newton's the goats journal

[JoyfulGoats]

He's just one of the regular black and white dairy cows, other than that... I know nothing else.

Ya we have been... no breaks so far...

And there may be a possibility that my dad's girlfriend wants to raise honey bees.... another potantial animal to add to our 32 chickens (roos included) which we will be adding 20 more as well as 40 meat birds, 8 turkeys, ten piglets... and last but not least a bull calf....omg... I'm drowning in animals, oh I forgot about goats... newton will be bred again later on this year, her babies will either be sold or raised for meat, the two we have now... well let's just say their fate hasn't been decided yet (I'm pestering my dad to let us keep the doeling at lease ...)
this is getting insane....someone help I'm up to my eyeballs in animals

Wow, that's a ton of animals! You also forgot your sheep in that list. If your dad's girlfriend wants bees, will she be taking care of them?

You need to convince your dad to keep your doeling! 1) she's adorable and 2) you need at least 2 goats so that newton isn't lonely, and 3) as @samssimonsays , you have double the milking potential.

 

[Bruce]

and I don't want to go to jail at a young age either lol

How long do you plan to wait then??

 

[newton the goat]

How long do you plan to wait then??

Hopefully never but you never know lol

 

[Bruce]

Never is a very good time for such things!

 

[newton the goat]

Never is a very good time for such things!

Exactly lol

 

[newton the goat]

Today was the first morning of my little dairy farm adventure. I found myself up at the ungodly hour of 4 for absolutely no reason. Why? I don't know. 5:30 am, my cousin who was down visiting and I headed out to do morning chores. After the chores were finished I headed up to the dairy farm, I honestly love visiting there. The little ones I've been put in charge of are crazy when it comes to feeding time... their appetites are insanely huge compared to their body size

This is our little guy, he was born a twin but was the only one that survived. He is only five days old and is tiny compared to the rest.

Here his is next to a 21 day old heifer

Though it isn't really a good comparison she's got atleast 30 lbs on him.

Well since he is mine.... guess what ... I get to name him, I was thinking something like ferdinand or bullseye.... any other name ideas?

 

[NH homesteader]

Go with Ferdinand. Totally a good name! He's wicked cute!

 

[CntryBoy777]

If he is for the freezer, ya may not want to name him anything great....if ya are keeping him, I'd name him Isaac to go with Newton...or Fig...

 

[newton the goat]

If he is for the freezer, ya may not want to name him anything great....if ya are keeping him, I'd name him Isaac to go with Newton...or Fig...

Though he is gonna be a meat cow, we might keep him over the winter and if I'm gonna have him tame, he's gonna need a name lol

 

[NH homesteader]

I name all my meat animals. Just don't name them after anyone or give them cute and cuddly names lol!