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OneFineAcre
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Always busy
One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update
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Poka_Doodle
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That's the way it is with livestockAlways busy
Hens and Roos
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boy I sure hope not- not enough land for that many!
babsbag
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Congratulations to Rachel. You need to share the recipe for that one.
I am wondering if I have so many goats because I am building a dairy or am I building a dairy so I can have so many goats?
I am wondering if I have so many goats because I am building a dairy or am I building a dairy so I can have so many goats?
babsbag
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20 goats....what was that like?
goatgurl
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yea for Rachel. congrats to her. that girl is going to end up on the food network and we'll all say "i remember when she was a little girl and her daddy bragged on her". and we'll all be proud of her.
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OneFineAcre
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She says she wants to be a chef.
But, I don't think she understands that all chefs aren't "celebrity chefs"
Of course yesterday she told me she wanted to stay at home, go to NC State, and major in agricultural education. Probably a better choice. And she can certianly stay at home as long as she wants.
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OneFineAcre
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I had mentioned earlier that we did a 24 hour milk test at the Memorial Day show in Rocky Mount.
We have just now gotten the results. Big delays due to ADGA replacing their computer system
Didn't think we did very well at all in that none of them gave their normal amount.
We had not separated any of the kids from the moms before we took them to the show and a lot of crying and carrying on. Everyone was stressed and couldn't get the moms to drink much either.
I didn't think that any of them even came close to getting a star in that I had always thought that a Nigerian had to give at least 4 lbs (2 quarts) to have a chance.
Well it turned out that Zamia came very close to getting her milk star even though she only gave 3 lbs (1.5 quarts)
A Nigerian has to score 7 points and she got 6.7
She didn't miss it by much.
Her butter fat was 5.6% and she wasn't the highest Clara Belle her daughter had 5.8%
A couple of others were around 6 pts plus or minus and over 5% butter fat. I think Coleus had the lowest fat at 3.2%
So, we did get some good information from the test.
We have just now gotten the results. Big delays due to ADGA replacing their computer system
Didn't think we did very well at all in that none of them gave their normal amount.
We had not separated any of the kids from the moms before we took them to the show and a lot of crying and carrying on. Everyone was stressed and couldn't get the moms to drink much either.
I didn't think that any of them even came close to getting a star in that I had always thought that a Nigerian had to give at least 4 lbs (2 quarts) to have a chance.
Well it turned out that Zamia came very close to getting her milk star even though she only gave 3 lbs (1.5 quarts)
A Nigerian has to score 7 points and she got 6.7
She didn't miss it by much.
Her butter fat was 5.6% and she wasn't the highest Clara Belle her daughter had 5.8%
A couple of others were around 6 pts plus or minus and over 5% butter fat. I think Coleus had the lowest fat at 3.2%
So, we did get some good information from the test.
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Poka_Doodle
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Good job
Hens and Roos
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That's great- information that you can use is always a plus!
