One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[OneFineAcre]

yeah, we are now warmer then normal here as well, so that was good timing!

I like to think that even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then

 

[OneFineAcre]

Cocoa

Black Eyed Susan

Marigold

I think Marigold is our best yearling. Maurine thinks Susie is.
They are twin sisters our of Taffy x Big Brown

Sorry about the shadows

Shea. She has a nice wide rump

 

[Southern by choice]

Looking great!
I like Cocoa's brisket.
Don't club me but I just love the spotted look of Black Eyed Susan.

We have a few that take after the other line we have and they are tiny... it is just the genetics- slow growing. I don't know how well they will do but they are going anyway.
They are opposite Ruthie's kids. LOL (tubba bubba's)
It will be fun anyway.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Looking great!
I like Cocoa's brisket.
Don't club me but I just love the spotted look of Black Eyed Susan.

We have a few that take after the other line we have and they are tiny... it is just the genetics- slow growing. I don't know how well they will do but they are going anyway.
They are opposite Ruthie's kids. LOL (tubba bubba's)
It will be fun anyway.

Rosie is Black Eyed Susan's grand dam, same spotted look.

 

[OneFineAcre]

We got a compliment from our vet yesterday.
One of our FF has had this nasty rash on her backside every since she kidded. We have been treating it as a staph infection but it hasn't gotten any better.
So, we had him come out to take a sample to culture/biopsy.
We also got him to draw some blood from Zamia, she is a little anemic and thin.

Maurine asked him to look at everyone because she thought all the milker's might be a little on the thin side.
He said he thought they looked great.

He said "you guys have real dairy goats, not just pygmy's with oversized udders"


He did agree with our plan to dry Zamia off after the Memorial Day Weekend show. She doesn't have anything else to prove. It's best we take good care of her health and try to get more babies from her.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Will that effect who you take to nationals?

Seems like a hard time of year to LA.

I remembered this post
We aren't going to take any goats to the national show
Maurine and Rachel are going to fly up
Rachel will definitely do the fitting contest since her team finished 3rd last year
Our Vet has become a very good friend and mentor and he is going to let Rachel show one of his Toggs im showmanship

I think right now the plan is to dry
Zamia up after Memorial Day and give her a beak and freshen her before next years national

 

[OneFineAcre]

Emma has been a great farm dog
She is 11 years old and was our original buck dog
She has been living with our bucks for 6 years
But for some reason the biting flies have always zeroed in on her
She was obviously struggling this year
So she has moved on to the next/last phase of her life
She seems to like the new gig

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Ahhhh, I'm sure Emma has earned, and will love, her retirement!

 

[samssimonsays]

She doesn't seem to be enjoying that at all a well deserved promotion indeed.

 

[Southern by choice]

Love it! All our retirees sleep on mattresses too and it is such a sweet thing to see them age. Somehow they are more beautiful and wonderful the older they get.