Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[Bridgemoof]

Oh no! I hope I didn't miss the boat on eggs! I will pm you so I can get on the waiting list. Dang nabbit!

OMG those dogs in the vintage tv bed is SOOOO cute!

 

[purplequeenvt]

I upload all my pictures to Flickr and then copy them into my posts.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

This morning I had an appointment with a family wanting to come see Truffles my ND girl I have for sale.

I came home from work and went out to check waterers and make sure everyone was fed....and a neighbor dog was attacking my showgirl rooster Zim! He wasn't making any noise or anything! The dog was on top of him tearing at him. I grabbed a bucket and ran at him. Zimmer ran/hopped off and I kind of cornered the dog trying to keep from letting him run into a bunch of my calls and chickens trying to shelter next to the gate.

One of my teens overslept this morning and missed the school bus so I yelled for him and my DH to please come help me. I had hardly said hi to my DH when I came in which isn't like me, but if I had, Zim would have died. I am so thankful for feeling the pressing need to check on everyone right then!

I had DH and DS keep the rotten dog in one space of the yard somewhat cornered, but not too close. I grabbed Zim and he has 2 good sized bite marks and about 1/3 of his feathers are missing. his tail is all but gone and alot of his bloomers were torn off. His neck has a few little nicks and is missing a few feathers too...

OMG...That thing was just in the yard again! I heard one of my queens in the kitchen bark and went to the window. My girl goats were backed up to the gate and watching something in the corner of the yard....It was back in my yard! I ran out there and chased it to the far back. I thought it was going to go through the fence but it got stuck and started screaming. I stayed back about 3 feet so I didn't get bit and he got himself unstuck but on my side of the fence. His owner was calling him by then. I pushed him towards the back corner that I thought he came through thinking he would go through the fence, but NO! he ran across the back of my fence! I was trying to herd him to the first corner, when he took off past me and ran back up towards my animals and my house! I ran down the middle of the yard hoping to cut him off before he got to my goats or the center fence. I stopped long enough to grab a big stick and when I turned around, he had gotten through my fence, through the neighbors fence and was trying to get in his own fence!

Ok so animal control was out to talk to the owners. I guess the mom and dad aren't home, so poor teen daughter had to talk to AC. The officer took pics of Zims injuries and advised them to come talk to us. AC also said to trap him in our yard if he comes over again so they see him off his own property. It makes for a stronger case.

I patched Zim up with antibiotic ointment and some LA200. I put him and his buddy Hannibal back in the front yard in our new garden area.

So the lady wanted Truffles, but wanted her guaranteed bred AND a hundred dollars off too!!!!!No thanks!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

On a cute note...
Leah, my younger Lavender Sebastopol girl, had asked me for her own doghouse. Yes she really did ask....sort of. She would be in Buck Naked's house and wouldn't let him eat his hay or get in out of the weather til she was done. So I gave her the Canadians house. They aren't using it yet anyways. This morning she was decorating....checking it out....likin it....later when I checked it out, they straw was arranged in a nest type area. A little bit later, Elliot was in there laying an egg. So I took Ellies egg. Just now I was outside making sure that dog wasn't back, and I saw Leah in front of her house. She was taking billfuls of straw and throwing them out of the house. I think she was upset that Elliot messed up her bed!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

It never fails to irritate me that people let their dogs run about, almost like they think it is somehow cute or other times, like it is some right they have as dog owners. Hope that the mutt gets snared in the trap and you don't have to worry about it eating your birds anymore.

And your Lavender...C-U-T-E!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I had my second interview with the animal control! I think it went really good! I hope they get back to me soon.

All the animals are good. Baby goats are spending days out with the whole herd but nights in the garage. I had to milk out one side on each of my mommas last night...they were super full on only one side each! Incredibly, Jane was actually better behaved than Reese. Spell is bigger than a house about now.

Yesterday I emptied and refilled the gooses pool! They were spalshaholics! Poor Willow was the only one that couldn't seem to get her big boosoms over the edge of the pool to get in! I felt soooo bad for her....but I laughed anyways!

 

[CocoNUT]

second interview! Good luck...sounds promising!

Had to laugh at the visual of Willow trying to get in!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Tonight I separated babies from mamas for the first time...(goats that is)....I thought mamas were going to be terribly upset, but after upsetting the mamas by milking them out...they ran back outside to the rest of the herd!

Zim, poor little chewed up showgirl rooster, is doing OK. He was already in bed in the front garden...Hannibal was upset that Zim went to bed too soon....By the way, their bed in the front yard is a large metal mailbox.....I thought it would be cute, but no one liked it at first. then I ended up out in the rain (last year) shoving the boys into it in the dark to keep them dry and now they are good with their stylish digs..... I think I might need to put Alexis out with Hannibal and Zim....she usually sleeps right in between them......I saw her roosting by herself tonight. She has a broken top beak. I don't know what happened to it, but it is healing. She is one of my all time favorite girls so the thought of her sleeping alone makes me sad.....(sigh).....gotta worry about all my kids social development and all.....

Crabby Abby and Lucy were moved temporarily to the front garden area for some weed therapy and to be the living lawn mowers for awhile. Both geese were drinking from the birdbath DH put out there for the little wild birds...they loved that it is right at eye level....

I weeded one of last years garden patches and we have 3 types of lettuce and one fancy broccoli growing in that patch. I think I have 2 brussel sprouts in the other one. Did I mention though that weeds grow like weeds around here! That is really what I grow best!

I am getting excited for Spell to kid! She is huge. I am debating bottle feeding her kids though. This years dam raised babies are afraid of us catching them. They don't jump on us and come like last years kids did. At least I might if they are girls...I am pretty tired of Jax....I don't think I want another bottle baby buck! He isn't afraid of being too much of a butt! I think Buck Naked, even when he is obnoxious is really easier to handle.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Ok I need to share...I am soooo steamed!


Edited because I decided I am done being steamed. I still feel the same but not going to dwell on it.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

OK so the cutest little thing...I was just tucking in all the farm critters when I shone the flashlight into the Faverolles pen and I saw the 2 jr chickens snuggling with Sandy in the black rubber feed pan! Good thing I wasn't hungry for dinner, they were already in the dish!

Normally I work graveyard, I worked a pm shift at work tonight and that has to be the easiest shift there is! But I was still tired by the time I was done.

Goat update: Last night I got 1 and 1/4 cup from each of them and this morning I got 2 cups from each, but tonight they were all drunk out. Poor babies probably figured out that they were gonna have just regular old goat food and hay overnight so they better fill up before bedtime! Since I worked late, they were out in the dark for a little while longer than usual too so they were likely a little bit colder.

Still no babies from Spell, but her lady parts are starting to give way.

The girls are getting used to the new routine. Reese and Jane ran back to the herd after milking, hollering their heads off....Probably telling the kids to "follow us!" but the kids were already locked up for bed.

I don't remember if I mentioned it, but last week my DD butchered her first muscovy! I walked her through it and explained as good as I could how I do it and what I feel for/see/or try to do.....She did great and we cooked up Scovy soup! She called dibs on the heart, liver, lungs, gizzard...I think that is it....She always wants those anyways, but she may just take over butchering so she can get them without a fight!

OK I gotta get some sleep....I'll see y'all tomorrow!