Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Rammy]

What are you going to do with all those goats?

 

[farmerjan]

Eat them or sell them so they can help pay for the feed bill......

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Hey latrstarter, do you or do you know any members to process and eat their goats ? Am looking to see if anyone changes feed before d day and how they process it, and prepare it...am considering to keep some wethers for this purpose.we have ND but we also dont needs a ton of meat at a time either, and concidering i will be the one doing it, will most likly do it when they hit 80 percent of full growth....appreciate any inf you are able to share.

 

[Bruce]

What are you going to do with all those goats?

Save them for you to take care of when you move down there

He already has more on the way.....courtesy of his buck. STA you are slipping, I thought you a better stalker than this.

He's stalking so many people he can't keep them straight!

 

[Latestarter]

I haven't processed any of my goats yet. I have 2 yearling wethers that are ~ 75-80% full grown (9 mos old). If they don't sell this coming spring, they'll be freezer bound. I'm sure I'll have some new buckling kids to replace them. Considering processing RJ (my papered buck) and replacing him with a high quality Kiko buck to produce 1/2 breeds. Dairy goats just don't have a lot of meat of them... They put everything into producing kids, then milk. I'm thinking I'll have a better market with crosses that have dairy capability but also enough meat to be worth processing. My does are all very "dairy" meaning skin and bones. Not a lot of meat there for the taking.

I did have some goat meat rib chops from the wethers that @Devonviolet had processed. There wasn't a lot of meat (nigies), and it was kind of tough because of it. But it tasted fine. Much like venison.

I went and got my truck "safety inspected" today ($7.00) so I could pay my registration tax (~$55.00) and get my sticker for the coming year. Since the inspection place also does routine maintenance I had them do an oil change as well. It's been "due" for a couple thousand miles.

I've had a check engine light for a while and I know it's the O2 sensor or something to do with it. Don't want to spend the money to mess with it at the moment so I asked the inspection place was that going to effect the inspection. Happily, no... the inspection is purely a safety inspection. I thought last year there was a vote to eliminate the testing... It's really a joke

While at the county clerks office I also paid 1 of my 2 part property tax bills. ~$775 to the city side which is due by the end of December or it starts going up in price. The 2nd part is ~$1,000 and is due by the end of January, payable to the county appraisal district, so I'll pay that next month.

Last month it was the home owner's insurance at 2 grand. Next month it will be vehicle insurance... I'm bleeding out here financially... Pilgrim's pride chicken processing down the road a spell is hiring and advertising starting pay @ $11.83/hour. They have a few other jobs that I'd probably be OK a (Quality and fork lift drivers - did both at previous job) paying a bit more. Might be headed back into the working world next year at least until my social security kicks in next fall/winter. So NOT thrilled with the prospect But I kinda like to eat Guess it will also keep me off the streets and out of trouble...

 

[greybeard]

Pilgrim's pride chicken processing down the road a spell is hiring and advertising starting pay @ $11.83/hour. They have a few other jobs that I'd probably be OK a (Quality and fork lift drivers - did both at previous job) paying a bit more. Might be headed back into the working world next year

Now, you too, can be part of "Industrial/Corporate Farming"....

 

[Latestarter]

yup... sad to say.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Thank you for the infomation. I hope you don't have to get a job at the chicken factory, but if you do....sure hope it's in the office...working with the chickens could really be a turn off

 

[Rammy]

Now see, LS, if'n you married me, me being a workin girl, you could stay home and be a house husband. You could clean, cook, take care if the animals while Im slaving away at work. Then when I get home have dinner waiting for me. See what your missing?

 

[B&B Happy goats]

@Rammy ... now Rammy, you have been holding out since 1996 you said....are you sure you want a house husband to support ? I mean, that's alot of work to ask him to do....all the house chores, laundry, cooking cleaning, yard chores building thing, animals to care for ? You would have to sell your place and probably pay for the BYH wedding and party if your moving to TEXAS