Promise Acre: Our Journey

[promiseacres]

That is a good idea about the vet info. I have yet to find a decent non horse or pet vet in our area. I did find the ones who would do fecals and am hoping to work with them. even though he wouldnt take time to see my donkey.....But even though there are lots of vets around (the dogs owner works for one) my caretaker said she never helped with smoke nor offered To call him. But I think he may be one of those that refuses to see non equine livestock. So most people I know take care of things as best they can or take their livestock an hour away to Purdue. kind of dumb but I know from working at a vets office liscencing for different animals is expensive and so most go with pets and horses for one their owners are more willing to even call a vet. I am getting worried about smokes tendon. Its exposed and is starting to look off.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I am sorry you are worried about your mama. Hope she gets better.

I have one vet in town that I trust enough to take care of my house pets. The other one we have had terrible experiences with. Neither of them will even run fecals for me on my farm animals though. My goat vet is an hour away. So there are 2 different numbers in our phone book and I print up a new "Who we have , Where they are and What they get fed" sheet for our sitter as we have too many animals to remember. That way noone misses their dinner and important phone numbers are right there if they need them.

 

[promiseacres]

Smoke is doing better am hoping she can be released back with the flock of girls come this weekend b/c I need her pen! I am picking up a REG Painted Desert Ewe! and really want to keep her isolated before she is with the flock, she's been with a ram since mid May so hopefully will get some lambies this fall. I sold 2 of the ram lambs to my nephew for his FFA project so am down to 9 sheepies (10 on Monday).

I am still working on DH about some Salmon Favorelles (4 roos will be going to be processed as soon as I get the call that she has others to butcher)....someone not too far has both chicks and hatching eggs.

AND finally found some Velveteen Lop bunnies, inquired on one and the breeder offered me 2! at a very good price! BUT I only have the one small cage right now (have more but no shed to put them in, ) and DH thinks I need to hold off. but I want my bunnies! I really hate that we do not have a REAL barn for my critters.

Harvested enough broccoli to eat and freeze some. And then I made HOMEMADE sloppy joes using my canned tomato sauce. DH still says it's TOO bland so am working on adjusting the recipe b/c there's NO reason I should buy the canned manwhich stuff!

Still trying to sell Miss Izzy, everyone flakes out or annoys me (like texting me at 4 am with a lowball offer if they pick up today???) people are just plan dumb.


That's about it, helping with our VBS this week so have been napping daily

 

[promiseacres]

Lambies are staying where I put them finally, only takes 7 fence strands (2 grounded, 5 HOT) between the boys and moms, though they do seem to be respecting it a lot better as they will stay in the 4 strands while in pasture Monday I dropped off our 4 Roos from Pearce for processing, (1 is in the crockpot as I type ) then ran an hour south and picked up Reg Painted Desert Ewe that is bred for the fall! Though she is wild as can be and bigger than my ram, RP! Very excited to see her lambs this fall! She only has one good side of her udder (but it's huge too) and has had triplets last 2 times, so may get my bottle lamb! Smoke's leg continues to heal but still needs wrapped, maybe another week or two, she is next to the new ewe (another Barbie, maybe I'll call her crazy barbie....poor girl is so rattled)

Since Monday afternoon have been feeling YUCK! not much worse things than a summer flu bug thingie.... So have been online WAY too much. I finally put my broody buff orphington into a wire cage to break the broodieness.... not sure if this doesn't work DH does not want me to get some fertilized eggs for her....maybe I can still talk him into some chicks....guess we'll see. She's been sitting in the nest box for about 3 weeks.... and the roos were JUST starting to crow so I highly doubt we had anything fertile. My garden really needs weeding but I guess it'll keep, it's just too far from the bathroom!

Guess I should of taken the random 4 am offer on Izzy since then I've only had people who don't even want to pay 1/4 of the asking price OR they want to trade their unbroke ponies and let us haul.....oh well. Talking to a gal about trading her for a custom made bunny hutch.... maybe it'll work out. It's not that DH can't build a hutch but TIME is the big factor. I DO want Izzy to go a good home...

Glad summer is almost here, that means POOL time! (as soon as I feel better :/)

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Hope your roo is good. If you ever need help with processing, let me know.

I might need to pick your brain on hotwire at some point or maybe see your setup. We need to do that.

Feel better soon and enjoy that pool. Love this time of year!

 

[promiseacres]

Pearce: the roo was VERY good! I'm hooked on raising our own chicks! Right now I have a gal that's less than 3 miles from me that processes chickens for $1/chicken! Yes I gave her a nice tip! SO right now we're ok on processing next time I plan on helping just had too much going on the day she could do them. Also you're welcome any time, though DH is the one to talk to about the fencing. Maybe you guys would like to come over for a campfire/swimming day/fence chat sometime??

The first crop of Broccoli are either in our tummies or the freezer! Cauliflower is coming on strong too, just harvested 1 head yesterday. Today am making cole slaw am hoping to have some carrots big enough otherwise I need to get to the store....

It took me til Friday to really feel much better but definatly over it!

Got paperwork back from the Painted Desert Sheep Society, so RP and Smoke are officially Registered. AND they went ahead had double reg. RP as a Desert Dragon! (normally only $3 more but they did it b/c I didn't know it could be done at the same time, VERY AWESOME no horse registery would even THINK of being that kind! ) Now to get the new ewe transferred and add a couple more of the sheep whom can be reg in either registry.

Oh and I posted on another topic but we "might" be adding goats to our farm..... yes I am CRAZY!

BTW Southern I think you're right I don't want Favorelles, but some Sussex Chickens might be what would work for us.

 

[elevan]

And then I made HOMEMADE sloppy joes using my canned tomato sauce. DH still says it's TOO bland so am working on adjusting the recipe b/c there's NO reason I should buy the canned manwhich stuff!

Plenty of sauteed peppers and little garlic are key ingredients here.

 

[promiseacres]

Goals for this week include harvesting peas, zucchini, cauliflower and cabbage. I made a batch of cole slaw last week hope to try egg rolls this week.
Also would like to get RP measured.
would be great if Izzy goes to her new home (latest offer is a calf hut but awaiting the gal to get time to pick her up but am not holding her so if a better offer comes in well.....) so far this week I've also had an offer of a donkey jack (uhm no thank you) and some bunnies (need those cages as they did mention they had Velveteen lops.... :/)
Oh and the bushes going nuts on the front of the house need "trimmed" or cut back til we can get them pulled out....
I guess it's good our County fair is a bust due to the river being high, there's a few things going on but not much. :/ DH and DS did get to do the pedal tractor pull on Sunday. That was fun. The parade is tonight still don't know if we're riding a tractor (DH works at local Case Dealer) or just watching. I'll probably get a call about an hour ahead of time

Still not sure about the 4th....probably some more fireworks but have been invited to another parade and lunch. We will see. My allergies are just being plain nasty....DH was does the grass really affect you that much? I've been able to avoid cut grass for a while but was moving it to mulch the garden this weekend. And he thinks I should be able to push mow everywhere his big garden tractor can't reach??? UGH very tempting to put up more fence....

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I think you need to graze some animals everywhere the tractor can't get...JMHO.....My DH is amazed at how the backyard is slowly looking tidier with the goats "mowing" the back quarter and the geese keeping down weeds on the side. I have been telling him for years, we just need to be smarter and use the animals to our advantage.....free food for them, free yard care for us. And he doesn't accidentally run over all the hoses and chop them to bits with his riding mower now!

Our fair starts on the 4th :/ Not so good for the animals that are already upset about being at the fair without their buddies, but to have fireworks on top of that isn't very nice. Sorry about your fair though. I look forward to it every year. Every year there is a chance the budget might not allow our fair to be available the next year. The fees we have to pay are going up too.

 

[promiseacres]

With sm kids it is nice to have space for them to play. But our compost heap is def. Out of control. Hoping it gets on the garden this year!

So had a lady contact me wanting a pet/ companion hair sheep wether last weekend so on Wednesday she stopped by and I sold her Brownie (the very small ewe with a chronic cough) I wasn't planning on selling her but if she didn't produce nice lambs then I knew I would have to make a decision....then no one would want her so it'd be auction or freezers so I let her go. The gal was thrilled.

Then Izzy finally got picked up this afternoon. In her place I know have a calf hut which makes for a good shelter for minis and sheep. Izzy went back to her career of being a brood donkey which she knows well. Ds was appeased Bc dh says once we get some more sheep shelters done we can get my velveteen lops!

Had another gal to see my pony cart which I got last year and now no one fits so it needs to go. This gal asked several questions via text yesterday on the 4th! but I answered them then she gets here and is worried about the heighth which I told her yesterday. Wasn't a bit concerned about the shaft length....which was first thing I was taught u check...(height can be somewhat adjustable with bigger wheels.).from her q's I thought she knew what she wanted....nope....went off in a bit of a huff Bc it was probably too small and she drove 2 hours.... what do u do? Anyways my farrier needs to measure her pony and may be interested. I sure it will sell when someone has the right size of pony.

Hope everyone had a fun and safe Independence day!

Oh forgot my highlight linedrove my stallion Nautilus up the dirt road about 3 miles his first time off the farm in a long time! He is def ready to be hitched!