One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[B&B Happy goats]

Sorry you got that snow, not much fun to deal with but at least it won't be with you for months on end....here's hoping for a slow melt so there's no flooding and mudding , enjoy your pie and ice cream

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I have a condition called "Trigger Finger" in my left thumb. It's an inflamation of the tendon that makes it pop when you bend it. It looks like the thumb is popping out the socket, but it's actually the tendon.

MY DH had that condition - ended up having surgery on it after all other treatment failed. But the surgery corrected it and he's had zero problems with it since. Of course, he let it go for years before seeing anyone. Sure hope you caught yours early enough that non-invasive treatment will fix it!

 

[OneFineAcre]

MY DH had that condition - ended up having surgery on it after all other treatment failed. But the surgery corrected it and he's had zero problems with it since. Of course, he let it go for years before seeing anyone. Sure hope you caught yours early enough that non-invasive treatment will fix it!

I hope so.

 

[OneFineAcre]

So feeding earlier with 8 inches of snow on the ground and a light freezing rain was bad.

When the snow has turned to slush and it is still raining and you are doing it in the dark.

That's worse.

 

[farmerjan]

Sorry you are dealing with the freezing/slushy crap. We are still getting some snow, got way over the original 1-3 then 2-4 then 3-6.... gee I can guess too!! Have at least 8 out there and hopefully it will be leaving in a couple more hours. Looks like you will still have it in NC and Southern Va for awhile....
About 15 + years ago we got a snowstorm on the weekend before Christmas, I was packaging the last gift boxes for the season; from the historic Grist Mill I used to work at part-time....as fast as I could to get to the P.O. on a Friday afternoon as it was starting to snow. We got nearly 2 feet and then it snowed every weekend for the next 9 or 10 weeks. My son was working VDOT and we spent all week getting things cleaned up, animals fed up and then he'd wind up going into work and working 12-14 hours at work, trying to make sure our animals were okay, and getting some sleep to go back and put in another 12 hr shift. We never saw bare ground until March...
HOPE IT'S NOT an indication for this year...

 

[goatgurl]

very proud of you for quitting smoking. at one point I was smoking two packs a day and enjoying every one of them then I decided to quit and have never touched another one. I knew that if I did I would probably never stop again. and no it wasn't easy, I wanted a cigarette every day, a dozen times a day for at least a year before it got better but that was over 35 years ago and i'm still a non smoker. if I can do it you can too.
on a different note, I have a toy like the last one you posted a picture of and I really like it. only difference between yours and mine are my laser sites. people seem to have a strong dislike for a little red dot on their chest, don't know why that is

 

[OneFineAcre]

Got the tree done yesterday in the snow.

 

[OneFineAcre]

The vet did come out to FIL's farm this week. None of the cows are bred. Going to sell some more of the cows. The 3 that Maurine did not think had ever been bred, he confirmed they were 3-4 years old and had never calved. So, one of them is going to the slaughterhouse on Tuesday. The farm that is Maurine's meat vendor at the farmer's market is buying her to resell as "grass fed beef. The other 2 are shut up and we are going to feed some grain and eat ourselves. Vet didn't want to castrate the bull calves in the mud, said it would probably be better to sell them anyway. Maurine and her sister are going to open a new farm account in their name and hold on to enough to pay for hay since there won't be any calves for a while.

We got the check from the NC State Fair. It was a good one too, biggest ever.
We sold Tiramisu and her kid Sassafras last week. Had been trying to sell them for a while. Just took the right person to come along. Good timing on the fair check and the goat sales with Christmas right here.

We thought we were going to sell 2 more of this years juniors but that didn't work out. People really make me crazy. We weren't looking to sell anything but they said they were interested in showing. So we offered them one of Eclipse's twins and Gwenn's doe. The lady sent me a message and told me they were going to get 2 goats from another farm and just wanted to get Gwenn's daughter. I asked them what farm they were getting the other goats from and they said it wasn't a farm that the goats they were getting were not registered. So, I told her that we would pass. She was like what do you mean? I was like what do you mean, what do I mean. I have decided not to sell her to you.

 

[Baymule]

So, I told her that we would pass. She was like what do you mean? I was like what do you mean, what do I mean. I have decided not to sell her to you.

I bet she was deeply shocked that you would not sell to her. Ya' just can't fix stupid.

 

[Southern by choice]

Always best to wait for the right people. Makes such a difference doesn't it.
We also watch because we see people buy and then turn around and flip them.