rachels.haven's Journal

[Bruce]

I can't give you any long term laying numbers or "survivability" because Aurora and Gretel are only 8 months old but so far they have been laying machines. 5+ eggs a week since they started early/mid Dec. Austra Whites from Meyer - White leghorn X Black Australorp so not sexlinks. They are more leghorn size/shape than BA and are laying USDA Large.

 

[rachels.haven]

It got up to 60 today SO here's a nice picture of the fence...and a buck. Not one of my big name bucks, but I love this little 35-40lbs guy that I brought from Michigan. He's too "friendly" to give me much to take pictures on unless I want him up on the fence begging 24/7, but today eating hay in the sun was more pleasurable than begging for food and scratches. He really likes it when you stand over his petite self and scratch him down both sides from his ears to his tail. He carries good production, thumb length teats, and nice tight udders with good, very soft texture. Very good feet too. This summer/fall he gets his cousin Avalon's, three doelings as his first keeper breedings. Assuming they get big enough by then. They appear to have his growth rate and size and can still fit through a cattle panel. It took him 9 months to be stuck, if I remember right.

Mustang Meadows T Durango (with Buggy the photogenic in the background, I promise he's prettier than that)

And while the adults went out to play the tinies got to own the pen and do whatever they wanted. They ate all the things, then they napped.

Death nap of Kaos Farm Uranium (Emi)

I blame Sugar (the one my husband is convinced is obese, bless his heart, she just has big soft stomach bones)

Ginger with a shadow of Lavender

Easy breezy cover buck. With a side of Durango and Patrick.

NOM NOM NOM -Buckeye, Dad to doelings in picture above

 

[Bruce]

Very nice

 

[rachels.haven]

One more. Here are the does. Lace on the left appears to be open and will not be a milking yearling after all. Summer to the right of her is stretching.

 

[Baymule]

Nice goats, they are your babies!

 

[rachels.haven]

Ugh, it's time to get Saffron's grade registration tattoos on and her tail is too big for the tattoo outfit to fit around even with the ear release depressed. Looks like I'm going to have to figure that one out. Oh brother. She did get her cdt though.

On the positive side I dealt with Lace's scur loop quick and easy and probably at the last possible moment before it started pressing into her head. I will probably band Buggy's big scur after I can cdt him. It looks a little tacky and has circulation. He seems to want to knock it off anyway and I'd rather avoid a blood bath.

 

[thistlebloom]

I like your beautiful goaties. Yay for sunshine and warmer days!

 

[rachels.haven]

Just checked. The countdown has begun. 22 days.
And nothing is safe from the goaties.

Actually I mostly just have a cold so everything is funny, you know, as I feel terrible. But it really is 22 days until Saffron's day 150. I guess it's time to start giving her twice a day grain rations instead of just once. I guess her cdt got lost in the haze of household illnesses we keep picking up at church that I don't want to think about any more than living through it requires.

And there is a tattoo pen on the way for Saffy's tail. So she will have her tattoo done like a 140-160 lbs rabbit.

That's Emi, btw. She's a cute little 50lbs princess goat.

 

[thistlebloom]

Emi says "Hay kid!" lol
Cute goat and cute (human) kidlet.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Hope you feel better soon