Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[ragdollcatlady]

I just got an email that I am in the top 5 list for eligibility for the animal control job!

The list is valid for 6 months and they will email if my name comes up!!!!

Coco....Harley Kisses drools too ...but she isn't fluffy just super darn cute..... and kissy!

 

[bonbean01]

 

[CocoNUT]

YAY on the job!!!
Sowen drools a mess...then shakes his head and it flings EVERYWHERE! He used to suckle my earlobe when he was a kitten...used to drive me NUTS! For such a large cat...he squeaks! Doesn't meow...squeaks! We think we have his litter mate as well (she adopted us) and she drools too. She's shorthaired though. Those two!
YAY on the job!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

We finished the garden fence today...but DH was tired of cutting boards so we bought ready made pickets for the gate.

I just candled the Sebastopol eggs in the incubator and 5 are fertile! yeah! Anyone want to buy some eggs? I am overrun with them.

Dh stupid dog ate one of my goose eggs today!!! I suspected that he was sneaking back there and taking them, but today I caught him bare pawed!!!!

Baby goats are hoppity boppin around! I was going to take everyone outside today, but was too busy so tomorrow hopefully it will be nice in the afternoon.

I made a CL trade! I am so excited! I traded a cherry sideboard for a upcycled old TV cabinet that has been turned into a big dogbed. I am going to put it in the kitchen and hopefully I will be able to take the huge crates out of there. We are washing the dogs blankets, but this is the cabinet without anything in it.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Me! Me! I want some fertile Sebastopol eggs!!!! That would be so cool!

That TV cabinet is vintage extraordinare! Good find.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Here's a pic with the pooches in their new bed! I love it!

Bridge...Email me about the sebbie eggs.

Awesome pic from their first day outside!!! Fly like Tinkerbell baby!!!! I tell you...baby goats are full of magic and shenanigans!

I'll put more pics on the kidding thread....

 

[jodief100]

They are all so adorable! Princess Grace the greyhound is jealous. She wants a canopy bed too.

 

[greenbean]

They're so cute Glad they like their new bed!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

There is not much cuter than kids bouncing around on a sunny day.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Yeah! I just got an email that I have a second interview with animal control on Thursday!

Rinky Dinky sleeps in the big dogs new bed almost as much as they do...I was going to take a pic, but he woke up and came over to beg for some treats. I feel bad though, because with his super short legs and his getting to be about 500 years old, his back legs give out when he tries to get in. Poor little dude! I would love to paint the bed an antique white....but we live in the country with dirty dogs.....and white only shows how dirty things really are!!!!!

I put my Sebastopol eggs for sale on backyard chickens and I sent out my first order today. I have a waiting list about 5 people long right now! I am not sending out the eggs that were adding up because I want to make sure everyone gets the freshest eggs, so I threw the rest of the "old" eggs in the incubator. They weren't over 10 days so should still work for home hatching though.

I had the kids help me take down the boy goats pen and used the cattle panels to fence off the back half of the yard so my girl goats can eat all the green grass and weeds to their hearts content! My 2 mamas and babies are still sleeping in the garage pen, but they are out with everyone for a few hours during the day. It has been below freezing some nights. Not fun.

Spellbound looks ready to pop, but she should be at least March 7th for day 145. By then I will be leaving Jane and Reese out with the herd all day/night and bringing the babies in to sleep in the garage still so I can milk in the mornings.

Poor Andy. He and Jax were moved to the girls old pen and he was very sad! When I went to replace the gate, I let the boys out to roam for a bit and he ran back to where the old pen was and was crying looking for his house and food! I think he was more upset about the thought of someone eating his food!

I also disbudded the kids this weekend. It seemed to go better than last year. I of course wasn't as nervous. But they seem so tiny! I used my half inch for Janes biggest boy because it looked like his buds were a bit too big for the pygmy tipped one. But the other 3 kids had really tiny buds so i used the pygmy tip on them. I will let you all know if it worked or not. Their heads are so tiny, I think the 1/2 inch just feels too big when I held it up (cold) to try and determine which one to use. I also found a technique that I really like for doing it by myself....sort of....I can do the kids left bud easily, but without switching hands, I am not able to hold them still enough and manage to get a good burn as fast on the right. I had DD hold them for the second side, but they move too much for my comfort. I am afraid of burning my helpers with such a hot tool and by doing it myself, all my senses get feedback on when to move the iron away if things start to go haywire.

Sorry no pics this time...I am running out of pic space in my uploads file but when I delete pics on there, they disappear from my posts too.