One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[babsbag]

@OneFineAcre The life expectancy for a female feral cat is 2 to 3 years (closer to 2 because of breeding). I think among us, you, @babsbag, and I have added a couple hundred years to kitty lives! We currently have 23, only 2 of which weren't rescues or babies born to strays who wandered up pregnant!

Every cat in my adult life has been a stray or a pregnant stray. Is there another way to get a cat ?? I thought that was the only way they came.

23 cats I am no longer the crazy cat person...you get that honor.

 

[norseofcourse]

Oh poor Zoey! That had to have been very painful. Glad you were able to help her, and hope she heals up fast.

 

[Ferguson K]

She looks so content on that throne.

 

[sadieml]

@babsbag - Thank you, thank you, no applause, just throw money, literally, or bags of cat food 'cause boy can they eat!!! (Actually, we inherited 11 from my Mama when she passed away in 2013.)

@Ferguson K - Almost like she belongs on a throne, huh?

Thank God my DH is a cat lover, too. Of course even he says we officially have TOO MANY cats. I didn't think that was possible (like too much cheese? What does that even mean?) but 23 is a lot more than I would choose. You can't turn them away hungry, so you just fill another bowl. When you live in the country and people see 1 cat, your yard becomes the dumping ground. And then, of course, you feed them and pet them and love them, and pretty soon, you're theirs.

 

[babsbag]

I live at the end of a road with only one other house and never any cars except mine and the pregnant strays still appear. I made the comment after being here for 6 years that there had been no cats appearing...there always was one a year in the city where we lived. But literally within a week of saying that a pregnant cat showed up and she has been here ever since. And she couldn't just have the babies, no, that was too easy. She had to have an emergency "abortion" to the tune of a few hundred dollars. I told the vet that I couldn't afford the 900.00 C-section so the kittens would have to be sacrificed. Well, being that my vet is a friend and a cat lover too she and her staff donated the c-section and presented me with 4 bottle babies to raise. Mama had no milk...at least not right then. A week later she got mastitis.

Then at 2 weeks she claimed the kittens, she cleaned them, nursed them, protected them, the whole deal. Only I didn't dream that she had any milk and I kept bottle feeding them; those were some well fed babies. I did find homes for all of the kittens. Mama is now "Cricket" and part of the family.

Sorry for the thread hijack...hope Zoey is doing well today.

 

[OneFineAcre]

That's ok
She's better

 

[OneFineAcre]

I decided to move this to my farm thread for prosperity

If you saw my thread "Built Ford Tough" you saw the load of lumber I hauled on New Years Eve. Said I had a project to do. We had New Year Day off, so we had to get going.

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These pics were on the banner when I logged on
Seems a long time ago
That was a weekend of work

 

[OneFineAcre]

Zoey is doing great.


Marvel is "marvelous".

 

[Southern by choice]

Awww! Too sweet. Just gotta love a pyr!

Glad to hear Zoey is doing well and will be sticking around for awhile!

 

[OneFineAcre]

I DID see that udder - gorgeous!

I've corresponded with the owner. Here is what she had to say:

"All of these bucks are bred for superior udder genetics. The older two would be preferable as they have daughters on the ground and have consistently show improvement.
Flat rocks Felix Felicous comes from some of Flat rocks top genetics. His dams full sister won Best Udder at ADGA Nationals in 2011. You can see more of the udders behind him on our sales page at Www.dancingdogdairygoats.weebly.com
By the same token Flat rocks Captain Bart is also out of an exceptional udder line and has produced many beautiful daughters who are a joy to milk. You can see his extended pedigree and more information on our website as well. Lots of longivity in these lines.
For more information on the lines in general the Flat Rock website is
Www.flatrockfarm.org. Flat Rock is the oldest breeder of Nigerian Dwarf in the country and you can trace these boys pedigrees back quite a way there."

The goats are about 90 minutes away so seeing them won't be too much of a problem. I might try to do that this weekend if nothing else comes up. I wasn't really planning on buying a new buck until spring, but why wait when a nice buck comes along at a good price?

Did you get a buck?
Were they from Dancing Dog Dairy?