Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

[Hens and Roos]

We are back on kidding watch, our second doe due is Obie- today is day 143- as of this morning her udder looks like this:

we took a few days off(Sat thru Tuesday) and took the kids to St. Louis- we went with 5 other from our 4-H club- we went to several museums and the Arch. Friends of ours watched the dogs and did chores for us. We had a great time and it was nice to get away! Now back to work.....

 

[Hens and Roos]

Day 145 for Obie....don't really see any changes except...... she is being more bossy...running around and ramming the other goats and trying to eat their food

I also have to keep a close eye on Ellie(our Aussie) as she will pick up on the labor before us as we learned the hard way with Coco kidding. I am actually taking Ellie with us when we leave the house just to be safe.

 

[Southern by choice]

 

[Pearce Pastures]

 

[Sweetened]

Do you find that the sunflower seeds and oats provide enough for them, in addition to hay and loose minerals- for all stages(bred, milking)?

IF Maggie is bred-she isn't quite 2 months along according to the date given.......

Sorry for the delay on answering this. Like i said its super rare we grain at all, and BOSS is given in 1/4 cup amounts on occassion, maybe once a week at best. Our bucklings and wethers are strictly hay/grass/browse.

 

[Southern by choice]

Sorry for the delay on answering this. Like i said its super rare we grain at all, and BOSS is given in 1/4 cup amounts on occassion, maybe once a week at best. Our bucklings and wethers are strictly hay/grass/browse.

You need to be careful with BOSS and oats. It can really throw off the Calcium Phosphorus ratio.

 

[Hens and Roos]

right now our does are getting the same grain that they were on when we got them- very limited amounts. After doing some checking- sweet feed seems to be what is available...

our little buckling is not getting the sweet feed...cant get to it as the older does block and inhale it down! He is getting milk and hay and a small amount of the same pellets Melanie is eating.

 

[luvmypets]

 

[Hens and Roos]

our weather is getting warmer and now we have to put up fence, this is what we should look at getting right? Will this be tall enough?

Non-Climb Horse Fence, 48 in. x 200 ft.

 

[Southern by choice]

Yep.