One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[Baymule]

Forty dollars?? Worth her weight in GOLD!!! You and family are blessed to have a real goat nanny caring for your farm while you are gone.

 

[babsbag]

Have a great vacation!!!

I have a young lady that house sits for me when she is home from college. She too is a "goatie" and in my case she has to care for dogs, cats, and birds too. But I can honestly say that I have never had her orchestrate a breeding.

A good house/goat sitter is worth every dime we can pay them. Her mom is my best friend and my goat mentor so I really know that they are in good hands when I leave home. I wish she was home all of the time.

 

[OneFineAcre]

I love Williamsburg!! About two hours from my house, but we always go there at least once a year. I would say if you didn't have a whole class with you to head to Pierce's Pitt BBQ (downside is it is always soo busy), the Pottery Factory (now rebuilt to look like a strip mall), and definitely Busch Gardens

Hey SheepGirl
We are back in Williamsburg and we are going to try Pierce's Pitt BBQ

 

[OneFineAcre]

So we got home at the edge of dark yesterday Maurine started feeding the animals
She came in and said I think there is a snake out here
So I grab the flashlight and sure enough about a 2 ft long copperhead right by the bale
So Maurine asked is it a copperhead and I said yes and that one is too
There was another one about half in half out the pallet the hay was on and that was about 4 ft long
So we had a battle getting that one taken care of
Perfect job for a .410
So then Maurine is milking and the phone rings
It's my neighbor behind me letting me know there was a coyote by my back fence line when she drove down the path to her house
Geez

 

[Hens and Roos]

never a dull moment it seems!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Wow - when it rains it pours! Ya'll have monster copperheads there - thankfully they don't get that big here. Got bitten by one when I was a teenager...can't say that was any fun... but I lived!

 

[OneFineAcre]

 

[animalmom]

Good spotting and good shooting. I'm learning to like spiders, I just don't think I will ever like snakes.

 

[goatgurl]

wow, just what you need to find when you get home. keep your eyes pealed for more. i have killed a cottonmouth and 2 copperheads so far this year. i started to say i hate snakes but actually i just hate poisonous snakes. i kind of protect the black snakes around here. welcome home, hope youall had a good time

 

[Southern by choice]

Glad ya got em!
Fall is a bad time for them as they like to come out in the evening and find a warm spot... usually dusk and most of the time gravel, driveways or something like that.
DD was bit by a baby copperhead in Oct a few years back, Stepped right on it. Yep- full venom bite because they cannot control how much venom.
Sure hope Mikey or Angel was on that fenceline!

Glad you still got a mini vacation- not the Bahamas but at least a nice get-a-way. Where were you going in the Bahamas? I love Eleuthera (Caribbean side, not the Atlantic side LOL).