SBC/GW's Journal- Spring shows DONE! & Update

[Southern by choice]

Just got Carolina Girl bred!

Looks Like Blue Belle (Nubian) is in heat and Strawberry (Mini mancha) may be as well.

 

[Southern by choice]

bluebelle is bred to olaf! yay

 

[Bruce]

Katie ended up with quads here- she still had two months to go.

Must have been a pretty uncomfortable 2 months!

 

[Southern by choice]

I just had to share this- yeah, I am always gonna be a mom and sometimes I do get bragging rights.

My son now holds the State record in his weight class for dead lift in the US Powerlifters Association!

So proud of him.
He started powerlifting after backing off from hockey (thankfully)... he has accomplished so much in such a short time. Hockey is his love but dang it was injury after injury. The time he got the stick to the eye I was there. I thought I was going to pass out. No matter how old they are... they are still your babies.

 

[Bruce]

Probably got started lifting goats.

 

[Southern by choice]

Well, the rains have come again.


I really have no words. Everything is mud. Just mud. Our driveway is horrid.
No matter where I walk it just sloshes, I'm not even talking about the fields... just everywhere.

The dogs are absolutely ballistic tonight. ALL of them. No idea what is out there but is sure has them going nuts.
Blue is looking tired.

I need to organize my breeding pages and update my website. LOL it still says updating Aug-
Oh well.

 

[Baymule]

Incessant mud is depressing. Hope you get some sunshine to chase away the dreary rainy days long enough to dry things up.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Well, the rains have come again.


I really have no words. Everything is mud. Just mud. Our driveway is horrid.
No matter where I walk it just sloshes, I'm not even talking about the fields... just everywhere.

I am living the same nightmare. I have literally ruined my feet by having to yank them out of the ankle sucking clay with every step. Have tendonitis in both of them now. But what's worse is seeing the animals deal with it. No wonder they stay in the barn and beg for more hay!!

 

[Mini Horses]

While I've had rain, it hasn't been excessive in quantity. Well, the land lays so that it drains off when that excessive. There are some locations where a tractor would bog -- mostly that is on the land next door . Sorry for them but, it's cropped and resting for winter. My own area with mud -- along a much used barn, etc, is not deep. Thankfully! I'm blessed by a farmer who ditched and laid it out well before I bought it and good soil on top of deeper good sand base. The lower fields are wetter and not used when heavy rains for those days.

But, my goats are still in the barn! Yelling-- BRING HAY!!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Monopoly (Mini Lamancha) went to his new home today. A little bittersweet with Taipan and George recently being sold. We feel really good about this home! They have one of our Lamancha bucks, "Kenji" from last year. He is doing great and turned into a big, handsome buck!

I can't believe that we are now down to 5 mature bucks- 2 Nigerian, 1 Nubian, 1 Lamancha, and 1 Mini Lamancha. Last year we had 15+ bucks. It'll be good going through winter with less bucks. I have two young Nigerian bucklings that I held back from our June kiddings. I have had interest in them but have not been happy with the inquiries, so I'm holding them until the right farm comes along, and may use them next year if I still have them.



On another note, NC looks like it's gonna get hit by that winter storm. We are going to get 1 or 100 inches of snow, or maybe just 87 inches of rain ...OR ...WAIT...... 2 feet of ice! I guess time will tell. I'll probably make sure we have some water stored up in case we lose power. Snow and rain is fine, but ice isn't going to be good.