SmallFarmGirl's journal- Books & Cats!

[SmallFarmGirl]

Hay Ya'll!

Long time no see!

Nothing much has been happening. I'll show ya'll some photos though!

I don't know if I've shown you my latest addition to the farm, Tom!

He's my little barn cat. I adopted him in December, from Pet Smart! He kills mice, and not birds. He's a little angel and the best cat I've ever owned! (He comes to his name.)

Here's Kisses... She loves to be loved.

And here she is with Betty!

The chickens are fine. Still laying. Currently I've got 2 hens that are broody and will not give up. (Even though I have no rooster and they have no eggs to sit on.)

Everyone's happy and healthy!
I'll try to post and be on often!
SmallFarmGirl :bun

(P.S. I want another goat. )

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Also, I forgot to mention, I'll be breeding Kisses this FALL! Yay! SO

 

[elevan]

Howdy stranger!

Tom is a good looking cat.

for a good breeding with Kisses later this year

 

[autumnprairie]

Love Tom and it is good to see the rest of the gang too. It is great to hear from you

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Hey y'all! Wanted to check in after so long, and wanted to update.
I no longer have any goats... My barn became infested with mice, and it got so bad (I won't go into detail) I knew I had to tear it down. It was also a time where I was getting real busy, and I thought it might be a good time to find them a new home. Now this was pretty much a miracle, I found the perfect owners with the help of a goat breeder friend of mine! The new owners are so sweet, and they love goats so much. They have a ton of property, a nice large barn, and other goat friends for my sweet girls. Y'all know I never had any luck with breeding them, and I had always really wanted for them to have some kids. Well, when I brought them to their new home, I found out that the buck the new owners had, was purchased from my goat breeder friend, and I had played with him when was little at a 4H show! He is so good with people and goats! Now of course he's a gross buck now, but I know he'll be sweet with my girls. As soon as I backed the truck up kisses smelled the buck (She was in heat at the time) freaked out and got so excited!!! Even betty started to get excited! It was really sad for me, but the sweetest part was when Kisses, (who didn't pay much attention to me after she met the buck), came up to me and put her little nose in my hands and licked me and made a few sweet goodbye baaaa's. After that she went to explore her new home and all her new friends. I knew that was her little goodbye, and that she was happy. The chickens also went to, and they were very happy as well. Now they had acres to scratch, and a rooster friend as well. I was really happy for them and their new home, but I still sometimes miss them.(They went to their new home in January!) I don't have to clean stalls and chicken yards now, and that is nice. Now I've started writing, and I'm writing a novel for children (Hopefully I'll be finished by August!). My other pet, Tom, has grown into a really handsome cat! Though I only own one cat, four cats actually live in my garage! My neighbor has a cat who is best friends with Tom and decided to spend all his days in TOM'S bed! He is fed at his real home in the morning, comes over and spends the day with Tom, then heads over around 5:00 pm back home for his evening feeding and that goes to bed in his crate. This is repeated every day! So not only does the neighbor's cat come over, also a stray grey male (who is so sweet), and a pregnant stray momma cat. What am I going to do with the kittens? I'm trying to get her comfortable with humans, and I set up a crate which I feed her in to get her used to crates. Well, that's it I think! Sorry about not updating in so long, I just thought I might pop in and tell y'all all what happened. I think about all my BYH friends often!

I want you to know I'm not giving up back yard herding for good though! Someday I'll have goats and chickens again, maybe a horse! When I do get back into farming I will come back on! Bye! (Below is a pic of tom!)

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

I just looked through a lot of my old posts... Boy I was annoying was I not? Sorry!

 

[Queen Mum]

Not annoying. Hopeful, in a very persistent way. You made a change for the good of your goats. I hope it was a great learning experience for you and that when you take up farming again we can ALL be supportive and get you started again....! I, for one, miss you.

 

[elevan]

I'm glad you were able to stop back in @SmallFarmGirl We've missed you around here

You did make a good change for your goats in this moment. Sometimes life has plans for us that we didn't have in our own plans. You've learned a lot and you will be a backyard herder again.

But there's no need to be a stranger. You can always share Tom's adventures in your journal or we'd love to hear about your book or whatever else you want to talk about

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Thank so much Elevan and Queen Mum!!! I have missed by BYH friends a lot! Well, if you'd like me too, I can keep journaling! My book is about a time traveler in the 1800's. The time traveller is a 10 year old boy though! I really am enjoying the whole process, though I really have no idea what I'm doing. I've always enjoyed writing, and this has been a really fun hobby for me that I really started to do more after the goats went to their new home. I hope it will be done by August if all goes well! I hope to have it on amazon for purchase if people would really buy it. I can't believe I just said that! My book for sale? Weird! but awesome.. Mama cat and grey cat were caught and brought to the local shelter Monday... I really wanted to keep them but I really can't keep Tom inside because of my allergies. Tom was so relieved though, and now he is a much happier cat! I also made some carrot cake muffins with cream cheese filling that was absolutely delicious today! I can't think of much to talk about, but here's some photos of the cats! Thanks y'all for being so sweet and asking me to keep posting, I might even go and try to help out some other new farmers if they need some help in the forum! (I'm not an expert but I might have a few tips that could help, maybe!)

 

[Queen Mum]

Will be looking forward to your book.