hermityfarmer-women
Chillin' with the herd
And yes, all caps for exclamatory! 3 little darlings, I can't remember the exact age but are on 1 bottle a day and needing weaned soon. Have to call the dairy and get their age. We drove about 2 hrs away to the Amaltheia Dairy and had about 80 babies to choose from. You mean I can't take them all in my minivan? We decided on 3 of the older doelings that were dehorned and vaccinated, Clara needs a tetanus booster but thats no biggie. They are a mix of breeds, 2 are mostly Nubian and the other is mostly La Mancha or so they said, but breeds really don't matter to us
Anyhow we named them Tula, Clara and Dulche and each of the 3 kids got to pick one. I can't tell you how excited we are. We also found out that if we decide to get them bred at a later date and time, we can bring them back to the dairy and pretty much for room and board we can get them bred to one of their Billy's. Yay! Right now their current home is in our horsetrailer, its the safest place right now while they are smaller and we are going to make a moveable panel fence so we can just move the whole trailer/fence to a new grazing/clean location. We are working on a permanent location but I have 3 kids with the flu so needless to say that didn't happen quite in time. For their bottle tonight they had whole cows milk and had no problem with the new nipples/different milk taste. They gobbled it right down. Now to watch their tummy's, and hopefully the transition doesn't bother them. I am so addicted already! Anyhow the pics aren't the best it was getting late, sick crabby kids and trying to get things organized in between. When things settle down I will get better pics. What age do all of you normally wean? Left to Right in the top pic is Dulche, Tula and Clara.
Anyhow we named them Tula, Clara and Dulche and each of the 3 kids got to pick one. I can't tell you how excited we are. We also found out that if we decide to get them bred at a later date and time, we can bring them back to the dairy and pretty much for room and board we can get them bred to one of their Billy's. Yay! Right now their current home is in our horsetrailer, its the safest place right now while they are smaller and we are going to make a moveable panel fence so we can just move the whole trailer/fence to a new grazing/clean location. We are working on a permanent location but I have 3 kids with the flu so needless to say that didn't happen quite in time. For their bottle tonight they had whole cows milk and had no problem with the new nipples/different milk taste. They gobbled it right down. Now to watch their tummy's, and hopefully the transition doesn't bother them. I am so addicted already! Anyhow the pics aren't the best it was getting late, sick crabby kids and trying to get things organized in between. When things settle down I will get better pics. What age do all of you normally wean? Left to Right in the top pic is Dulche, Tula and Clara.
