Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Latestarter]

I really like April. Very solid! What type of meat goat is she crossed with?

I really have no idea. I don't recall ever being told. Just that she was a cross. @goatgurl ? She is a tank and very difficult to move if she doesn't want to. She has always been the stand-offish one of the bunch. Recently she has come to the conclusion that getting a back scratch where she's too fat to reach, feels mighty danged good.

Hence she has decided that I'm not THAT big a danger after all and she winds around my body/legs like a giant cat trying to keep her head as far away as possible while placing her haunches, back and butt within scratching range. I was rather startled earlier today while feeding as after a bit of scratching she came up and actually rested her head against my thigh for a bit and scratched her head against my jeans before turning away.

She does NOT like it when I grab hold of her collar so while scratching her I've been really trying to do so around the collar and move it up/down her neck while doing so in hopes she will become less freaked when I do need to lead her someplace. The first couple of times I trimmed her hooves, she was near impossible. Thought she was going to rip down the cattle panels. Now, once I have her clipped to the fence she relaxes and lets me do her hooves. When done, she prances around like she's showing off a new pair of shoes.

Ahhh Bruce & Bay... The back of the truck has never been the problem... It's trailers and hogs (full grown) that I have/had an issue with. I try very hard not to duplicate previous errors of judgement/process... I had NO IDEA that a 250 lb+ hog could climb straight up a 4' grate in a moving trailer. I know now!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Glad she’s calming down for you. Almost all of ours were bottle raised or completely spoiled as kids… sometimes it’s hard to walk through the herd, they aren’t very generous and expect you to walk around them.

Sometimes that first year is a little tough, I bet they’ll really calm down after kidding.

Have you tried goat meat yet? Her bucklings/wethers would be perfect to raise up for meat! I love stocky/growthy goats.

 

[Mike CHS]

We have really enjoyed some goat meat this year. We are swapping some of our sheep meat for the goat.

 

[Mini Horses]

My piggies came home in dog crates Obviously young ones.

(BRUCE -- u r bad to the core!! )

In over 20 years, never had one of my goats butchered although I've sold to butcher shops. Maybe one day. Right now I have 2 more roos to catch and pen so I can dispatch all 7 next week. Other 5 are really PO'd at me right now! I was walking in the grocery store looking at meats today, chicken in my hand & said WHAT ARE YOU THINKING????? Came home & began snatching them up. Yep!

Hey, days are getting longer...we gained 54 minutes this month. Egg laying is picking up!

 

[Mike CHS]

We have been 10-11 eggs a day consistently with 18 layers.

 

[Baymule]

That Super-Blue-Blood-Eclipse-Moon night before last messed with my hens. Yesterday I got TWO eggs! I normally get 20-22! Maybe they thought it was a Super-Blue-Blood-Chicken-Eating-Monster-Moon!

 

[greybeard]

It was the same old moon it always is. Poultry doesn't have a calander tacked up on the door so they don't know it was a blue moon.
Hobos in the henhouse?

 

[Bruce]

(BRUCE -- u r bad to the core!! )

@Baymule is my mentor

I don't look specifically for "eggs per day" being fairly equal. If a lot of them lay one day, I know I'll get fewer the next. For instance Tuesday I got 8, Wednesday 2, yesterday 6. 2 so far today (collected at 11 AM).

 

[Baymule]

@Baymule is my mentor

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[Latestarter]

When doing cheese in scrambled eggs I've always used types of cheddar. American cheese on egg sandwiches. I have a bag of fiesta blend but decided to use mozzarella in the scrambled eggs. Pretty good.