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

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Herd in Harmony..... I wanted to share this picture because a lot of people are surprised to learn that I have horeses that are 17.2 and 17.3 hands living with goats, sheep, geese, ducks, chickens, guineas, etc. This is their favorite day of the week. I am very blessed to have a neighbor just around the corner who brings these gorgeous round bales of hay (stored in side) and drops them over the fence. They hear his tractor and get excited. As you can see, they don't fight, they all get along and they share the bale. Now this does not last them all week, they also get square bales of alphalpha / orchard grass mixed hay and Nina (pregnant Nubian) gets goat feed once a day. Why am I blessed? Because Mr. RJ delivers these round bales to me and will only take $20 each. There is virtually no waste as the animals clean it up.

And so you understand the scale, that board on the top of the fence is 48 inches from the ground and they are full size goats and sheep. My girls are tall, but definately Gentle Giants.

Hope you enjoy.

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

I love that picture. It just goes to show how gentle such a big animal can be. Thanks for sharing.

 

[TTs Chicks]

Beautiful animals

 

[Queen Mum]

My goodness. You have an amazing family of farm animals.

 

[jodief100]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Those pictures are wonderful. You may wish to consider entering the first one in the 2013 photo calendar contest, near the end of the year.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Got my first "What are you doing back there look" last night. Every day, when Nina is eatting her evening grain, I rub her back, down her sides and then her udder. She is got pretty comfortable with the routine and is OK with it. Well last night, it was late, cold and I was really tierd. And I did the same as always except I kept my waterproof gloves on, which were wet, actually frozen. Well, when I touched her udder, her head cam out of the bucket and she glared at me. Lesson learned, don't touch her udder with COLD / WET gloved hand.

As of today, she is on day 80 of her pregnancy.

 

[redtailgal]

Lesson learned, don't touch her udder with COLD / WET gloved hand.

This is a prime example of why I love goats. They are patient and understanding.

See, when I was preggo, I would have kicked anybody for grabbing me like that. Cold and wet hands would have meant instant death.

lol, It's good to hear your progress reports. I cant't wait for my does to kid! I am about to BUST.

and to think. it's only a year before I will be able to breed them........

 

[Queen Mum]

Just think, "What would your wife do?" Goats are such amazing animals. Day 80 huh? A little more than halfway there.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Just think, "What would your wife do?"

That is easy, I would be dead or seriously wounded.