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Found some pics of our backyard. Guess I'll put them here, since the oldest son and DH are playing video call with the phones and I can't upload barn pics right now.
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Now the youngest kid wants turkeys and a deer farm more than ever. The farmers exchange visits we did didn't help. They had royal palms running around all over the parking lot. All that turkeyness inspired him.
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Oh rats. Didn't mean to get that smiley potato pic in there. Like the world needs one more picture of them. I took that picture because I thought they looked creepy. Apparently DH never had them before and I saw them in the store, so I got them and made them. They are potatoes breaded in potato. And not meant for BYH.
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Retook the barn pics since DH still has my phone.
Here's Durango, happy in his stall, going on 9 months old now, believe it or not. He's cute alright, and very little, which might be good, and has some dairy and show lines behind him. He also still begs to be carried around. He's buckish at this point. He's the smallest of triplet bucks and his dad was small too, so I expect him to stay short. He's also the hardest goat to photograph without getting headless goat pics and/or only half his body in the frame.
And here's Buckeye chewing his cud in the most unflattering way possible, waiting for dinner. He does hold still just only in bad positions.
Standing still.
Angel hits day 145 on the 28th. I'm betting she's having one because she's not a boat at this point. She is over the top grouchy at the other goats though. I bet they can't wait for her to go to the kidding stall.
Tried the bucks with flash on while Angel was getting her grain. They were not terribly amused.
Darn headless goats.
Anyway, there are some pics for the journal this week to get you all caught up. Hurry up spring!
Here's Durango, happy in his stall, going on 9 months old now, believe it or not. He's cute alright, and very little, which might be good, and has some dairy and show lines behind him. He also still begs to be carried around. He's buckish at this point. He's the smallest of triplet bucks and his dad was small too, so I expect him to stay short. He's also the hardest goat to photograph without getting headless goat pics and/or only half his body in the frame.
And here's Buckeye chewing his cud in the most unflattering way possible, waiting for dinner. He does hold still just only in bad positions.
Standing still.
Angel hits day 145 on the 28th. I'm betting she's having one because she's not a boat at this point. She is over the top grouchy at the other goats though. I bet they can't wait for her to go to the kidding stall.
Tried the bucks with flash on while Angel was getting her grain. They were not terribly amused.
Darn headless goats.
Anyway, there are some pics for the journal this week to get you all caught up. Hurry up spring!
Bruce
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That barn work looks real good, makes everything easier for you.
Don't need that!
Don't need that!We like to see lots of different things. Never heard of breading a potato with more potato, what's the point?
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The hay is here, and I've put half of it away already. I didn't want the man from the Farmers Exchange to get stuck in the mud by the pond and barn so I had him put it in the garage. Taking a break now.
In regards to the smile potatoes: I think breading them in potato flour makes them crispy and forms a skin so when they pre-fry them the moisture stays in every time and there is a lower incidence of dry ones. I'm sure somehow it makes them cheaper too. I really like the way they taste and their texture as I ate them as a kid in Iowa growing up. Tastes like childhood. They were really popular in school lunches. I think the holes make them fry faster as well, a bit like a White Castle slider patty. I was just happy about it because I haven't been able to handle wheat for a while now, and I bought them for the boys and DH thinking I couldn't eat them, then as I was reading the bag for directions I noticed they were gluten free and threw my own little party for something I don't have to give up. And I had smile potatoes for dinner too.
This hay looks nice. I've been using it for the last few weeks already, just bought one bale at a time. The delivery guy told me to watch out for bad bales, as they've had a few borderline ones, and to listen to my goats if they won't eat it and I can call in and they'll credit me for the bad ones no questions asked. They have goats too. He also says they are down to 300 bales and will get another load, from a farmer in Vermont this time, and he likes that guys hay better than this last batch. This batch has been fine so far though, but I will be on the lookout for bad bales.
I've got to go now. I need to move that hay before DH comes home and discovers half a hay wall in his parking spot in the garage.
(How on EARTH did that get there?!) I woke up thinking of building a pulley system for the loft door in the barn this morning, believe it or not. I think I just might.
In regards to the smile potatoes: I think breading them in potato flour makes them crispy and forms a skin so when they pre-fry them the moisture stays in every time and there is a lower incidence of dry ones. I'm sure somehow it makes them cheaper too. I really like the way they taste and their texture as I ate them as a kid in Iowa growing up. Tastes like childhood. They were really popular in school lunches. I think the holes make them fry faster as well, a bit like a White Castle slider patty. I was just happy about it because I haven't been able to handle wheat for a while now, and I bought them for the boys and DH thinking I couldn't eat them, then as I was reading the bag for directions I noticed they were gluten free and threw my own little party for something I don't have to give up. And I had smile potatoes for dinner too.
This hay looks nice. I've been using it for the last few weeks already, just bought one bale at a time. The delivery guy told me to watch out for bad bales, as they've had a few borderline ones, and to listen to my goats if they won't eat it and I can call in and they'll credit me for the bad ones no questions asked. They have goats too. He also says they are down to 300 bales and will get another load, from a farmer in Vermont this time, and he likes that guys hay better than this last batch. This batch has been fine so far though, but I will be on the lookout for bad bales.
I've got to go now. I need to move that hay before DH comes home and discovers half a hay wall in his parking spot in the garage.
(How on EARTH did that get there?!) I woke up thinking of building a pulley system for the loft door in the barn this morning, believe it or not. I think I just might.
Bruce
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I like your hay guy, sounds like a straight up person.
Hmmm, I think I suggested a pulley hay lift, maybe I just thought about it. If DH wants to park his car inside, he'll help move the hay to the loft
Hmmm, I think I suggested a pulley hay lift, maybe I just thought about it. If DH wants to park his car inside, he'll help move the hay to the loft
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I knew someone suggested it. Good idea then, Bruce.
We're going to finish moving the hay tonight. We've only got 6 bales left, then the three heavy shavings bales he brought. Just took another break to make and eat tacos. Kids are being silly nincompoops and refusing to eat composite food again, but I expected that. They have quesadillas in hiding for when they try the food I made for dinner-which are also composite foods, but cheese doesn't count when you're 4 and 5, I guess.
It's a good feeling to have the next few months hay bought and here. Counting down till my first kidding now.
We're going to finish moving the hay tonight. We've only got 6 bales left, then the three heavy shavings bales he brought. Just took another break to make and eat tacos. Kids are being silly nincompoops and refusing to eat composite food again, but I expected that. They have quesadillas in hiding for when they try the food I made for dinner-which are also composite foods, but cheese doesn't count when you're 4 and 5, I guess.
It's a good feeling to have the next few months hay bought and here. Counting down till my first kidding now.
Bruce
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Kids can get weird with food. Kinda hard at their age to say "eat this or get yourself something else" because the something else might not be acceptable to you. There there is the "Eat this or eat nothing" method, some kids are mules and will eat nothing just to spite you (they think).
