Just got some skinny goats

[babsbag]

Sorry about the house, glad you are ok, but now for the important question... did your goats ever have babies?

 

[JenniferDuBay]

Sorry about the house, glad you are ok, but now for the important question... did your goats ever have babies?

No. We put a baby monitor out there, expecting to hear her screaming at some point. And we did. She just learned screaming gets me out there, and hey, when I'm out there- can we have a scoop of food?

 

[JenniferDuBay]

I can't imagine being able to buy a homestead for that price! I need to live where you do.

Sorry your house got hit.

Well, they're mostly mobile homes, and the property isn't fenced, many of which need work. But the land is at least double what we have now, and the one I'm voting for is 8+ acres!

Wow, I don't remember how far back I posted that, but I swear I wasn't trying to hex or jinx you. From the sounds of it, this will actually work out better for you in the end. Sorry you had to go about it this way though. Hope you didn't lose to much.

You did, too. I heretofore blame latestarter for all of this mess. Can I say how excited I actually am by all this? The current house is, how do I put this, a piece of goat berries. My parents just got service connected for my father, after a 10 year battle. In that time I had lived with them, and put most of my paycheck into allowing them to keep their house after my father got diagnosed with MS. I'd just moved out when they got service connected, and now they're saying they'll buy us a new house. It's absolutely mind bogglingly incredible.

 

[babsbag]

No. We put a baby monitor out there, expecting to hear her screaming at some point. And we did. She just learned screaming gets me out there, and hey, when I'm out there- can we have a scoop of food?

Smart aren't they. I had a friend tell me once that if they had opposable thumbs they could beat us at chess.

Do you still think they are bred?

 

[Latestarter]

So sorry to hear about your dads condition. I guess a lot of Nam vets who had the pleasure of bathing in agent orange are now having these issues and uncle sam is making them go through hell once more to get compensated/helped. I really hope that your next place works out to be all you want it to be.

 

[JenniferDuBay]

So sorry to hear about your dads condition. I guess a lot of Nam vets who had the pleasure of bathing in agent orange are now having these issues and uncle sam is making them go through hell once more to get compensated/helped. I really hope that your next place works out to be all you want it to be.

Not a Nam vet, he worked with nuclear radiation, and has white matter on the brain. It's not a clear cut MS case, but he seems to be responding to the drugs. It was one heck of a road to getting service connected, though. Hats off to my mother who kept filing, and filing and filing. God help a vet that needs the assistance and doesn't have a loved one as ornery as my mother. I hope the place works out, too. We go and see it on monday, fingers crossed it'll be what we're looking for and that they'll come down when they hear the words "cash in hand."

 

[JenniferDuBay]

Smart aren't they. I had a friend tell me once that if they had opposable thumbs they could beat us at chess.

Do you still think they are bred?

No clue. I'm not going to do a blood test until a few months have passed and I can do all the goats blood test. Or I might just do it when I have to load them up to the new property. Who knows. Right now it's still impossible to touch myrtle, but Lily lets me run hands all over her when she eats.

 

[JenniferDuBay]

Are you in FL? There are so many fallen trees and live wires! 3rd day without power/water here...

Yes. If you click "8 acres" on my previous post, you can actually see the area we're looking. We've got a list of about 18 houses that would work for our (and the surprise goat's ) needs, but for the price, that's the coolest one, imo.

 

[babsbag]

WOW!!! Looks really nice. Is that a second home on the land?
When I think of Florida I think beaches and sand, always surprises me to see trees and woods. How far is that from where the Tupelo honey is "grown"?

 

[Latestarter]

Oh my... sand, yes, lots of sand! and pine trees, and don't forget the scrub palms. They grow like weeds and just about nothing will eat them. In 5 years, they'll overrun a property. I think the add said 2 other trailers on the property that could be rented out. The one you're buying to live in looks pretty decent, but the other that they showed a pic of... ummm well, sorry, I wouldn't want to live in it... it looks a bit "rugged"... And if that's the better of the other 2, the one not shown might only be fit for storage or a chicken coop or something. Guess we'll have to wait till after you go and see it and tell us (if you wish to of course).