Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[Goat Whisperer]

Is she the same size as your goats? I saw the pics of Ollie & Olive I believe it was...

Why don't you pull some blood and send it out before bringing her home? Do you know what she was bred by? For a few $ you can save yourself the price of the doe as well as the possible vet bills and heartache.

From what I've read, its seems like you are okay with this because she is the sibling to your doe. Where did this buck come from?

If she is bred, I hope she is a large doe. Like above 100lbs.

Yes, it was known she was too young but too many people had their hands in the pot so to speak.

When you have several people "with their hand in the pot" I would be even more concerned. Do you know where the rest of the herd came from?

 

[samssimonsays]

Is she the same size as your goats? I saw the pics of Ollie & Olive I believe it was...

Why don't you pull some blood and send it out before bringing her home? Do you know what she was bred by? For a few $ you can save yourself the price of the doe as well as the possible vet bills and heartache.

From what I've read, its seems like you are okay with this because she is the sibling to your doe. Where did this buck come from?

If she is bred, I hope she is a large doe. Like above 100lbs.



When you have several people "with their hand in the pot" I would be even more concerned. Do you know where the rest of the herd came from?

She is the same size about as mine but she is more Nubian body than Saanan where mine is more Saanan body than Nubian. I have no idea how much she weighs or how much mine weigh. I have yet to get a livestock scale yet. I may bring her into the vet as they charge $65 for a farm visit and $100 for the labs if the tests are similar in price to any labs run for dogs... Much more than she would charge me for her.

As for the too many hands reference, sorry for the confusion, I meant her husband didn't realize she had let her buck out that morning when he let the young ones out as he had let himself into the stall with their Dexter bull and he had no clue that the buck could do that so he thought he was put away when in reality he was loose with them. The buck was a Boer buck from a very small buck from very small lines. The Buck and Boer Doe she has are both from clean herds and verified clean, the two she got that are mines sisters are also from a clean herd and verified to be also.

 

[samssimonsays]

Well, the majority of my 62 apple tree sprouts died Like 61 of the 62 of them!

I still had a few up top the refrigerator in an attempt to sprout them and I checked last night and I had a good 15 or so that were and a couple that now had roots starting from the seeds so I planted them and am trying a new way to attempt it. Along with those I also decided to try to start some tomato plants to see if my new idea on how to start them is successful. Obviously the typical seed starters with the plastic domed cover just weren't enough and nothing survived them or just being out in the open. I am so new to gardening (never done it before) that I have no stinking clue what I am doing but I am hopeful to have a green house (small one in my office) for next year or even grow lights.... We will see...

 

[Hens and Roos]

sorry to hear that your apple tree sprouts died , what type of seeds were you starting?

 

[samssimonsays]

sorry to hear that your apple tree sprouts died , what type of seeds were you starting?

I have no clue the type of apple tree, they were from our tree, a friends tree and some store bought apples. All died evenly. But others are having luck with my sprouts.... So it has to be the house right?

Last year I did parsley, Dill, lettuce, corn, oregano and other herbs. I did beans and tomatoes too. We also lose cacti and house plants left and right. The apple sprouts were doing great in sealed mason jars and totes but I moved them to the seed sprouter as they were crowded. OUr house is extremely dry but I made sure they were in damp soil, not wet. Right now I am trying out a large tote with the cardboard seed sprouter trays in it to see if that is going to make a difference. Not sure otherwise...

 

[mikiz]

Oh boo for the sprouts! I had like a bajillion little guava tree sprouts, they all got their first leaves and I planted some out into bigger pots and one by one they all dried up and died, even though they had plenty of water and sunlight! It's so rubbish when you get the little babies to sprout and you think it's going great and then all of a sudden they're all gone!!

As for Daisy, fingers crossed she's ok, everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

 

[samssimonsays]

Pupdate!

Last night I sat down and did a test with all the pups. They all knew how to sit by 7 weeks. Others knew at 6 weeks. But I tried treats to see who was food motivated and who was not. Out of the 5 we have left, ONE is food motivated fully. They are sleeping through the night with no accidents, they are fully potty trained and will even go to the door to be let outside now that they figured out how to go down the steps haha! I also did a 9 week weigh in for the pups!

Sophie-13.2 1/5 pounds
Dolly-17/5 1/2 pounds
RJ-17.11 pounds
Sadie-15.10 1/2 pounds
Bernard-15.11 1/2 pounds

Little Sophie will do anything for a treat and she is quick as a whip just like Stella! In around 5 minutes she learned Lay down and shake on top of brushing up on the sit command. Within 10 minutes of work I had her coming, sitting, going into a down position, back into a sit position and shaking all for one treat! This little girl is quick to learn after doing it just one time!

Sadie needed a little extra commands and help occasionally and wasn't horribly food motivated but sure did like those treats.

Rumely Jr. would do anything and everything asked but all he wanted out of the deal was the praise and rubs for being a good boy.

Bernard, he would just tip over for belly rubs half way through the command. Eventually he got the idea and would do it for the belly rubs after he did it.

And last but not least, Dolly. She would look at you, the same look Stella gives when she doesn't want to do something. But with repetition she eventually got it and did whatever was asked, it just took a little longer.

Jeffrey is settled into his new home nicely and has had zero accidents in the house. He is not even kenneled at night!

Mia is still doing awesome and is also potty trained, she only had the 1 accident!

Luna is doing great last I heard and loving her Border Collie brother! She has melted the hearts of everyone she has met at her moms work (Petco as the dog trainer and sales associate).

The comments we get on the pups speak volumes! They are so easy going, smart and friendly.
I worked my butt off with these guys and know their personalities and temperaments and have expectations for these guys probably higher than their new owners have. They may have been an accident but they are no less important and if anything with their mix more important to find the right homes for. I get daily or more updates on Jeffrey, Mia I get weekly or more, Luna is already slotted to come out to visit with her new big brother when it warms up some and the family taking RJ have already signed him up for puppy class with Luna and are so looking forward to having another very large dog in the house. Sophie loves her human baby brother and her yorkie brother as well as the cat sister already and is super quick to learn.

Many disappointed folks when I tell them we will not be having another litter. They eventually understand when I explain why to them. We did manage to home all but 2 (3 if you count Sadie) without advertising them even though I advertised once on craigslist. We took every precaution in homing the pups and have found amazing families for them.

 

[samssimonsays]

Sophie

RJ

Bernard

Dolly

Sadie

 

[Poka_Doodle]

They have gotten so big.

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Aww! Glad they are all doing well! What good puppies!
Good job Samantha!