RPC~ Picture of our 4-H wether

[ksalvagno]

Why move? We are also in the process of getting our house ready to put up for sale and hopefully sell and move. DH has a 4 hour commute and is tired of driving it. He is ok with driving up to an hour one way. So I understand the excitement and frustration of selling/buying. We are hoping to have our house on the market the middle of May. We are downsizing the goats but will still have goats and chickens. We want to stay out in the country and are looking for 5 acres or better. More about the neighbors not being close than anything else.

I think Cindy will just take a long time to catch up.

 

[RPC]

Karen I have to move. I was tired of renting so I moved back in with my mom and step dad. I am 25 almost 26 and I really want to be on my own again. Living with your parents at my age is not something a girl really likes to come over too LOL. Its just the next chapter in my life that I need to move on with. I am not in a huge hurry so I am not just going to jump into a house that I am not happy with but I sure hope one comes around sooner then later.

Well the goats are all going well. Caliber is getting extra feed to get him bigger faster since the wethers he is with are on a diet. I am giving him some calf manna along with his pellets so I hope it helps. I am really happy with how Caliber is looking I just want him bigger but I think he is doing pretty well for his age. He is getting some length and width which is good. The kids are back to finishing their bottles. I think they were feeling a little under the weather. The weather this year has been nutts. We had a mild winter then had temps almost in the 90's in February/March. Now its in the 50's during the day and windy. We still get frost every now and then. I just wish it would get to the high 70's and stay there. Cindy is slowly catching up to her sisters but I know it will just take her time. I hope she is not to small at the fair. She is really long and pretty wide so atleast she has that going for her. I have to keep an eye on Jager because he is riding Porsche all over but I have still not seen him extend which is good. As soon as he does or is weaned I am putting him and Caliber together, then the 2 wethers, and lastly the 4 girls. So I will have 3 pens of kids with different feeding practices. I really enjoy adjusting everyones feeding schedules. If I went back to school it would possibly be for animal nutrition. I just like to see different results with different feeding practices. Well I hope everyone has a great weekend. I am laying low and probably going to some friends houses for some bon fires which is my favorite way to hang out on the weekends.

 

[Roll farms]

Have a great weekend.

 

[20kidsonhill]

LOL, I would be thrilled if my daughter would at least date a guy with a GED, divers license, JOB. Wouldn't even have to be all of them, one or two of them would be nice. A little younger, but still is there really that many 18 to 22 years olds out there with known of those things??? and wow, actually living in his own house, either as an owner or renting, That would be amazing.

 

[ksalvagno]

Karen I have to move. I was tired of renting so I moved back in with my mom and step dad. I am 25 almost 26 and I really want to be on my own again.

Gotcha. I don't blame you then. I just assumed you were at your own place and sounded like you already had a great setup. My DH is willing to drive up to an hour each way to go to work so it gives us more room to find a larger place with more land. The Columbus area in Ohio is expensive! But that is where all the jobs are.

Have a good weekend! You have one thing in your favor, you don't have to get a house ready to sell. We are busy with getting our house ready to sell. Amazing how much stuff you collect.

 

[that's*satyrical]

Good luck finding a house. We had to stay with our parents for 2 years. We finally found a place on 5 acres. It was beat up & smelled bad but we fixed it up as cheaply as we could & now I just love it. Put in new hardwood floors ourselves, painted, new countertops, a $500 used sink on craigslist for $10, stuff like that.

 

[RPC]

I actually found an awesome house today that i like and called my realtor but i have a feeling it is sold already so we will see when he calls me back. It had a big 2 car detached garage that I could use a barn for now but i need to build a barn and just over 2 acres which is about what I want. I want 2-3 so that will work. It will also help me from buying every goat I see. With limited space comes the limiting animals which mean lower feed bill.

 

[RPC]

So I was talking to the person that bought my bucks brother and she just had weighed her wether. He was 40 pounds and so she was wondering how Caliber was doing. I thought he was bigger then that but was not sure how big so I went out and did the bathroom scale weigh-in. Caliber is up to 65 pounds now and looking good. We are feeding him Calf manna along with the pellets we give the boys. I am hoping they help him and make him huge.

 

[Roll farms]

Cool beans.

Wonder why his bro. is only 40#.....does she do cocci prevention?

 

[RPC]

I really have no idea why he is so small. While on the bottle he stayed a constant 2 pounds bigger then Caliber when we weighed them each week then a few weeks post weaning he just stopped growing. Caliber kind of did that too then bounced right out off it. I guess Ruger didn't. I suggested some calf manna. I guess we will see what happens.