RPC~ Picture of our 4-H wether

[RPC]

Thanks Cindy is still below average but I think she will come out of it with time. We are keeping Porsche and Cindy. I like Jan the best but she has bad teats and so does Marsha so they have to go. Cindy is the only other girl besides Porsche and I don't want to try to keep one doe by herself and the big does would kill her so Cindy gets to stay. If she doesn't grow out of her runtiness by a yearling I will sell her. I am very happy with everyone else though.

 

[Roll farms]

They look good. I'd like to see a shot of Caliber 'posed' by one of the kids sometime, if possible?
Just thought I'd tell ya, I remembered to weigh Valentine. At 60 days she was at 36#, her ADG so far was .46.

 

[RPC]

Like this one?

I can get another one next nice day the kids are out.

I think the next time they are out we are going to start walking the babies. We have to weigh in and tattoo or tag the 4-H kids on May the 5th and I would like ours to be atleast walked once before that LOL.

 

[RPC]

Hello to whoever may still read this occasionally. I had a crazy busy week and weekend and so I have not been on here much. I was so busy I forgot to weigh Porsche and Jager last Thursday so it will have to wait till this week. The goats are all doing well. My 8 does at summer camp are starting to really pack on the pounds LOL. I have put the boys on 16% feed and on a diet since the 2 wethers are getting a little big. I should really start pulling Caliber out and feeding him more. If he would leave the girls alone I would have kept him with them so he could get more food. I am actually working the girls up in feed to get them bigger. I really am trying to push them and get them all big and beefed up. I kept the does on the 18% feed for a little while longer. In other news I am house hunting and met with a realtor and looked at 2 houses today. The first one I really liked it had 2.86 rolling acres and seem awesome and like a good deal until I went inside. The entire house needs gutted and redone and it is not worth that nor do I have the money. Then the other house was in pretty good shape and just needed minor fix ups and I really liked the floor plan but it sat on 1/2 acre. So there would be no room for the goats. So the house search is still on and i am really tired of it. The area I want to live in is not really in my budget so finding a house is like finding the needle in a hay stack. I was pre-approved for $95,000 and the area I want to live in has a median house priced at about $275,000. With some in the millions so it is hard to find one I want in my price range before someone else takes it. If I was willing to drive an hour to work I would not have much of a problem finding a house but I don't want to drive more then 30 minutes. I don't like to wake up any earlier then I have too. Well I hope everyone has a great week!

 

[daisychick]

Trying to find a house is a really hard task. About 10 years ago I was in your shoes and trying so hard to find a place where I could have animals. Everything had old ratty houses and nice land. We just kept looking and it took about a year to find where we live now. It only has 1 1/2 acres and is NO where close to as much land as we wanted, but the house is livable so we had to take it. We can have animals, just not as many as I wanted. Don't give up, you will find something eventually.

 

[RPC]

Thanks I know its a process and I don't want to just jump on anything but it is hard not to get excited for a house only to find out it is junk. There was leaks and mold in every room of the house. After just a few minutes my eyes were so itchy it was not even funny. Then the other house was nice just needed some things fixed up new carpet but was totally liveable. I guess when it is time I will find the house I want.

 

[Roll farms]

Good luck in your search.

 

[20kidsonhill]

OUrs are halter broke the day of first weigh-in, which is the first week of June. You are way ahead of us.

 

[RPC]

Well none of the kids have been walked caliber was set up but there was not walking him or putting a chain on him. Our weigh-in is May 5th so we are really late working with them.

 

[RPC]

Weigh-in time.
Cindy- approx 35 pounds. She jumped out of the bag before I could get a full read out. That means she is still sucking at growing.
Jager- 28 pounds 3oz.
Porsche- 21 pounds 4 oz.

ADG
Cindy- approx .30
Jager- .61
Porsche- .34
Starting yesterday Porsche has been refusing the bottle. She is not skinny she just doesn't want the bottle and want solid food. I have never had this happen and feel 6 weeks is a little young. I decided to start only giving the bottles twice a day in hopes they will keep drinking. Even Jager is taking longer to eat. We will see how it goes.
Growth wise Jager is doing awesome so I hope he keeps that up.