Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[ragdollcatlady]

Congrats on the new kids Babs! ....Looks like you still got a chamoisee but I see black n white too. Glad they are both girls!!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!

I took it easy today.

Last weekend, we were visiting family and I got to meet my second new nephew. Then I had a migraine on the way home and after a full workweek, I was just tired.

I taught my first nephew "E" how to properly give gifts. He is 4 months old and needs to learn about these things. Apparently, I already gave him a few inappropriate childrens books. If you have ever heard of "Guess How Much I Love You" with the little nutbrown hare....try reading it like this....little brown nut hare..... That is how my brother reads it... And of course I happened to give him a few different variations of the book. And then I got in trouble with "Skippy Jon Jones and the Big Bones".... I can't repeat the line from that one, but I suggest you read it.... Cute story but OH MY! When you read the line you will know what I am talking about!

Anyway, I bought him a set of Little People super heros, Superman, Batman, Joker, Robin, Batgirl, Wonder Woman...Totally cool!!!! I helped him open them, while I explained that to give the best gifts, you have think really hard about something the other person would absolutely love...then throw that idea out the window, buy something you have been wanting forever, and give them that. Then you can sit there and be super sorry for yourself in your own private pity party while you watch them play with your most favorite thing ever!!! As I watched him playing with the coolest little people ever.....

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I sold Jacks Jester today. ND buckling I kept back from last year. I was wanting to breed him this breeding season, but he was a little slow figuring things out and the girls I was wanting him bred to were getting frustrated .... So I ended up cutting his dates short and bringing in my older boys. I still have his full sister (who also has lovely mooonspots) and 2 others with Jack Sparrow in them. I was so silly to buy Armani a few months ago but I couldn't pass up his genes .... I just had too many boys for the number of ND girls. He went to a young girl that will be in 4H soon so hopefully he will do good things for her herd. He should compliment their black and white girls wonderfully. He is a chocolate buckskin with moonspots so they should get some nice variety.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!

I took it easy today.

Last weekend, we were visiting family and I got to meet my second new nephew. Then I had a migraine on the way home and after a full workweek, I was just tired.

I taught my first nephew "E" how to properly give gifts. He is 4 months old and needs to learn about these things. Apparently, I already gave him a few inappropriate childrens books. If you have ever heard of "Guess How Much I Love You" with the little nutbrown hare....try reading it like this....little brown nut hare..... That is how my brother reads it... And of course I happened to give him a few different variations of the book. And then I got in trouble with "Skippy Jon Jones and the Big Bones".... I can't repeat the line from that one, but I suggest you read it.... Cute story but OH MY! When you read the line you will know what I am talking about!

Anyway, I bought him a set of Little People super heros, Superman, Batman, Joker, Robin, Batgirl, Wonder Woman...Totally cool!!!! I helped him open them, while I explained that to give the best gifts, you have think really hard about something the other person would absolutely love...then throw that idea out the window, buy something you have been wanting forever, and give them that. Then you can sit there and be super sorry for yourself in your own private pity party while you watch them play with your most favorite thing ever!!! As I watched him playing with the coolest little people ever.....

I love Guess How Much I Love You
It was one of Rachel"s favorites

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Me too! That is why I had to get it for him. I guess my brother had temporary dyslexia and it came out sounding wrong to him. I was confused why it sounded inappropriate until he explained it. Of course my young adult boys got it right away. Now my brother and sister in law can't read that book with a straight face. Oh well, what can you do?

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Here is a link to the Palm Silage pellets nutrition analysis (as per the company) that I am trying out on my goats. The milking girls had a few tastes of this last season and they ended up liking it pretty well. If anyone can give me their take on the nutrition analysis, I would really love some help and I know some folks on here have much to share.

So far the biggest concern for me is that it looks like the iron is really high??....

http://palmsilage.com/analyses/

 

[babsbag]

It does look like the iron is high, the feeds I compared it to don't have any added iron. The crude fiber is high compared to other goat feed, like Purina or Bar Ale. Also not sure about the calhos ration being .90 ??? I have never seen it written that way.

Not sure what the high iron would do but @Southern by choice might be able to answer that.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Wiley was cracking me up again today. She has done it before, but she was 'waving' at me again. I finally figured out why.... She comes barreling in from outside, past me at mach speed, only to turn and 'wave' at me very dramatically and several times in a row..... Had me confused for a minute until she headed straight at me at the same speed, and I frantically 'waved' at her, in an effort to stop/slow/or otherwise prevent her from running me over. LOL!!! She was copying me! I put a hand up in a 'stop' position to signal the dogs "down" and also depending on the situation, to "stay" in whatever position they are in. Until Wiley. This girl is so fast when she comes toward me that I frequently am a bit over dramatic with the motion I guess, hence her over dramatic imitation of me! If I only had her odd colored eyes, we would be twins!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Today we used a cattle panel to make Andy his own little bachelor pad within the boer girls pen. He broke the wire that was keeping him and Rocky out of the girls side so he has been hanging with the girls for a few days. But Bailey looks ready to pop at any moment and he was rubbing along her backside... surely not the most comfortable thing this late in her pregnancy. And just plain weird! while we were situating everything, he did pee on his beard and make a giant kissy face towards me! LOL! I was so not about to kiss that mug!!!! NO WAY! But it was was super funny!

My gander and I had a deep conversation today. Something along the lines of "if you bite me again I will return the favor, but I know how to use seasonings and I have a great recipe I have been wanting to try...." Not really. He cost me way too much and I don't mind that he is willing to take on people or worse. I would hope he could defend his gaggle against a threat, human or otherwise, especially in the side yard sine the fencing isn't great over there. But biting the hand that feeds you is never a good idea! I did pick him up and threaten him but he is gorgeous and I love him.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I haven't been able to get a good pic of Armani but this one isn't all that bad. His mom, Desert Nannys Uptown Girl has a killer udder with long teats, especially for a nigerian. Armani has white pants. I think that's pretty funny. Not sure why, but I do.