Misfitmorgan's Journal - That Summer Dust

[promiseacres]

I know Slack sheep, they live in the school district that I went to high school in. We bought several of our 4H lambs from them and knew their daughter Kelli from showing rabbits.
Sounds like you're doing ok and keeping busy, I think that's the key for surviving this thing.

 

[misfitmorgan]

The people we bought the ewe from drove down to an auction in indiana to get 2 ewes for her 4h projects 2yrs ago. She took 1st place in a few fairs with those ewes but is/was going to college so thinning her herd. We normally shear for them every year.

 

[Bruce]

Super glad to hear from you Misfit Seems things are going fairly well and I'm happy for that.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Glad to see ya post!!....I've been away for a while myself and just now trying to catch up with everyone again.....really happy things have turned the corner for y'all and are moving forward....would love to see that moonspot boer....<hint-hint>.....

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Miss @misfitmorgan,

Good to hear from you again! Glad to know you and yours are doing well. Please keep everyone posted!

 

[misfitmorgan]

Thanks everyone
Mr goat's Sire

Mr Goat's Dam

Mr goat at birth/shortly after

No good adult pics of him atm.

Our ducks, midget white turkeys and broadbreasted bronze all arrived yesterday. Unfortuneately the midgets came in their own box and got to cold so we lost 5 of them and a 6th isnt looking good....out of 10. So i have talked to the hatchery and got a refund on the lost ones and put in a new order for 10 more with added "males for warmth" which will ship out on the 13th.
Rouen and Swedish Blue Ducks (Blues arnt always blue, mine are 5 black and 1 blue, but they all have the blue gene)

The turkeys (i did end up moving the midgets to another brooder)

I also stopped yesterday and got all the seeds for our garden and the raised herb garden. I would have prefered plants for things like the tomatoes, cucmbers and herbs since we have a shorter growing season but with things going on no place has plants that i know of. I am still on the hunt for onion sets, and strawberry plants but if it doesnt happen thats ok too.

DH has been out on the mini excavator since about 10am and he is almost to the edge of our property on one lane.

We were also making plans to build a pretty large chicken coop, I figured out the main coop part would cost us about $1,200 to build being 10x12, then today DH shows me this...

I am waiting to hear back from the guy. But it would be perfect, much cheaper($250), and bigger(12x12). We would need to take it apart partly to move it as road width limits without a permit here are 8.5ft and to get it moved professionally would be about $550.

 

[Bruce]

then today DH shows me this.

It is almost a Wood's coop

 

[misfitmorgan]

It is almost a Wood's coop

We didn't get the shed. What's a woods coop?

 

[farmerjan]

As you all know, I am not a goat person, but that is a very nice looking sire and dam so I hope the young one is as good. I do love the moon spots though. They are chunky with alot of meat.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Here is one side of the lane DH made yesterday.

It goes to about 20ft from our southern property line