Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol

[Queen Mum]

You never know about people who dress up. I have a friend who has horses. You should see how she dresses. But when she is out with her horses, she is a totally different person. Muck boots, jeans, an old jacket, the works. She still manages to look all prissy and pretty. But she falls in the mud and gets dirty and gets right back up. She mucks out barns, delivers foals and milks mares and does AI. It's just cognitive dissonance to see her in two different settings.

Her house is immaculate. Her barn is neat as a pin. It boggles my mind. But she NEVER fusses at me for making messes.

 

[ksalvagno]

I mean...she wore dress shoes and dangly earrings out here to 'see goats'...Dress shoes! In my mud!

I would see that all the time when people came out to look at alpacas. Even when I told them to wear shoes that could get dirty. Most people truly don't understand what is in the barn and the smells of the barn.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

You sold your 2 other Obs? Were they open?

There's a B&B near here that "rents" hair sheep during the summer months just so they have something pretty for their guests to look at. THat would probably be the best option for that woman.

 

[Roll farms]

Aggie, they were bred, and I didn't really WANT to sell them but-
A) they had udders only a baby goat could love. Tiny. Pinky-tip teats. I mean ITTY BITTY. They were also pretty runty (half the size of my other Ob doe) and semi-wild.
B) the Ob buck I had access to got sold out from under me, so I would have had to drive 2 hrs and pay $$$ for buck service or buy yet another big stinky buck.
C) With the 'normal' sized Obs here having kidding problems, I was sorta afraid these girls would, too...even though they're unrelated, just because of their size.


I did send an email to another Ob breeder (Penny's) and tell him that if he could come up w/ a good milker to 'cull' from his show string, I'd buy her AND a buckling...

Lots of B-word goats around here today getting called not-nice names by me....and screamy yearlings making me want to plug my ears.
We put the yearlings in the 'big pen' and moved the Tub-a-Lardi Boer does over to the 'grass hay only' barn.
That leaves the 7 milkers, who I always THOUGHT were such ladies....who are being such.......blankety-blanking-blanks to the yearlings.
There's room for 20 does to stand and eat at that feeder side-by-side and the meanie mc meanersons are beating the tar out of the yearlings and scaring them spitless, so they go stand out in the cold and shiver and scream for me to come save them.

I know it has to happen, but it's just so stupid and hateful and I HATE this process. Ugh.

I wish one of the yearlings would knock Dazzle on her glorious behind.



eta, I know not ALL fancy dressers are snooty people, but trust me...this lady was. I TOLD her 'wear boots'. She ignored that....She insisted on driving down to my barn rather than walking, and when I went into the barn and she had to follow me and walk on squishy, semi-dry muck...the look on her face said it all. It's a safe bet she won't be getting any livestock, IMHO....they might (OMG) poop in her illustrious presence.

eta, again...the ABSOLUTE best part about this woman, when she called....she felt the need to inform me about the town she was calling from....tell me where it was, what famous person was born there, etc. etc.....mind you it's 10 miles away from me and...my dad was born/raised there.

 

[Queen Mum]

eta, again...the ABSOLUTE best part about this woman, when she called....she felt the need to inform me about the town she was calling from....tell me where it was, what famous person was born there, etc. etc....

I have a name for people like that... But the website changes the word to something else. "Equiis Asinus deep depression in the soil" is another name for it.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Aggie, they were bred, and I didn't really WANT to sell them but-
A) they had udders only a baby goat could love. Tiny. Pinky-tip teats. I mean ITTY BITTY. They were also pretty runty (half the size of my other Ob doe) and semi-wild.
B) the Ob buck I had access to got sold out from under me, so I would have had to drive 2 hrs and pay $$$ for buck service or buy yet another big stinky buck.
C) With the 'normal' sized Obs here having kidding problems, I was sorta afraid these girls would, too...even though they're unrelated, just because of their size.

Well that makes sense. No way would I want a doe w/ ittie bittie titties. I mean, June has rather large ones, but they're so nice and easy to milk. Maybe if June has some doe kids we can work out a deal. I'm not sure I need to keep any more goats this year.

 

[Queen Mum]

Well that makes sense. No way would I want a doe w/ ittie bittie titties. I mean, June has rather large ones, but they're so nice and easy to milk. Maybe if June has some doe kids we can work out a deal. I'm not sure I need to keep any more goats this year.

You always need more goats. G.A.S.

 

[neener92]

Lots of B-word goats around here today getting called not-nice names by me....and screamy yearlings making me want to plug my ears.
We put the yearlings in the 'big pen' and moved the Tub-a-Lardi Boer does over to the 'grass hay only' barn.
That leaves the 7 milkers, who I always THOUGHT were such ladies....who are being such.......blankety-blanking-blanks to the yearlings.
There's room for 20 does to stand and eat at that feeder side-by-side and the meanie mc meanersons are beating the tar out of the yearlings and scaring them spitless, so they go stand out in the cold and shiver and scream for me to come save them.

I know it has to happen, but it's just so stupid and hateful and I HATE this process. Ugh.

I wish one of the yearlings would knock Dazzle on her glorious behind.

Sounds like my delimma...

 

[Roll farms]

Aggie, they were bred, and I didn't really WANT to sell them but-
A) they had udders only a baby goat could love. Tiny. Pinky-tip teats. I mean ITTY BITTY. They were also pretty runty (half the size of my other Ob doe) and semi-wild.
B) the Ob buck I had access to got sold out from under me, so I would have had to drive 2 hrs and pay $$$ for buck service or buy yet another big stinky buck.
C) With the 'normal' sized Obs here having kidding problems, I was sorta afraid these girls would, too...even though they're unrelated, just because of their size.

Well that makes sense. No way would I want a doe w/ ittie bittie titties. I mean, June has rather large ones, but they're so nice and easy to milk. Maybe if June has some doe kids we can work out a deal. I'm not sure I need to keep any more goats this year.

If you're willin' to bring me a doe kid, I'd buy it, f'real.

I don't think anyone believes how badly I hate to travel. I'd buy goats all day long if they'd only get brought to me here,

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Aggie, they were bred, and I didn't really WANT to sell them but-
A) they had udders only a baby goat could love. Tiny. Pinky-tip teats. I mean ITTY BITTY. They were also pretty runty (half the size of my other Ob doe) and semi-wild.
B) the Ob buck I had access to got sold out from under me, so I would have had to drive 2 hrs and pay $$$ for buck service or buy yet another big stinky buck.
C) With the 'normal' sized Obs here having kidding problems, I was sorta afraid these girls would, too...even though they're unrelated, just because of their size.

Well that makes sense. No way would I want a doe w/ ittie bittie titties. I mean, June has rather large ones, but they're so nice and easy to milk. Maybe if June has some doe kids we can work out a deal. I'm not sure I need to keep any more goats this year.

If you're willin' to bring me a doe kid, I'd buy it, f'real.

I don't think anyone believes how badly I hate to travel. I'd buy goats all day long if they'd only get brought to me here,

I will seriously think about it. I'm always up for a road trip. It may not happen until the kid is weaned though....just because our schedules are so busy!