Straw Hat Kikos

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Poor Moses...I've come to quite like him from your journal, and totally love his hair-do!!! Hope he heals well!!!

And I'm glad you posted today...was kind of worried that you might get carried away with those steers and get hurt! Big dogs that don't know you can be a biggee!!!! Glad no one ate you!

I love his crazy hair too. lol I'll try and get a picture of his horn and him just hanging with the does.

haha I could get to carries away with them. They are a little spooky though. They don't really have alot of human contact so the can jump back and move real fast but they were fine. Nobody stomped me. lol
And no dogs ate me, thankfully.

 

[Symphony]

His hair is comical, which makes him lovable. I didn't know Horns resealed. I hope he is ok and lives a long time. Your journal is great.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

His hair is comical, which makes him lovable. I didn't know Horns resealed. I hope he is ok and lives a long time. Your journal is great.

I'm not really sure if they do or not. It's not so much on his horn but where his horn and his head meet. So it may fuse back together. I'm not sure. We'll find out soon, eh? haha

Thank you. I'm glad someone likes it. ha

 

[bonbean01]

Moses has a hair do that made me think of Elvis Presley. And yes, that is a compliment

A neighbour had a gorgeous Boer buck that had this happen to on one of his horns...he was putting all kinds of caustic stuff on it and pouring straight bleach on the wound...poor guy...he was beautiful and this neighbour sold him to a kind soul which is a good thing. He now has hair sheep and many people on our road stopped by to let him know that he had to trim their hooves (which he didn't know) as they were not only limping, but starting to graze on their knees...geesh...glad Moses has you to take care of him!

I tell you, some people should not have animals, although this guy now is taking care of his very nice looking flock

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Wow, that is pretty sad. You can't help but to feel bad for those animals. On their knees? man
And bleach? Poor guy. That's good he's learned to take care of them properly.

 

[bonbean01]

Yeah...some people get into livestock in a big way not knowing anything...glad we started out with only 2 sheep...so much learning to do. That guy now has a good looking flock and it is good that people stopped by to talk to him and not just call authorities. Folks in the South are pretty awesome...they speak directly...with respect and would help someone out rather than give them trouble. I was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan, Canada and find that rural is rural no matter where you are. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought I'd be someday living in Mississippi with sheep, chickens and pond of catfish. I was a legal assistant/secretary/office manager and hubby was a banker/mortgage company owner from Florida...and here we are...loving it!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Yeah...some people get into livestock in a big way not knowing anything...glad we started out with only 2 sheep...so much learning to do. That guy now has a good looking flock and it is good that people stopped by to talk to him and not just call authorities. Folks in the South are pretty awesome...they speak directly...with respect and would help someone out rather than give them trouble. I was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan, Canada and find that rural is rural no matter where you are. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought I'd be someday living in Mississippi with sheep, chickens and pond of catfish. I was a legal assistant/secretary/office manager and hubby was a banker/mortgage company owner from Florida...and here we are...loving it!

I like that too. I can't stand when people call the cops or the rat someone put or go tell on them. I think that if there is an issue or you have an issue with someone you should always go to them first and let them know. Not only does it work better but most of the time it will help both parties out and bring them closer instead of driving them apart and making things worse. That's just my thoughts on the matter.

Know what? I'd never guess that either!! From both your backgrounds, never would have thought. It's pretty neat to live a rather simple life (as simple as taking care of animals can be haha)

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

So today was a bit busy. I did check Moses' horn and it is fine. It looks almost as if nothing even happened. So he should be all good there. Callie and D killed a chicken this morning. I went out there and saw them messing with it. When Callie saw me she decided that she wanted to play with me and show what she did. She runs over there and grab a few feathers from it's back and runs away in a playful mood. :/ Then the chicken gets up to run away and D runs and jumps on it. I of course had to do the whole bad dog thing and make sure they know they were bad. Callie from a young age has always been very sensitive to that kind of thing so she is rolling on here back and giving me that I'm so sorry look. D of course acts like nothing is wrong. She died a few hours later and I went and showed them and told them they were bad an Callie is acting like the world is ending and she's so sorry. D.....hardly anything.

We did weigh all the dogs today so they could get their Heart worm medicine. Or preventive so the don't get Heart worm. Here's the weights on the LGD's.

Badger -- 121
D -- 112
Callie -- 95
Amy -- 73

So Callie has gotten alot bigger than the last time I weighed her. She's a big girl now.
They all got the Ivermectin and were turned back out into their fields.

I also put up another shelter in the buck area (not permanent though) because the dogs ruined their last one. lol
I also took the wire down on the gate to the buck pen. It was up because Callie and Amy could get thru when they were just 9 weeks old. Will could get thru then too. But now none of them can get thru and I hate the wire on the fence.
I gave the bucks their CDT shot. They were good about it too. I thought they would fight but the did great. Moses was the hardest but even he wasn't bad.
I did a worming on the Nigerians last week because they were starting to get up there on egg count and today I gave them the SafeGuard to take care of the Tape worms. So between Ivermectin and Safeguard they should be good.
So all the Nigerian girls and boys and Milly have been wormed, their feet are all good and they seem to be doing just. Oh and they have been loving their new hay feeder. I still have to make the bucks theirs. All the dogs got their Ivermectin and we'll give them their other wormer in a few weeks. The Kikos are all fine and dandy. I did do a little hoof trimming on the baby (C1) just because I felt like it. I did put a little bit of Iodine on Moses horn even though he really didn't need it. Allthe bucks got the CDT. Yep. I think that's it. I know I rambled and repeated but I'm trying to remember stuff and BYH's is a good place to do that. haha

I've been talking with the IKGA registrar and Moses can be IKGA registered. He is already NKR registered and I can't get him AKGA registered. His sire is AKGA and his dam has AKGA in her line but they are not DNA'd and from my understanding I can pay for that but I have to somehow get that goats DNA and idk. Too hard and it will cost me too much. So he'll IKGA and NKR registered as will Sis, Alana, and Arianna. So all double registered. I'm going to become a member of the IKGA too and that will cost me some more up front but in the end it will cost less because registration and transfer cost will be lower. I will wait until Jan to do that so I don't have to pay the membership fee twice. If I did it now I would need to pay it again in less than two months. Not happenin'.

I think that's all the updates and news.

ETA: C1 weighs 14.8 pounds now. She is less than 60 days old. I'll get her 60 day weight on the 29th and she'll get her booster CDT in a week I believe. I don't have my papers on me.

 

[Southern by choice]

Thanks for the help today! We need to get a stool on Badger, he is looking thin! Tried this eve but he wasn't cooperating.
I think when Callie and "D" killed the chicken they were only practicing for their surprise attack on the coyotes! I did however notice that MMM HMM Callie wasn't able to do the job, it took my main man "D" to finish it off. Kinda sick huh? Sweet baby was sittin' on 18 eggs. I'm gonna find a broody or put them in the incubator. I did scold "D", he just doesn't pay attention to you, he is my dog! He knows mommy is mad mad mad at him. But I miss my big moochy baby! I noticed Callie seems to be getting quite aquainted with the house lately...... MMMM HMMMM....is she becoming a "house guard dog"???

Straw what is going on with my goats

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Thanks for the help today! We need to get a stool on Badger, he is looking thin! Tried this eve but he wasn't cooperating.
I think when Callie and "D" killed the chicken they were only practicing for their surprise attack on the coyotes! I did however notice that MMM HMM Callie wasn't able to do the job, it took my main man "D" to finish it off. Kinda sick huh? Sweet baby was sittin' on 18 eggs. I'm gonna find a broody or put them in the incubator. I did scold "D", he just doesn't pay attention to you, he is my dog! He knows mommy is mad mad mad at him. But I miss my big moochy baby! I noticed Callie seems to be getting quite aquainted with the house lately...... MMMM HMMMM....is she becoming a "house guard dog"???

Straw what is going on with my goats

Callie kills coyotes and bears all the time while D runs and hides soooo.....
And yes, we're sick.

Really? Who was sitting on them and why not now? And you know more chicks is not the brightest idea.

Oh no. He hardly did anything. And that dog listens to me. I love on him as much as anyone. He is a good boy. (other than the killing of the chicken)

hehehe I have to bring her in after she is out there playing. She needs to cool off in my room. She actually likes the houseand she just lies down or follows me around. She a baby.

btw your goats are fine!! They just needed a little worming. All goats will get worms and this happens. Milly is good now and so is Katie. They're all good. Just keep an eye on them and they have been wormed so they're good there. They have good water, hay, browse, pasture, and feed. Nothing more you really can do. You're doing fine.