Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Bruce]

Sounds like RJ and a very happy first 48 hours at his new home

 

[farmerjan]

I didn't really expect Dot and Bang to go the same day. Dot got bred the day/evening RJ arrived. He went after her as soon as he was released into the pen. I never saw him chase Bang or CB, so didn't know when he had gotten them. But based on the kidding, all three must have happened within the first 48 hours of him being here. I remember him chasing April, but that was maybe a week later. I did expect him to get each as they came into heat so figured a max window of about 18-24 days for all kidding to be complete. I guess goat girls "synch" up their estrus cycles kinda like human females... It's no biggie and they are all getting along. No major issues yet. Hopefully there won't be any.

RJ was just waiting for you to go in the house so he could do all his "dirty work" after dark!!!!! Made sure you knew he was on the job with Dot, then waited to take advantage of the night time. Gotta watch them sneaky ones!!!

 

[Devonviolet]

Congratulations on all your little darlin's! I haven't been on BYH lately, due to being busy and low data. I have 1 GB to get me through 5+ days & I have some work needs doin' online. I guess it will have to wait . . .

So nice to see all your little ones doing well. Interesting about Bang nursing Dot's kids.

Ruby & Falina are both getting big. They both look like they are carrying twins. Time will tell.

Since I'm almost out of data I won't be online much in the next week, except to get updates. I'm looking forward to seeing what April & CC give you.

 

[Latestarter]

Well, it seems you won't have to wait too much longer DV... April is in labor. She's already left a puddle from drippage, has dirt and ground crap stuck all over the back of her udder, and is dilating. She's announcing her progress to the world at large. Ligs are gone, sides are sunken in and dropped. So I've heard tell that goats as a species have been giving birth for a couple of decades or more... Trying to decide should I let nature take its course and go to bed, or stay up all night and "baby sit" her... Thinking I'll give it a couple more hours then hit the sack. I know... that makes me a bad goat daddy I've already had my assist for this kidding season, right? Isn't that how it works?

Jan, I never noticed RJ having a little afternoon delight , so must have been after dark. No matter... long as he got the job done and it's apparent that he did.

Had to run out to do some shopping and picked up another bag of white chocolate Kit Kats Still found no yellow sugar coated marshmallow chicks, and no candy coated malted milk balls (the good ones-Robin's Eggs). They have an entire isle dedicated to candy on one side and Easter specific candy on the other side, plus end caps and displays... The two missing items used to be staples of Easter... What the hell is this nation becoming?

With the rain coming I decided to buy a couple more bags of pine shavings. We're under a flash flood watch for low lying areas commencing tomorrow at 1 pm lasting till 7pm Thursday. Could get anywhere from 2" to 6" of rain... All depends on where the storm cells pass over. Just looked at the radar and there's one heck of a good line well to the west of DFW... Right over Abilene at the moment. All flowing to the northeast as the line moves very slowly east. Don't expect it will get here till some time tomorrow (which looking at the time is actually later today).

So, I just finished dumping one of the bags of shavings inside the shelter when I did my midnight kid checks and April visit. All the kids were piled up in a back corner. Don't know how they can handle that personally... It's still over 70° and humid. They throw off a lot of heat. Anyway, they all (adults) had to follow me in to see what food items I was throwing on the ground, and what is that inside that big bag? So I had to chase all the adults out so I could get it done. They are such helpful animals... in a PITA kinda way RJ has to shadow me with his face in my side pocket. Wherever I go, he's right there. Then Dot, bless her motherly heart, is on my other side making sure that I'm OK. CM is like a 2 year old... if he can get it in his mouth, then by golly he's gonna get a taste! Nothing is safe if it's within his reach.

I also spent a little spare change on 2 movies & spent the last couple of hours watching them. I knew they weren't going to be Oscar winners or anything, but I'll warn you right now... don't even consider wasting your money on them. They weren't even solid "B" material. Knights of the Damned and The Last Starship. Shoulda spent the money on lottery tickets. It would have been a better investment of time as well as money. Strange... just had a thought that I should go out on the back porch and watch the goats while I have a cigarette... Happens once in a blue moon these thoughts. Stopped smoking fall of 2010. Can't believe I smoked for over 40 years... dumb!

 

[Latestarter]

And sure enough, just got back inside having 3 more kids... 2 doelings, 1 buckling from April! Love the coloring on one of the girls All three were up, basically cleaned and dried, and all have latched and nursed, all within an hour of birth! NONE of the others have been this thrifty I apologize for pic quality as it is like 2:30 in the morning and dark outside. April was also kind enough to drop them out in the pen rather than inside the shelter. Saves me losing all that fresh bedding I just put down. So I'm now at 5 doelings and 4 bucklings I love this having babies stuff!

The blonde and belted kids are female, the solid black (he does have a couple of white patches) is the buckling. All three are about the same size and weight. April did GOOOOOD! And she sure is a heckuvalot skinnier than she was a few hours ago... lighter in weight too! She's also an excellent mother for a FF. I can't be sure but think the belted came first followed by the blond then the black boy was last. I cleaned his face and nose when I got out there. The other two were in stages of cleaned. I took these pics right before getting them screaming when I upended them to iodine their cords. I'll try to post better pictures tomorrow.

Now the difficulty starts... trying to figure out names.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Congrats! The belted one is quite cute! Can’t wait to see pics of them from daylight.

 

[Mini Horses]

How wonderful! I love it when things go right. Of course, so do the does.

Are there more due or is this the last one to kid?

I'm on the "watch the tails" vigil right now. 2 due in 3 days...that's day 150.

 

[Devonviolet]

Congratulations on April's triplets! They are just darling!!!

So, is CC in line next? Or did she not get bred?

 

[greybeard]

Last Starship...'As war is raging in a post-apocalyptic world, the survivors are hunted by a giant monster and attacked by an army of zombies and ancient machines of war."

Oh goodie. zombies. my favorites.
(it does sound kinda like some internet conversations I've read tho)

 

[Latestarter]

OK... so CC... I thought I had been successful in keeping her virginity intact, removing her when she was in heat. I know, not the best plan, better to remover her for the entire heat season (or remove the bucks). It appeared that I had succeeded, however, I now have doubts. She is starting to widen out and in the past couple of days, she seems to be developing a tiny udder. So, we'll wait and see. In the wild, goats get bred when they come into heat. cut & dried. no age/weight/size restrictions. CB surprised me with twins when I was certain she was only big enough for a single.

I don't know GB... IMHO there are quite a few "zombies" wandering around I'm kind of a fan of zombie movies and futuristic space movies. I was raised on the original Star Trek, and it all seemed within reach... almost plausible. I mean we went from horse draw carriages to walking on the moon in under 100 years. We now have the ability to obliterate the entire world in under a minute or the knowledge & wherewithal to save it and make it better for future generations. In the case of these two movies, I exercised very poor judgement. They sucked. Can't return them either. Once opened, they're yours to do with...