rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

I woke up thinking about you and the predicament and insane small town SHI!. Damn them all!!

Hey, I think Zillow is hiring! DD works there and works from home and really enjoys her work. Software programmer too. They have several divisions, so don't just think of the web page.

Thank you! I've passed this along. He's looking them over.

 

[rachels.haven]

*Sigh* so this is Pete. Pete had a bald spot on his neck. So I treated him with Ultraboss, 2x, a week apart, down each side of his spine, one side one week, and one the other. I'd like to point out that his neck bald spot healed and grew in and his coat is thick again-EXCEPT for where I striped the ultraboss on his back and where that stuff dripped. Now that is bald and flaky. WHYWHYWHYWHY?! So much for Ultraboss being labeled for goats. It looks like it burned his hair off. To make matters worse, I'm hoping to let Pete go because of how many daughters I'm keeping, and now he's bald in a dripped stripe down both sides of his spine, from withers to rump so although he's perfectly healthy, now no one will want him. He looks quite pleased with himself. That's the face of a buck that thinks he's staying right here in the lap of luxury. You win for now, Pete.

 

[Mini Horses]

It'll probably grow back pretty quick. Maybe.

 

[rachels.haven]

It'll probably grow back pretty quick. Maybe.

Pete doesn't want it to grow back too quick. He seems to think he wants another year of breeding all my does.

 

[rachels.haven]

Tonight was the workshop on the "banning all agricultural animals" ordinance. City residents filled the fire station and were standing out on the lawn when there was no more room. Wisely, city officials announced they are dropping the proposed ordinance. Otherwise they may have gotten the modern version of being strung up tonight. But they did not let people go until they got in a "you're so dumb and we're the victims" lecture. (If we're still here I know who I'm not voting for this November). And the mayor knows how to work a crowd to convince people she's justified and not the villain. Man, I hate local politics here. There are definitely some snakes in the grass. But things got enough exposure and we won for now. That will do.

 

[Baymule]

Pete looks like my horses did when they got rain rot. Lots of rain, humid, hot and the bacteria on their skin multiplied and had a party. Big bald spots, they looked awful. I mixed a bucket of water with Pine O’ Pine and sponged it on them. In a few weeks they had fuzzies and all their hair grew back.

Pete is a handsome fellow. Darn right he’s pleased, he has a good home and doesn’t want to leave.

Yay for the town! But this kind never gives up and they will hammer on it until ultimately they win. I hope yall are out of there before that.

 

[farmerjan]

Tonight was the workshop on the "banning all agricultural animals" ordinance. City residents filled the fire station and were standing out on the lawn when there was no more room. Wisely, city officials announced they are dropping the proposed ordinance. Otherwise they may have gotten the modern version of being strung up tonight. But they did not let people go until they got in a "you're so dumb and we're the victims" lecture. (If we're still here I know who I'm not voting for this November). And the mayor knows how to work a crowd to convince people she's justified and not the villain. Man, I hate local politics here. There are definitely some snakes in the grass. But things got enough exposure and we won for now. That will do.

 

[Ridgetop]

That's the face of a buck that thinks he's staying right here in the lap of luxury. You win for now, Pete.

He sure looks like he is smiling! Or smirking. He looks quite pleased with himself. I suppose if he has pretty daughters which are high yielders, breeding him for another year wouldn't hurt. Other than the feed bill since you have a lot of his get.

 

[rachels.haven]

Out of the corner of my eye yesterday I caught the terminal mini saanen/lamancha cross buckling picking a new mommy. This morning his real mommy is more even and the new mommy is lopsided. When anyone dam raises in my herd a lot of my goats have no concept of "raise your own brat". The does that fight the hardest against each other and then court and "win" the babies nurse everything. If I ever exclusively dam raise things are going to be a mess and my more maternal does are going to always be sucked thin dry. They don't "steal" technically. They HORDE. It can be weeks to months after birth, long after hormones have subsided. (I have a show boar breeder that raises her goats in a very kushy way that wants any doe culls up to raising "grafts" (steals?) any time I have another I want to go because my herd has this quality). It took her 24 hours and her graft kid had a new mommy 2 weeks after freshening (she tube fed a late rejected kid for TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT, night and day)

Lots of house listing hunting going on. Looking for a home with a 2-10 acres with topography, zoning, and rules supportive of 15-25 goats around Malvern, PA is depressing. Trying to stay under a million. Goats will often get grouped with cattle in zoning. Kind of frustrating considering the does at my place max out at 160 lbs and a cow definitely does not. Totally different animal, much smaller land needs/stress on the land and a lot less in the community's face. Not a horse either. Not as much curb appeal-although again here I'm starting to get people parked on my front road strip watching my goats when I morning milk and the goats go afterward to graze the fenced in front yard-last time something like that started happening regularly it was Michigan-so I guess they have to have SOME curb appeal. Someone's going to cause an accident.

Getting tired of mud up here.

Here's narrow rumped, chronic kid over cooker Elsa. She's telling me to quit looking at her muddy butt. Her dam is to the left. I hope someday her dam gives me another doe. Summer isn't getting any younger and the only other doe she's ever given me went to the processor due to CAE exposure. It's tempting to keep Elsa and milk her through and induce her if I ever need to breed her again. Meh.

Elsa is an example of how teats are super easy to shrink on your does apparently. Her nice Lily, who should be leaving tomorrow has especially small teats (Lily's grand dam is to Elsa's right being milked with her mega teats).

 

[Ridgetop]

So you have decided on a new location and will be moving again? Too bad he can't find anywhere in northeast Texas. Farm friendly, great people, and nice acreage. Texas is farmer friendly. Lots of lovely places for under a million with acreage in good hayfields (I know someone who would lease the hayfields from you and you could buy good hay).

This is the one for you!

8300 Farm Road 71 W,
Sulphur Springs, TX 75482​

$823,500 3/2 2218 sf 40+ acres Huge new barns with arena space, small kidding barn, several run in barns, terrific hay pastures - beautifully fenced and set up for goats - look at pictures!


Here is another but the land is not as nice and property is much smaller although it has a pond.

3700 County Road 1439,
Yantis, TX 75497​

$652,500 4/3 3621 sf 8+ acres small shed and giant pasture - bigger 2 story house but property not as nice although it has a pond