Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter

[Bruce]

Someone please take me out and shoot me now, or at least bring me a big bottle of wine.

Or have a bunch of ByH friends come help with kidding

 

[Latestarter]

wow Babs... I'm sorry I'm not closer where I could offer at the least, SOME help... I could give my goats up completely and get my goat fix from yours.

 

[Southern by choice]

crying with you. oh. my. goodness.

 

[babsbag]

Thanks for all the sympathy. It helps a little. I thought I had this taken care of like last year but my friend lost both of her parents and then her aunt that has Alzheimer's lost her home in one of our fires. That really sent her aunt into never land and she is now living in my friend's parents house and she is her aunt's caretaker. She is not the nicest patient most days and she can't be left alone at all. Stress levels are pretty high and raising kids for me just does not fit into the picture this year. I will be selling them out the door as fast as they get on a bottle. This is also very hard on me emotionally...pulling kids is not my strong point at all. It hurts my heart to hear the does cry and most of mine are experienced does and they know what to look for.

 

[babsbag]

Or have a bunch of ByH friends come help with kidding

Oh how I wish.

 

[Devonviolet]

Oh how I wish I could help you out!!! It’s just not within the realm of possibility, though.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Wow..that's a lot of goats! Might need something stronger than wine once it's all over Have you started advertising the upcoming kids so they can be placed as soon as ready?

 

[Latestarter]

H&R makes a great point... As busy as you are, you'll be doubly so right at the time you'll need to be selling them. Perhaps you can start taking deposits now on a 1st come, 1st served basis?

 

[Bruce]

I thought I had this taken care of like last year but my friend lost both of her parents and then her aunt that has Alzheimer's lost her home in one of our fires. That really sent her aunt into never land and she is now living in my friend's parents house and she is her aunt's caretaker. She is not the nicest patient most days and she can't be left alone at all.

That is harsh. Losing one, really bad. Losing two close together, unimaginable. Any chance she can get her aunt into an Alzheimer Care facility? No individual can do 24x7 care long term.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Miss @babsbag,

I am so sorry for all the trouble you and your friend are going through. And Mr @Bruce is right: "No individual can do 24x7 care long term." My wife's dad passed away at 87. Her mom was suffering from Alzheimer's. She moved in with us, along with my wife's older sister. The older sister provided full-time care, and my wife part-time care (my wife was working full-time at the time) and they were bot worn out after a while. After a year we put her mom in a nursing home.

Not to add to your possible woes, but I read in the news recently that many insurers in CA may no longer offer insurance against wildfires. Have you heard anything like that?

Senile Texas Aggie