Bruce
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Happy anniversary! Nice of you to let Maurine spend the whole day off the farm as a "gift". 
One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update
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OneFineAcre
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Happy anniversary! Nice of you to let Maurine spend the whole day off the farm as a "gift".
She loves her job managing the market. It's her "baby" she started it from scratch.
She puts a lot of pressure on herself though, for a part time gig with parks and rec.
The first day of the season was a big success. I can always tell how busy it is by how much Rachel's Lemonade/Orangeade booth does. She sold $225.
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OneFineAcre
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Some friends of ours had 69 does kid.
They've had 69 bucklings and 69 doelings.
They've had 69 bucklings and 69 doelings.
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Whew...!
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OneFineAcre
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They've got 20 more to kid.
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OneFineAcre
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Last hog was 235 lbs hanging.
HomeOnTheRange
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Those are some nice weights. Congrats!
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OneFineAcre
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I'm tired 
I had to take a half day of vacation today just to get some kids disbudded and haul trash off
Taking another half day tomorrow to get hay and feed and pick up the hog from the slaughterhouse
Maurine is out there now with the milk tester
None of the does are doing great this evening
They have all been really stressed today
That's a big drawback to dam raising and milk testing
And the herd mentality kicked in today that some who shouldn't be upset got worked up with everyone else
I think we may dry off a couple of key does
Zamia doesn't have anything to prove at this point but that would be a big hit to our dairy herd at the state fair
But I would write that off to keep her healthy and try to get a couple more doe kids from her
I had to take a half day of vacation today just to get some kids disbudded and haul trash off
Taking another half day tomorrow to get hay and feed and pick up the hog from the slaughterhouse
Maurine is out there now with the milk tester
None of the does are doing great this evening
They have all been really stressed today
That's a big drawback to dam raising and milk testing
And the herd mentality kicked in today that some who shouldn't be upset got worked up with everyone else
I think we may dry off a couple of key does
Zamia doesn't have anything to prove at this point but that would be a big hit to our dairy herd at the state fair
But I would write that off to keep her healthy and try to get a couple more doe kids from her
