MrsKuhn
Loving the herd life
I am in love with DOT 
Sweetened's 2016 kidding thread
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Hens and Roos
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very nice looking group!
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Sweetened
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Dot's day 140 is tomorrow. Still not taming down. Hopefully i can be there for the birth, tends to build a bit of a trust bond in my past experience. Bumped her and can feel a mess of pointy parts, so thats good. She has thinned way down, lost her plug a couple days ago, ligs firm. BABY WATCH IS ON.
And... SURPRISE, Daisy is bred. I can only tell you she is bred to Painter, the registered buck. For when? WTFK! I dont usually have much luck palpating these guys, so she could be super close or a couple months out yet if shes carrying a few. i was able to feel a kid with zero effort, and in the past, they have only been 10 days out...
Website updated. Steadfastfarm.ca if anyine wants to have a look and offer comments or suggestions...
And... SURPRISE, Daisy is bred. I can only tell you she is bred to Painter, the registered buck. For when? WTFK! I dont usually have much luck palpating these guys, so she could be super close or a couple months out yet if shes carrying a few. i was able to feel a kid with zero effort, and in the past, they have only been 10 days out...
Website updated. Steadfastfarm.ca if anyine wants to have a look and offer comments or suggestions...
Baymule
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I hope Dot calms down for you. And congrats on Daisy being bred.
I just want to tell you that you are my hero. You have your farm, your goats, does having kids, milking, and all the things that go with having a farm. PLUS you have a baby and that is pretty much a full time job by itself. I know you got a bit overwhelmed when your baby was born, but you persevered and hung in there. I am so proud of you and what you have accomplished. You are a living example to your child and an inspiration to us all.
I just want to tell you that you are my hero. You have your farm, your goats, does having kids, milking, and all the things that go with having a farm. PLUS you have a baby and that is pretty much a full time job by itself. I know you got a bit overwhelmed when your baby was born, but you persevered and hung in there. I am so proud of you and what you have accomplished. You are a living example to your child and an inspiration to us all.
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Sweetened
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Ahaha! This made me blush, then chuckle. I shouldnt be anybodys hero, especially not for the reason above. I realised something after having Eva: I have no idea how our species has survived the last 6 or 7 centuries. I have choices I can make throughout my day: feed the animals now or wait until hubby gets home, make bread or go to the store and buy some, milk the cow or leave her with the calf, make goat soap or have it delivered via amazon. If I didnt have those choices, no one to turn to as pioneer women experienced in seclusion when men were gone or dead, the possibility of feeding myself and my child to a pack of wolves, may become heavenly! There are plenty of parents out there who will say they never once had a dark thought about their children, who havent thought of putting the baby down and walking off a cliff; they will tell you they dont understand how parents lose track of their kids. They will tell you that, but they know. Its those tired moments when you doze off for TWO seconds and the baby rolls off the couch or crawls into the kitchen and tumbles head long down the basement stairs; its that 23 second race back to the house to grab [insert forgotten item here] and youll only be one second as the kid reaches its hand into the pig pen and gets bit. Its that brief moment where the thing between you and the parent who goes to jail for shaking their kid has the voice that screams PUT IT DOWN!
I dont know how they did it, how we made it these few hundred years as a society that doesnt raise a child with a village. Some days, you just do. They dont get watered in a timely manner, sometimes I wake up at night and scream the Fword knowing I forgot to feed everyone and that the chickens havent had water for two days and I throw on some clothes (maybe) and trudge out in the dead of night to do it.
Thanks lovely, but im no hero, there are better people to look up to.
Baymule
Herd Master
It is precisely because of all the things you just listed that makes you a hero. We all have our bad days that sometimes stretch into weeks...... but never give up. Yes, we have it easy when compared to our ancestors, but we still have our struggles and challenges. You are a Mom, raising her child, raising her animals and providing a better life for her family. Sometimes a little recognition goes a long ways, and you deserve it.
You explained it quite well... Most of us have "been there" too. Not much to be added. Hang in there, it's all worth it in the end.
Hens and Roos
Herd Master
Nicely said, we all have days...
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Sweetened
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This is my first ND with a due date... what day do you find your FFs go?
Day 140:
Udder is SPACIOUS. Getting bigger without filling up, i think she is going to have a giant capacity, or on the other end, be all flesh. She has more milk, but so much space, Im legitimately excited.
Her ligs are still hard, no goop.
Day 140:
Udder is SPACIOUS. Getting bigger without filling up, i think she is going to have a giant capacity, or on the other end, be all flesh. She has more milk, but so much space, Im legitimately excited.
Her ligs are still hard, no goop.
Hens and Roos
Herd Master
thinking back our FF's went around day145 or day 146
to you and your does!
to you and your does!
