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You're right, once the honeymoon is over, the tough guy disappears!
What a difference 45 degrees and sunshine can make!
Old buck shed? What old buck shed? It is GONE. Well, aside from a pile of leftovers from the demolition. We got one load hauled away but we're going to probably have to burn this last pile.
Today he's breaking out the bobcat to remove the big pile of manure build up there, and I think we're having some stone hauled in because it's not supposed to rain for a few days. Once he said "We'll get them a new barn." I quit killing myself trying to remove the poo w/ a shovel through a 24" wide doorway....who knew it'd take him a year to actually get started....
In between helping him, I got all the yearlings who are open's hooves trimmed, copper bolused, and the entire herd got 'eyeball checked' (and I'm happy to report there were no 'anemic' goats. Nearly everyone scored a 1 or 2, the Toggs were a borderline 2.5 - 3 and the only ones I dewormed.)
Ellie (Nub doe from Poorboys is def. building an udder. So that's 3 new 'preggos' out of the 'maybe' group. If Ellie goes before Feb. 18th, they're PB Nubian. If she goes after that, then Bullitt must have gotten her after she got home. I would prefer PB, but since she's an FF it won't kill me if they end up being market kids.
I'm worried that the 2 new Obs that I bought bred are lacking something, they are just so tiny compared to my other goats and even the Obs I've owned / seen in the past. They lived wild in w/ a flock of sheep, w/out any real on-hand management, so they're hardy....but I'm betting they were cocci stunted and then copper deprived for a long time. I can easily catch them now and get them in the barn / on the milk stand. Pondering locking them in a stall and pumping the alfalfa to them, BUT, based on the bad time kidding Obs I've had in the past due to big babies, I'm afraid to....these guys are already 50# smaller than Penny. I can't imagine them pushing out 10# kids.
They (IMHO) should have been in better condition when bred....but that I can't help. I'm thinking maybe I'll just let them go and then start pumping the alf. to them post kidding. Probably won't be much for milk this year, but I really don't need it.
Couple of very 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus' examples from yesterday....
He started w/out me while I was pasteurizing the milk. I get down there and see blood on his hand, of course I say "What happened?"
"I layed my hand wide open." was his reply. So I try to see it and he exposes his hand for a split second and then goes back to work like a Big Strong Man.
I couldn't see anything in that brief flash but some dried blood and a dark line but I was dreading the clean up of the wound later, hoping it didn't need stitches, etc.
Little while later I am bent over trying to help remove a board. You know how when you're bent over and off balance, it doesn't take much force to send you on over?
Yeah. Well he bent over and his butt bumped me. The frame of the former wall was still up so my foot hit that and instead of just nicely faling over I tried to save myself and tripped and ended up landing a lot harder / further away than if I'd just went 'boom' where I was.
Mr. Oblivious finally notices (maybe he felt the earth shake,
) and looks over at me, sort of annoyed and says, "Well what are you doing down there?"
He then INSISTED he did not, in fact, bump me. Says "I didn't feel anything."
So apparently I go a$$ over teakettle into piles of goat manure, BUCK goat manure at that....just for fun on random occasions.
If you could see my bruises, ladies. They're SO pretty and SO purple.
ME>
<DH
So fast forward to we're done for the day and he's washing his hand. Once again he acts like he's guarding the crown jewels and won't let me see. (I'm thinking it must be bad and he doesn't want me to see how bad.) I finally grab his arm and get his hand in good light and....folks, I've seen 2 wk old kittens give bigger scratches.
But his hand was "layed wide open"
x eleventy billion.
In other news....the bum legged silkie chick didn't make it and the lonely survivor won't.shut.up. PEEPEEPEEPEEEPEEPEEPEEPEEPEEPEEEP
I'm utterly, totally addicted to Words With Friends. It's a scrabble game online. I don't have much time to play, but when I do, I can't stop. If people would stay up late and play, I'd probably be on my Kindle all night.
The lady coming for milking / shot lessons is now coming next week because something came up yesterday and she couldn't make it.
Have a fantabulous day...
What a difference 45 degrees and sunshine can make!
Old buck shed? What old buck shed? It is GONE. Well, aside from a pile of leftovers from the demolition. We got one load hauled away but we're going to probably have to burn this last pile.
Today he's breaking out the bobcat to remove the big pile of manure build up there, and I think we're having some stone hauled in because it's not supposed to rain for a few days. Once he said "We'll get them a new barn." I quit killing myself trying to remove the poo w/ a shovel through a 24" wide doorway....who knew it'd take him a year to actually get started....
In between helping him, I got all the yearlings who are open's hooves trimmed, copper bolused, and the entire herd got 'eyeball checked' (and I'm happy to report there were no 'anemic' goats. Nearly everyone scored a 1 or 2, the Toggs were a borderline 2.5 - 3 and the only ones I dewormed.)
Ellie (Nub doe from Poorboys is def. building an udder. So that's 3 new 'preggos' out of the 'maybe' group. If Ellie goes before Feb. 18th, they're PB Nubian. If she goes after that, then Bullitt must have gotten her after she got home. I would prefer PB, but since she's an FF it won't kill me if they end up being market kids.
I'm worried that the 2 new Obs that I bought bred are lacking something, they are just so tiny compared to my other goats and even the Obs I've owned / seen in the past. They lived wild in w/ a flock of sheep, w/out any real on-hand management, so they're hardy....but I'm betting they were cocci stunted and then copper deprived for a long time. I can easily catch them now and get them in the barn / on the milk stand. Pondering locking them in a stall and pumping the alfalfa to them, BUT, based on the bad time kidding Obs I've had in the past due to big babies, I'm afraid to....these guys are already 50# smaller than Penny. I can't imagine them pushing out 10# kids.
They (IMHO) should have been in better condition when bred....but that I can't help. I'm thinking maybe I'll just let them go and then start pumping the alf. to them post kidding. Probably won't be much for milk this year, but I really don't need it.
Couple of very 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus' examples from yesterday....
He started w/out me while I was pasteurizing the milk. I get down there and see blood on his hand, of course I say "What happened?"
"I layed my hand wide open." was his reply. So I try to see it and he exposes his hand for a split second and then goes back to work like a Big Strong Man.
I couldn't see anything in that brief flash but some dried blood and a dark line but I was dreading the clean up of the wound later, hoping it didn't need stitches, etc.
Little while later I am bent over trying to help remove a board. You know how when you're bent over and off balance, it doesn't take much force to send you on over?
Yeah. Well he bent over and his butt bumped me. The frame of the former wall was still up so my foot hit that and instead of just nicely faling over I tried to save myself and tripped and ended up landing a lot harder / further away than if I'd just went 'boom' where I was.
Mr. Oblivious finally notices (maybe he felt the earth shake,
) and looks over at me, sort of annoyed and says, "Well what are you doing down there?"He then INSISTED he did not, in fact, bump me. Says "I didn't feel anything."
So apparently I go a$$ over teakettle into piles of goat manure, BUCK goat manure at that....just for fun on random occasions.
If you could see my bruises, ladies. They're SO pretty and SO purple.
ME>
<DHSo fast forward to we're done for the day and he's washing his hand. Once again he acts like he's guarding the crown jewels and won't let me see. (I'm thinking it must be bad and he doesn't want me to see how bad.) I finally grab his arm and get his hand in good light and....folks, I've seen 2 wk old kittens give bigger scratches.
But his hand was "layed wide open"
x eleventy billion.In other news....the bum legged silkie chick didn't make it and the lonely survivor won't.shut.up. PEEPEEPEEPEEEPEEPEEPEEPEEPEEPEEEP
I'm utterly, totally addicted to Words With Friends. It's a scrabble game online. I don't have much time to play, but when I do, I can't stop. If people would stay up late and play, I'd probably be on my Kindle all night.
The lady coming for milking / shot lessons is now coming next week because something came up yesterday and she couldn't make it.
Have a fantabulous day...
for the barn gone. 
about oblivious DH's I have one too.
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