ThreeBoysChicks - Sold Sheep and Guineas, what to buy.....

[redtailgal]

You guys are funning. Unfortunately, Blue is not going any where. She is my baby. I love them both.

Today was a beautiful day. All the animals had a great day today. More chicks than I know what to do with. I need to fine some buyers.

meanie head.



(I am too a mature person. so there. )\\

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

You guys are funning. Unfortunately, Blue is not going any where. She is my baby. I love them both.

Today was a beautiful day. All the animals had a great day today. More chicks than I know what to do with. I need to fine some buyers.

There is a chickestock at Gowers Feed in Ranson on May 19th.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Everyone has been showing pictures of their plants and flowers. I too love gardening and wish I had more time to do it. My wife's favorite color is purple, so I tend to lean towards Shrubs, plants and flowers that flower in Purple. Without further ado, here are some pics from early this morning.

Rhododendron

Azalea

Two varieties of Iris.

 

[marlowmanor]

Men can obviously take some good pictures too! I love your pictures. I'm digging up some irises from my MILs this weekend(hopefully) that look like yours. I can't remember off hand if they are more like the lighter or the darker ones. I know they are purple though, and there are some yellow ones too.

 

[Queen Mum]

I LOVE Nina's udder. It looks great! Very milkable. I would have gotten a LOT of milk from her very quickly. You will get better. And the draft horses look great!

 

[daisychick]

I love pink and purple flowers. The color of your Azalea is beautiful! It is nice to see men doing gardening and flower growing! If I could make a living off of playing in the dirt, planting a garden and flowers and messing with my goats and chickens and other animals I would be a happy girl! Too bad I have to actually work to pay the bills and it takes away a lot of my play time.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Nice pics!

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

So last night was the first time I locked up the babies in the horse stall and left Nina (mom) out with the other goats. This morning, she was full of milk. She went right to the milk stand, ate her grain, was very patient when I was not finished milking, yet she was finished eatting. At one point, I looked up and she has her head turned around and was looking at me as if to say, "you are doing alright, we have time". God I love this goat.

Anyway, in the end after spilling some while filtering, we ended up with a little more than 1.25 quarts plus what was spilled. I did not save it because it had a lot of dirt in it. I tried using wipes to clean her udder. Did not do good enough. There was still dirt on her one teat that ended up in the milk. I am going to use a wash cloth and the Fiasco Farm Wash recipe.

 

[Waterfall]

Some days, I wish I could be a cat or a dog for that matter that lives in my house.

I work all day and come home to care fo the animals and this is what Charles does all day....

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj22/Familyofanimals/OhtoBeaCat2.jpg

And then he looks me to say, "You had to use the flash?"

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj22/Familyofanimals/OhtoBeaCat.jpg

That was a good laugh.
My Cats have a similar expression for when my wife does baby talk to them.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Our first real milk. Everything went well. 1 lb 6 oz. Filtered and in the freezer to chill. Her babies were crying for her. She definitely held back becasue her teats were not filling anymore, but as soon as her babies got to her, her teats were full and they chowed down.

Update: Two hours in the freezer and IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!!! I would take a picture, but it is gone. My wife loved it, my kids liked it and I thought it was amazing. My wife says, this will save us $20 a week. We drink a lot of milk. I said, well hold on a minute, we may not be able to get 3 gallons right off the bat. She says, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it ..................................... We need more goats!!!!!!!!!!


Another positive note, sold a batch of chicks and two goslings yesterday!!! The chickens continue to pay for their own feed.