Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[ragdollcatlady]

Thanks! I think she is beautiful, but I have to!

I am leaning towards naming her Hazelnut Kreme....Hazel Nutzzy....toying with the name....

While I am at work in the afternoons, the kids bring her in to cool down as it has been over a hundred lately. Mom goes out to spend time with the herd and baby comes in for a nap. Apparently as I saw today for the first time, she spends the first hour and a half buzzing around, bulldozing over and around the teens and jumping all over them until she gets tired...Then she crashes at DS feet and sleeps til I wake her up after work....No wonder they are tired of her by the time I come home!!!!

So I brought home another cat yesterday.....

DH will just have to be mad at me for another 18 years I guess cause this one is only about 2 or so.....I told him he can just take Stetsons place. It has been a few years since I lost him and this one looks just like all my other ragdolls..... In fact I named him Skye to go along with the Raine theme since he reminds me so much of Raine when he was in his prime. Now to get everyone to play nice...Harley Kisses hisses at him and he tried to swat at Tantara through the carrier.... He has a little (big goat crate) private apartment to meet and get acquainted with everyone through the bars until we are all sure we can be friends.

I sold 3 silkies to a great pet home today...

I bought a desk that was too big to fit through the door of the workshop, so I took it apart and made it fit! It is an upcycled huge, old desk that was repainted in gray and white with cute white stamps on it. I really wanted exactly this to store the tools in.... very girly, but hey, I am a girl!...I am going to clean out and organize the "workshop" and get rid of most of the junk, unused or unneeded stuff. I just want the most basic tools and a few extra parts, everything else can go. I want the space and clean and orderly more than the few odds and ends that you can't even find when you need them anyways!

 

[happy acres]

Know what you mean about the Kitty! I've been threatening to get one for here. Hubby says no ....... We'll see!

 

[babsbag]

Congrats on the baby, she has got some beautiful coloring; looking forward to seeing her grow.

I know what you mean about the heat. I have LGD pups that were born the end of May, in the barn. At 2 weeks it was 111 degrees and they were crying so much and it took dumb me more than a few to figure out what was wrong. As soon as I caught on I went a bought a mister for them and it worked immediately to calm them down. I had a fan on them but I guess that wasn't enough. So glad I didn't lose any. They have a baby pool now that they lay in when it is hot, plus now they are out in the field too, and under the barn. Seems that they are always wet.

I have sprinklers on timers in the pastures so they get watered every hour for about 3 minutes, just enough to make the ground damp. The dogs and chickens take advantage of it more than the goats.

Seems that this summer has been hotter than most. We have had way too many days over 100 and it looks like we are in for it again this weekend. I like hot weather, but this is crazy.

Glad you new goats are doing well, and those Nubians are adorable.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Thanks Babsbag,

This heat along with the humidity has us melting!

Hazel Nutzzy Cakes is sooo big! Already she is having to kneel down to eat....when she was born she could stand upright under mom! And boy is she crazy! I thought my nigerian babies had energy! Ravi must have espresso in her milk or something! Hazels color is lightening up a bit and the dark spots are more obvious. I need to get some pics, but this heat has me just soooo tired..... Maybe I ought to try Ravi's milk and see if that does the trick!

We have a couple of cousins for company while they work in the area! Family is awesome! I am really enjoying their company when they are here.

DH and the boys are going camping for a few days...I couldn't get time off work on such a short notice. We are under staffed right now and the Dr. has graciously allowed me to pick up a few extra hours.

Most all the animals are good except for losing DDs favorite baby muscovy, Randy, today. She drowned in a bathing tub. The geese splash so much water out of it, that she couldn't out. And of course it couldn't have happened to any of the unnamed babies.....had to be her favorite.

Aside from sleeping and picking up a few groceries, I pretty much did nothing this weekend.... sooo many things to do, so little energy!

 

[happy acres]

I know where you're coming from! It seems like I always have something else that needs doing, but I'm just too pooped!
Sorry about little Randy. That happened to three of my ducks as well, the Pekings.

 

[babsbag]

Ok, I am really dumb about ducks...I had no idea they could drown?

I am really sorry, it always seems to be the favorites.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Baby ducks will get waterlogged and drown when they get too tired if they can't get out of the water. They are big enough to get out of the bathing tubs when they are full, but the level was too low. The water was 4 inches deep, but the rim was about 2 inches above the water level, too high for a wet, soggy down feathered baby. Normally mama ducks cover the babies in waterproof oil and they don't keep them in water very long. In a pond with dirt sides, they should be able to get out easily, not so easy from the straight plastic sides.

Randy was the last one to hatch, by a week. She was a little bit smaller so she held her all the time. She does have one more duck egg that should hatch any day now and a couple pigeon eggs that are growing well. Not to mention she still has 10 baby ducks and when I wasn't looking she added about 8 duck eggs to the incubator! I was going to clean it out soon...... maybe they won't be fertile yet since the adult male was taquitoed (turned into ravishingly delicious taquitos) a few weeks ago and the new males are still a bit young.

 

[babsbag]

Ducklings are adorable, but boy are they messy little things. I hatched some out once and really enjoyed their swimming antics so soon but they made a mess for sure. I gave them away quickly. I just had no clue they could drown, but it does make sense. Poor baby.

Taquitoed...now there is a new word.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Another sad one for the books....Waffles, our 8 year old Belgian Bearded D'anver, showmanship hen died. She was a favorite here....

Now that both the older bantam showmanship birds are gone, DD thinks she might take Hannibal.....He is incredibly friendly and another favorite bird so I guess it might be just as easy..... He is just sooooo ugly!

Everyone else is good......Bucky boys are starting to stink to high heaven...... ....already!!!!

And I am insanely searching to feed my addiction....I have inquired into a couple more nubian babies and was thinking about another boer or 2..... Stop me somebody!!!!

 

[happy acres]

Walk away from the goats. Now breathe ....in.....out ........