Ridgetop
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Strange things happen. By the time you have been doing this for years, it seems you experience most everything at least once. Such a shame about the kid.
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Baymule
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Our animals do give us an education on things we thought we’d never see or even know about. Sorry about the poor little kid. Hope no more drama for you!
Ridgetop
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Nothing but drama during lambing/kidding/calving season! LOL Even if only the excitement of discovering what arrives.
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rachels.haven
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Dot is going through the motions. We're doing hourly checks today. I'm anxious to wrap this up.
Emmi appears to have injured her buckling with constant pawing, and he can no longer bring his back legs together when he could last night and he's sitting like a frog in the bedding. Emmi has also usurped Summer as herd queen. I guess I'll put her back on the pull kids list. Funny, I was expecting her to be a little worse for the wear after last night but if anything she's spicier than ever. Darn kidding hormones. If her buckling passes I guess that's one less buckling to worry about, but it would have been nice...oh well. We just might be having a doe year this year.
Emmi appears to have injured her buckling with constant pawing, and he can no longer bring his back legs together when he could last night and he's sitting like a frog in the bedding. Emmi has also usurped Summer as herd queen. I guess I'll put her back on the pull kids list. Funny, I was expecting her to be a little worse for the wear after last night but if anything she's spicier than ever. Darn kidding hormones. If her buckling passes I guess that's one less buckling to worry about, but it would have been nice...oh well. We just might be having a doe year this year.
Baymule
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Bad Emmi. More drama.
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rachels.haven
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Three does for Dot. One butt, hocks, and tail first (that was fun), one toes first backwards, and as far as I know one normal presentation because it came while I was carrying the previous sibling to the house so the barn cats wouldn't get it.z This wave is DONE.
We've had a stellar doe year so far but I'm paying for it in malpresentations. Time to go sleep for a week (JK, time to mom children and feed baby goats).
After school son#1 is like "mom, when are the mini Saanens going to kid?". And in my head I'm like, "don't you have enough goats in your kitchen?" but I told him. The next (day 145) due date isn't until February 11th, then March 8th, then March 12th. PHEW.
I'm going to see if I can help Emmi and her buckling along. He may be too injured, or he may just be weak from not being allowed to eat enough while she's being a hormonal brat. Dot insisted on being put back with the herd and wasn't really interested in her kids, which is good. Wether Emmi's buckling lives or not, the next step is to get these goat kids all on the lamb bar and disbudded and out of my kitchen.
I have to figure out how long I need to leave Summer in the stall with her kid before Riker will leave the baby alone. That, or I'll have to move Riker to another pen.
We've had a stellar doe year so far but I'm paying for it in malpresentations. Time to go sleep for a week (JK, time to mom children and feed baby goats).
After school son#1 is like "mom, when are the mini Saanens going to kid?". And in my head I'm like, "don't you have enough goats in your kitchen?" but I told him. The next (day 145) due date isn't until February 11th, then March 8th, then March 12th. PHEW.
I'm going to see if I can help Emmi and her buckling along. He may be too injured, or he may just be weak from not being allowed to eat enough while she's being a hormonal brat. Dot insisted on being put back with the herd and wasn't really interested in her kids, which is good. Wether Emmi's buckling lives or not, the next step is to get these goat kids all on the lamb bar and disbudded and out of my kitchen.
I have to figure out how long I need to leave Summer in the stall with her kid before Riker will leave the baby alone. That, or I'll have to move Riker to another pen.
Baymule
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Take a rest you have certainly earned it. You’ll need it for February and March!
Congratulations on the 3 does, are you going to keep any?
Congratulations on the 3 does, are you going to keep any?
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rachels.haven
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Absolutely. The sire, Pete, his dam (and sire technically) someone special in the lamancha world, and so im hording all my Pete kids. Pete's dam is also not taking anymore so...
If they are nice enough my lamancha herd can be almost completely Pete kids for now. I just need to get them fresh and see some of THEIR udders so judgment calls can be made out of them. That's what Dator and Pepper are for (I'd keep some Pepper kids too if there was room).
Dator yesterday, feeling fabulous...er, i mean bored.
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rachels.haven
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Bucks are negative, ND doe is still positive. Yay for the new bucks! (I guess). I guess I'll contact the poor dear's breeder.
They found bird flu in my county in a backyard flock and are now requiring all flock owners state wide to register their flocks with the state so they can come and test your birds and depopulate them if they test positive to protect the broiler/layer industry. I have birds on order but...I don't want the state up in my business. I had enough of that in Mass. I'm thinking about going birdless, but store bought eggs are so sulfur-y and taste and look weeks old already. I've got a month to decide.
They are also requiring all milking herds of cows, goats, sheep to test similarly. It's unclear if it's just the ones that sell milk or not. Knowing the state they may want all. Not really interested in that.
They found bird flu in my county in a backyard flock and are now requiring all flock owners state wide to register their flocks with the state so they can come and test your birds and depopulate them if they test positive to protect the broiler/layer industry. I have birds on order but...I don't want the state up in my business. I had enough of that in Mass. I'm thinking about going birdless, but store bought eggs are so sulfur-y and taste and look weeks old already. I've got a month to decide.
They are also requiring all milking herds of cows, goats, sheep to test similarly. It's unclear if it's just the ones that sell milk or not. Knowing the state they may want all. Not really interested in that.
What is unreal is the test for bird flu isn't foolproof, and if they get one bird to test positive, they will kill your entire flock.
I think it's just government overreach. They're not massacring wild bird flocks, just testing and killing flocks from chicken farmers/backyard owners.
