One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[OneFineAcre]

Congratulations!

Very happy for you! That is great!

I bet you were surprised about Caspian. I know you were NOT surprised about all the others!

Actually I was not surprised about Caspian
We had visitors today from Ohio taking back 7 goats and when we got Caspian I told him he wouldn't break 80
I was a little surprised at Gingers 88
Pleasantly surprised
Just goes to show ....
Told the appraiser " not too bad for a $200 Craig's list goat"

 

[OneFineAcre]

Looking great!
So this area will be for.....????
LOL yeah my kitchen will NEVER come back in style.
UGH!

For the Nubians....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Congrats!!

 

[Southern by choice]

For the Nubians....

Wow your finally getting them!
I love my ONE! No more for me, well maybe her offspring,

 

[babsbag]

Congrats on the appraisal, I knew you would do well. Someday I might get around to doing that, but then again...maybe not. My bucket list is pretty full.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Wow your finally getting them!
I love my ONE! No more for me, well maybe her offspring,

I was just joking
We had said that if we ever got a bigger place we wanted some Nubians because when we were thinking about getting goats they were our favorites
But the Nigerians made more sense then and still do now
The new space is connected to the does area and bucks and both can be moved in there
Going to try to do a really nice late fall/early spring pasture with rye/oat/vetch
Really it's just more space

 

[OneFineAcre]

Congrats on the appraisal, I knew you would do well. Someday I might get around to doing that, but then again...maybe not. My bucket list is pretty full.

Remember I said this young lady was from California ?
She was awesome !!!!
She knew her stuff
One of our lower scoring does got a "code" which is a major defect
She has a very pronounced bone protruding at her brisket
Hers goes on her record
Caspian got another "code" but it was just for us not on his record
Something about a bow in his front leg?
But the thing is one of his daughters had it too
We learned a lot about the animals
And she was very good with her explanations
We will do this every year now
We scored everyone even thoughs we didn't have to score to get a good baseline
You aren't required to score any juniors or bucks
The only animal we didn't score was Rosemary who is due to kid in 2 weeks

 

[OneFineAcre]

Oh and none from this year were scored
They have to be 4 months old
We only had 2 that were that old from this year

 

[mikiz]

What's this appraisal thing? What are they appraising exactly?

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats! That's great