way it is I am going to have to raise it next year. There seems to be a kid shortage in the area this year from all the calls I am getting and conversations I am having. I know a few people who have jacked thier prices up already and I am just not willing to do that to a kid who just wants to participate. 4-H kids are only a small percentage of our business so it doesn't hurt the bottom line.

 

[elevan]

Jodie - I'm hoping that all is well with you after the tornadoes that tore through your state.

 

[Remuda1]

Jodie - I'm hoping that all is well with you after the tornadoes that tore through your state.

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