Bruce
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Nice fast sale on those 2 Joe. Like the new avatar as well.
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The little white kid in the avatar is the one now named Henry and destined to move about 40 miles south of here. 
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Mini... I don't feel like I've reached my "saturation point" on goat numbers yet. I'm serious... what I've got now just doesn't seem like that many to me. 
I expect like you, at some point I'll sell doelings as well as bucks and wethers, and maybe does in milk down the road... Maybe at some point I'll sell pairs (doe in milk w/kid) or trios...
So I didn't write up a business plan before doing all this... And I'm not in this to make a profit or make a living... shoot me.
The sale I just made basically pays for one month of hay and feed 
. Sale of the two bucklings at full asking price will cover another 3-4 months of hay and feed. If I sell Bang in milk, it won't be for less than $250. so there's another month and 1/2 of hay & feed. So I'll have 1/2 the year's feed bill paid for Life is good! Now that I can let them out to graze/browse, they aren't eating as much hay either, so hopefully that bill will get cut in 1/2 or maybe even more. 
I expect like you, at some point I'll sell doelings as well as bucks and wethers, and maybe does in milk down the road... Maybe at some point I'll sell pairs (doe in milk w/kid) or trios... So I didn't write up a business plan before doing all this... And I'm not in this to make a profit or make a living... shoot me.
The sale I just made basically pays for one month of hay and feed . Sale of the two bucklings at full asking price will cover another 3-4 months of hay and feed. If I sell Bang in milk, it won't be for less than $250. so there's another month and 1/2 of hay & feed. So I'll have 1/2 the year's feed bill paid for Life is good! Now that I can let them out to graze/browse, they aren't eating as much hay either, so hopefully that bill will get cut in 1/2 or maybe even more.
Bruce
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Get those fences done!
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So I got a text from @Devonviolet (always good to hear from them) and they no longer have their wether boys. It turns out that they will be in need of a (large size) wether and since I have the boys, they wanted to know if I could save one as a wether for them. Of course I said I would! But, since I have 5 buck kids and one adult wether (CM) I started doing the math... Just sold 2 weather kids (thought it was going to be one but she decided 2 was better). I have the 2 kids I want to sell as herd sires. That leaves one kid left and I was planning to keep him to replace Chocolate Moose (CM)... He's the "frosted hair tips" buckling from April with three white hoof tips. Hmmm
So I contacted DV and discussed the situation with them and as it turns out, an adult wether would work much better for them anyway!
So some time next week, CM is going to have new living arrangements over at DV's place He really is a loving/friendly guy (even though he is often in trouble with me because he's so inquisitive) so this is better (for him) than me eating him, though I'd have had no problem doing so, and I'm sure he would have tasted just fine 
. So they said they'll come over here to get him and I offered to do a grilled chicken meal for us while they're here. Not sure what date but I hope she reads this as Tuesday the 24th is a no-can-do as I have to be at my traffic hearing in Marshall that day for my photo ticket.
Now, I'm kind of hungry, and in the mood to eat out, but can't decide what I want to do... Thought about Golden Corral but don't want to drive an hour. Could do Chili's or Applebee's I guess. What I really have a craving for right now is a "real", thick, juicy, 1/2 pound cheese burger, cooked medium rare. Chili's has 1/2 pound burgers... I could do a take out Pizza... Or maybe the Chinese buffet... decisions, decisions...
So I contacted DV and discussed the situation with them and as it turns out, an adult wether would work much better for them anyway!
So some time next week, CM is going to have new living arrangements over at DV's place He really is a loving/friendly guy (even though he is often in trouble with me because he's so inquisitive) so this is better (for him) than me eating him, though I'd have had no problem doing so, and I'm sure he would have tasted just fine . So they said they'll come over here to get him and I offered to do a grilled chicken meal for us while they're here. Not sure what date but I hope she reads this as Tuesday the 24th is a no-can-do as I have to be at my traffic hearing in Marshall that day for my photo ticket.Now, I'm kind of hungry, and in the mood to eat out, but can't decide what I want to do... Thought about Golden Corral but don't want to drive an hour. Could do Chili's or Applebee's I guess. What I really have a craving for right now is a "real", thick, juicy, 1/2 pound cheese burger, cooked medium rare. Chili's has 1/2 pound burgers... I could do a take out Pizza... Or maybe the Chinese buffet... decisions, decisions...
Wehner Homestead
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Tonight is one of those “can’t get full nights.” I’ve had supper and I’m still hungry for everything!
Baymule
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You have some bodacious pastures! I have serious grass envy, LOL. When you get it goat fenced, your goats are going to be REAL happy. Are you going to fence the front pasture for them too?
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Actually, the front pasture is just waiting for my son to arrive the 3rd week in June... I'm going to enclose that with basic pasture fencing and remove the old rusted out barbed wire and t-posts. The front pasture is for a few steers and a few sheep. They eat different parts of the plants from what I understand, so graze well together. I'll have at least 3 pastures out back to rotate the goats through and a big portion back there to rotate the steers and sheep through. <--- all those mentioned plans are still plans.
So I ended up at Chili's. Had buffalo wings as an appetizer and a 1/2 pound cheese burger with bacon, lettuce and mayo. And of course the obligatory fries. I also splurged and had a beer. I do that about twice a year. Then came home and went in the jacuzzi. My knees, hips, and back are bothering me (what else is new). Just finished with that. I am so glad that it's working and available to me again.
So earlier while I was out with the goats, I noticed Mel mouthing something. So I walked into the back yard from the goat pasture to find a sloppy, baby bunny. Basically almost dead. So I took it from him ad walked outside to the big shed to put it under a corner, and if it survived, good enough. So I head back into the goat's area and he has something else he's playing with, so back I go and he has another baby bunny... about 1/2 as slobbered as the first I took from him. So I take this one too. But this time I fake leaving to watch him and see where he's coming up with these from. Sure enough he goes over and starts nosing around and I go over and there's a 3rd baby bunny that I got before he could. So I take #2 and #3 over to where I took the first one and let them go. The un-slobbered one moved off under the shed. I went back later and the 1st was dead and the 2nd was as close to dead as it could be. So I hope I saved at least one. they couldn't have been more than a few days old, so maybe none will survive without mom's milk.
The rabbit made her nest between the trees in the back yard next to the swing. How she managed that without getting eaten by Mel and how the babies lasted this long is astounding. I think the only reason he found them is because I weed whacked around that area this afternoon and must have disturbed the nest, allowing him to smell it.
So I ended up at Chili's. Had buffalo wings as an appetizer and a 1/2 pound cheese burger with bacon, lettuce and mayo. And of course the obligatory fries. I also splurged and had a beer. I do that about twice a year. Then came home and went in the jacuzzi. My knees, hips, and back are bothering me (what else is new). Just finished with that. I am so glad that it's working and available to me again.
So earlier while I was out with the goats, I noticed Mel mouthing something. So I walked into the back yard from the goat pasture to find a sloppy, baby bunny. Basically almost dead. So I took it from him ad walked outside to the big shed to put it under a corner, and if it survived, good enough. So I head back into the goat's area and he has something else he's playing with, so back I go and he has another baby bunny... about 1/2 as slobbered as the first I took from him. So I take this one too. But this time I fake leaving to watch him and see where he's coming up with these from. Sure enough he goes over and starts nosing around and I go over and there's a 3rd baby bunny that I got before he could. So I take #2 and #3 over to where I took the first one and let them go. The un-slobbered one moved off under the shed. I went back later and the 1st was dead and the 2nd was as close to dead as it could be. So I hope I saved at least one. they couldn't have been more than a few days old, so maybe none will survive without mom's milk.
The rabbit made her nest between the trees in the back yard next to the swing. How she managed that without getting eaten by Mel and how the babies lasted this long is astounding. I think the only reason he found them is because I weed whacked around that area this afternoon and must have disturbed the nest, allowing him to smell it.
Mike CHS
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They don't pick the best sites for their nests. We have one burrow right in the middle of the back yard two years in a row and this is in an area that gets mowed so I imagine they will get sucked up by the riding lawn mower.
Wehner Homestead
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We had a shallow nest in our yard growing up. Mom set a lawn chair over it and let the grass grow up. Despite her efforts, one of the neighborhood cats found them. Ugh!
(In case anyone noticed, yes, I grew up in town. My parents were the first generation to live off the farm. Spent a lot of time at my grandparents, 10 years of 4-H and kept my livestock at their house, even owned my own herd of cattle until I went to college that was kept there with my financial backing.)
(In case anyone noticed, yes, I grew up in town. My parents were the first generation to live off the farm. Spent a lot of time at my grandparents, 10 years of 4-H and kept my livestock at their house, even owned my own herd of cattle until I went to college that was kept there with my financial backing.)
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