Yeah, I got it figured. Ha! Check out the breeding plans now. Some needed changes. Plus, not selling Rhea or Cinda this year. I'm allowed to change my mind, right?
Yeah, it's all good.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
My brain is in park, I swear...
I just looked at the breeding schedule I published on my website. What a dummy I am. I have Tweek in there twice! What a little hussy. Callahan and Captain!! Well, ok, not likely because Callahan will turn Captain into a pile of broken parts. So, I think I am going to not breed Lily this year and not use Callahan at all. Wow, I am hampered by the number of kidding pens I have to use. I could just let them kid on the goat barn but I'm really not ready for that yet. How can I keep track of them if they are out there dropping babies everywhere?? No heat lamps either. No, I'm not going to do that. I'll just have to figure something out............................................................nope, haven't got it figured yet..................
What now??
I'm just having one heck of a time keeping up with this blog. In some ways I'm kind of regretting starting it up again, but I enjoy doing this when I have the time.
Anyway, let's see what happened since my last post. First of all, Chilly and I lost the battle with her horribly anemic condition and she passed away. It was very sad and disappointing for me as we had worked so hard and it seemed she was beginning to show improvement. Then she came down with this unbelievable case of diarrhea that just wouldn't quit and in her run down condition it was just too much for her to fight off. The worst part is that her little boy, Bubble, was in the stall with her when she died and basically spent the night with his dead mother. But in the morning when I went down to the barn to find Chilly dead, Bubble was fine. Eating and looking to go outside and play with his friends.. He never cried for his mother once after that so I can only believe that seeing your own mother dead does not have the impact on a goat it does on us. As with Moms that lose babies, it seems it's better for them to see the body lifeless and cold and they seem to understand that it's time to move on.
I've had sick babies die in the past and mom never saw them after they had died. That mom will cry for days, sometimes longer. But a mom that sees and feels her dead baby will go about her business like nothing happened, most of the time. Some will still cry and call but most do not.
So now I am treating Jewel for the same condition though she is not as bad as Chilly was. She is terribly thin though so we need to gt some meat on her bones. But she is a tough one to feed. She doesn't like anything but Calf Manna and though that is excellent food, it's not complete and she needs more calories. I tried Cheerios this morning. She had a few the lost interest. She hasn't lost interest in food, just the extra things I try to get her to eat to put on some weight. She eats her hay just fine. Drinks enough too. She likes Milk Bones but I can hardly give her a bowl of dog biscuits even if they are high in calories. So I have ordered a high calorie supplement for her and some roasted soybeans. Both should come tomorrow. That should put some weight on her. She gets knocked about by the other goats quite a bit so she is in the barn for the night and I let her out to graze during the day. Except today, it's raining and she will be bullied in the barn so I put her inside for today.
What else....Oh yeah, I have changed my breeding plans for fall. I'm going to breed Aura and Rhea instead of Pebbles and, obviously, Jewel. Pebbles looked like she could use a season off this year. I'll breed her again next year. Thinking about bringing Spooky out of retirement for one last breed. She looks so good it would be a shame not to breed her one last time....still thinking about that...
So other than that, nothing much going on here. Considering showing a couple of my goats, maybe. Not sure who yet. I'm not sure I even want to when I think about disease transference and upsetting the goats just to show them off or win a pretty ribbon...I was asked if I wanted to but I'm having second thoughts...
Well, til next time....let's hope it doesn't take me so long...
Anyway, let's see what happened since my last post. First of all, Chilly and I lost the battle with her horribly anemic condition and she passed away. It was very sad and disappointing for me as we had worked so hard and it seemed she was beginning to show improvement. Then she came down with this unbelievable case of diarrhea that just wouldn't quit and in her run down condition it was just too much for her to fight off. The worst part is that her little boy, Bubble, was in the stall with her when she died and basically spent the night with his dead mother. But in the morning when I went down to the barn to find Chilly dead, Bubble was fine. Eating and looking to go outside and play with his friends.. He never cried for his mother once after that so I can only believe that seeing your own mother dead does not have the impact on a goat it does on us. As with Moms that lose babies, it seems it's better for them to see the body lifeless and cold and they seem to understand that it's time to move on.
I've had sick babies die in the past and mom never saw them after they had died. That mom will cry for days, sometimes longer. But a mom that sees and feels her dead baby will go about her business like nothing happened, most of the time. Some will still cry and call but most do not.
So now I am treating Jewel for the same condition though she is not as bad as Chilly was. She is terribly thin though so we need to gt some meat on her bones. But she is a tough one to feed. She doesn't like anything but Calf Manna and though that is excellent food, it's not complete and she needs more calories. I tried Cheerios this morning. She had a few the lost interest. She hasn't lost interest in food, just the extra things I try to get her to eat to put on some weight. She eats her hay just fine. Drinks enough too. She likes Milk Bones but I can hardly give her a bowl of dog biscuits even if they are high in calories. So I have ordered a high calorie supplement for her and some roasted soybeans. Both should come tomorrow. That should put some weight on her. She gets knocked about by the other goats quite a bit so she is in the barn for the night and I let her out to graze during the day. Except today, it's raining and she will be bullied in the barn so I put her inside for today.
What else....Oh yeah, I have changed my breeding plans for fall. I'm going to breed Aura and Rhea instead of Pebbles and, obviously, Jewel. Pebbles looked like she could use a season off this year. I'll breed her again next year. Thinking about bringing Spooky out of retirement for one last breed. She looks so good it would be a shame not to breed her one last time....still thinking about that...
So other than that, nothing much going on here. Considering showing a couple of my goats, maybe. Not sure who yet. I'm not sure I even want to when I think about disease transference and upsetting the goats just to show them off or win a pretty ribbon...I was asked if I wanted to but I'm having second thoughts...
Well, til next time....let's hope it doesn't take me so long...
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