RemudaOne
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Doodiehead, doodiehead!!! 
Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol
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GriffinRidgeFarm
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daisychick
Overrun with beasties
I have this problem all the time with people buying chickens. I had one person say they were coming at 5pm on a Sunday and then they finally showed up at 9pm. I was just getting ready to hit the pillow. I went outside and sold them the chickens in my jammies and without a smile at all. This isn't a Wal-mart people, this is my house and I DO have a life. I guess I'm a doodiehead too. 
I started giving people a window of time to show up. I tell them if they aren't here by X time then they will have to come some other day.
I started giving people a window of time to show up. I tell them if they aren't here by X time then they will have to come some other day.- Thread starter
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Roll farms
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Yeah, I tried telling her not to come after 5 via email.....her excuse was that she was in town and not checking her email....funny, she replies to me from her phone all the time when SHE wants something....
Ah well, it wasn't the 1st time she's been late or not shown up, so if she buggers off....it's just one less person to make me act like...a doodiehead.
I'm going to give the Nubian buckling I have left to the people who lost the kid last night. Normally I don't replace kids, (You can't control what happens w/ them, esp. 10 days later) but this is a 4-H family and I feel bad for the kids. However, if this one 'dies suddenly', I'm going to assume it's something they're doing wrong, although I questioned her and she seems to be doing all the right things.
Ah well, it wasn't the 1st time she's been late or not shown up, so if she buggers off....it's just one less person to make me act like...a doodiehead.
I'm going to give the Nubian buckling I have left to the people who lost the kid last night. Normally I don't replace kids, (You can't control what happens w/ them, esp. 10 days later) but this is a 4-H family and I feel bad for the kids. However, if this one 'dies suddenly', I'm going to assume it's something they're doing wrong, although I questioned her and she seems to be doing all the right things.
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That little doe is a dreamboat.
Doodieheads are people too. We need our downtime. People can be so RUDE.
Doodieheads are people too. We need our downtime. People can be so RUDE.
fortheloveofgoats
Overrun with beasties
Well I hope all goes well with them taking this one. I hope that it's not something that they are doing wrong.Roll farms said:
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Mornin'.
Hoping to start the greenhouse today. I took all the pieces parts out of the box last night and it's a LOT more complicated than I thought it would be, and a lot flimsier than expected. Of course, you don't get much for $250 these days....but I didn't want to invest in a big $$ one on my first time out.
The 1st problem is you're not supposed to build it, then move it. The 2nd is, you're supposed to install it on a flat surface. The 3rd problem is you're not supposed to assemble it in windy conditions.
1- we were planning on building it in the garage (to be out of the wind).
2- I live on a hill....we have no 'flat' surfaces....where it's going we are planning on using block to make level.
3- It's springtime in Indiana.....there will be wind every.single.day until about August. I won't need it in August....
So wish us luck. If DH and I don't kill eachother in this process....it'll be a miracle. We do *not* work well together when neither of us knows what we're doing. There needs to be a 'boss'. This will be a learning experience for us both, and I will KNOW how I want it, and he will THINK he knows best, and well.....you see where I'm going.
The people I'm offering to give a kid to to replace one that died....called last night, wanting to know if they can wait until March 25th to pick him up, they 'forgot' they have spring break in Washington, DC in 2 wks.
*sigh* SURE, I'd love to keep a 'free' goat for an additional 3 wks.
The lady I was grumpy to on Sunday apparently took no offense (found out she's a probation officer....she's probably used to some level of unpleasantness...lol).
She came yesterday for milk, nipples, and cocci info. Seems she bought another kid and the breeder told her it was a bottle baby...but it isn't....and he didn't really give her much info on....anything. So I loaned her some more books and printed out some coccidia info, hopefully she can get the kid going on a bottle and healthy.
Ummmm.....still waiting on Levi, Austin, and Lacey to kid. Freckles is NOT building an udder (but she's never kidded here - maybe she waits until the last minute...). If she's really just fat I will be soooo mad.
Yesterday was my go in to work at 5am day.
DH goes back to work Monday (YAY) so....now I'll be working from 5am to 8 am on truck days (instead of 10am) so that I can run home and get the feeding / milking done. He will bottle feed before he goes in at 6am.
Tomorrow we're going to go pick up a new black Flemish Giant doe (mom is blue, dad is black, and we'll be breeding her to a blue buck so should get both colors.)
I think that's everything......
Have a great day.
Hoping to start the greenhouse today. I took all the pieces parts out of the box last night and it's a LOT more complicated than I thought it would be, and a lot flimsier than expected. Of course, you don't get much for $250 these days....but I didn't want to invest in a big $$ one on my first time out.
The 1st problem is you're not supposed to build it, then move it. The 2nd is, you're supposed to install it on a flat surface. The 3rd problem is you're not supposed to assemble it in windy conditions.
1- we were planning on building it in the garage (to be out of the wind).
2- I live on a hill....we have no 'flat' surfaces....where it's going we are planning on using block to make level.
3- It's springtime in Indiana.....there will be wind every.single.day until about August. I won't need it in August....
So wish us luck. If DH and I don't kill eachother in this process....it'll be a miracle. We do *not* work well together when neither of us knows what we're doing. There needs to be a 'boss'. This will be a learning experience for us both, and I will KNOW how I want it, and he will THINK he knows best, and well.....you see where I'm going.
The people I'm offering to give a kid to to replace one that died....called last night, wanting to know if they can wait until March 25th to pick him up, they 'forgot' they have spring break in Washington, DC in 2 wks.
*sigh* SURE, I'd love to keep a 'free' goat for an additional 3 wks.
The lady I was grumpy to on Sunday apparently took no offense (found out she's a probation officer....she's probably used to some level of unpleasantness...lol).
She came yesterday for milk, nipples, and cocci info. Seems she bought another kid and the breeder told her it was a bottle baby...but it isn't....and he didn't really give her much info on....anything. So I loaned her some more books and printed out some coccidia info, hopefully she can get the kid going on a bottle and healthy.
Ummmm.....still waiting on Levi, Austin, and Lacey to kid. Freckles is NOT building an udder (but she's never kidded here - maybe she waits until the last minute...). If she's really just fat I will be soooo mad.
Yesterday was my go in to work at 5am day.
DH goes back to work Monday (YAY) so....now I'll be working from 5am to 8 am on truck days (instead of 10am) so that I can run home and get the feeding / milking done. He will bottle feed before he goes in at 6am.
Tomorrow we're going to go pick up a new black Flemish Giant doe (mom is blue, dad is black, and we'll be breeding her to a blue buck so should get both colors.)
I think that's everything......
Have a great day.
ThreeBoysChicks
Loving the herd life
I hear you on the chicken customers. I am fortunate that I have more customers than I do chicks. I advertise that they are sold first come first serve. If you don't show, I might just sell them to someone else. 9:00 is very late for someone to come to your house, whether they are spending money or not.
elevan
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Good luck! I know how that is...DH and I are the same way. Biggest problem is that I have to be the boss...oh, wait...why is that a problem? Scratch that. Biggest problem is that he doesn't always recognize that I'm the boss!Roll farms said:So wish us luck. If DH and I don't kill eachother in this process....it'll be a miracle. We do *not* work well together when neither of us knows what we're doing. There needs to be a 'boss'. This will be a learning experience for us both, and I will KNOW how I want it, and he will THINK he knows best, and well.....you see where I'm going.
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Well, aside from a couple 'choice words' for eachother, we got the frame done and a good start on the floor. (Pic is just the frame, hadn't started the floor yet)
And we had to run to Lowes for wood for the floor.
And, Lacey kidded.
And I had to take my black jeep in at 2pm to find out what the god-awful sound in the front end is....U joint....they had to order one, it'll be in tomorrow.
And of course there was feeding, milking, bottles, etc. to do....
So considering we had quite a few disruptions, and the instructions SUCK, I'm pretty proud of how far we got on it.
And we had to run to Lowes for wood for the floor.
And, Lacey kidded.
And I had to take my black jeep in at 2pm to find out what the god-awful sound in the front end is....U joint....they had to order one, it'll be in tomorrow.
And of course there was feeding, milking, bottles, etc. to do....
So considering we had quite a few disruptions, and the instructions SUCK, I'm pretty proud of how far we got on it.
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