Southern's 2015 Kidding -Mini's off to new home

[OneFineAcre]

Did sweatshirt coats for 2 sets of twins year ago....this year they were born in milder temps...one thing I add to the birthing kit in cold weather is a hair dryer to help dry babies off after mama has them cleaned and they are still damp. Stupid cold here too next week....deep south my foot...grrrrr

Last year when we had a kid born at 25 degreea we did take her in for about 30 minutes to dry off real good
Made sure her feet were warm

Hair dryer sounds like a good idea

 

[Southern by choice]

for shame Southern...finally you will have a baby lamb born on your property and you are....drooling??

For shame... maybe but that is why I want ram lambs... a little ewe will stick around... then I'll have 3 escaping sheep!
Figured out what was going on she is in standing heat and seems to be staying in it... this am she was all the way back behind the Kiko's field... butt up against the fence. Yeah, "D" and Tiggs (LGD's) told us they were there. AGAIN!

But don't you agree that week old, strong kids , nursing mom are ok when it's 16 degrees?

I think so too. We did put sweaters on the Kiko x's tonight because they were still groggy from sedation/disbudding and we didn't know when they would perk up enough to nurse.

We went through 60lbs of alfalfa today and tonight!
I bet if I threw another 20 lbs in there they'd eat that too... heck I think my bucks would have eaten 10 more lbs.
Spoiled brats!

I do think goats are adorable when they get all fluffy in the face when it's cold.

 

[babsbag]

We went through 60lbs of alfalfa today and tonight!
I bet if I threw another 20 lbs in there they'd eat that too... heck I think my bucks would have eaten 10 more lbs.
Spoiled brats!

I feed over 100 lbs a day and the kids aren't even weaned yet.

 

[Southern by choice]

I feed over 100 lbs a day and the kids aren't even weaned yet.

You just made me feel worse Babs I have 1/2 the goats you do and then 1/2 of those are NIGIES!

Thanks!
$13 40 lb bale Babs! The timothy orchard we have coming in is $7 40# bale... getting about 50 bales next week. I have no storage space. UGH!
I think the Kikos just ate their norm... they are never affected.

 

[babsbag]

I told you your goats are fat, now you know why

I can't believe our hay is cheaper than yours. I pay $15-17 for a 100 lb bale of straight alfalfa, sometimes they weigh more but never over 120 so I just figure 100 each. My goats would eat more if I let them, but they are plenty fat. When they get on the milk stand they get about 3 qts of grain too.

 

[OneFineAcre]

I told you your goats are fat, now you know why

I can't believe our hay is cheaper than yours. I pay $15-17 for a 100 lb bale of straight alfalfa, sometimes they weigh more but never over 120 so I just figure 100 each. My goats would eat more if I let them, but they are plenty fat. When they get on the milk stand they get about 3 qts of grain too.

I'm just glad I have not had a problem getting coastal and that mine do so well on it
I went and got two round bales this morning and my hay guy told me he still has half of what he started the season with
$45 for a 4x5 bale is about $5.63 per 100 lbs if they are 800 lbs

3 years ago it was only $30 per bale

 

[babsbag]

I'm just glad I have not had a problem getting coastal and that mine do so well on it
I went and got two round bales this morning and my hay guy told me he still has half of what he started the season with
$45 for a 4x5 bale is about $5.63 per 100 lbs if they are 800 lbs

3 years ago it was only $30 per bale

I wish I could get any kind of hay at that price. I pay more than that for straw. Round bales aren't common here in California but we can get huge square ones, just haven't figured out a way to store them or feed them once they are off of the truck so we stick with the 100lb bales. I can "man handle" those on my own, don't like to, but I can.

 

[Southern by choice]

Having partial truckload delivered soon! It will be about 50-60 bales. Timothy/orchard 40-50# $7 ... not too bad. I will still have to get my alfalfa here though as the broker is out.

Countdown is beginning!

Star (Lamancha) could go in 5 days! Some days she looks like a single and others twins Her udder right now says single.

I need to move the goats and finish up getting the stalls ready.

 

[bonbean01]

Yay! Time to start with the popcorn

 

[Sweetened]

Hey! Pass some of that my way!