Jan 2nd: Just brought my last girl Sable back from the breeders today. I've been holding out and looking for a Boer to breed her to but unable to find one and so now it is very late in the season. Her due date is May 30th! Whew! Hope she settles. It was really cold out at the breeders house and she was all alone and stressed out and miserable. Fortunately it was only for a few days. Crossing my fingers she settled!
Took my last girl (Sable, the American Nubian) to the farm I used to breed the rest of my does today. I was holding out, hoping to find a boer buck to breed her to, as we wanted meat babies, but ultimately I wasn't able to find one. So I took her to the same breeder I used for the rest of my girls and bred her to a Nubian buck. Her due date will be in May!
Jan 2nd: Just brought my last girl Sable back from the breeders today. I've been holding out and looking for a Boer to breed her to but unable to find one and so now it is very late in the season. Her due date is May 30th! Whew! Hope she settles. It was really cold out at the breeders house and she was all alone and stressed out and miserable. Fortunately it was only for a few days. Crossing my fingers she settled!
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So, we just recently moved, and it has finally stopped raining long enough for me to be able to snap a couple pretty pictures of the goats in their new "pasture" today! The "pasture" is roughly 100 feet by 200 feet, it looks so huge to me! I'm guessing 1/2 acre? I'll have to go walk it tomorrow and see. We still have to finish wrapping the back half with field fence, but it's pretty darn close to being done. Yay! And since we just moved we needed to build/ get our girls a place to get in out of the rain and to have their babies. And since we aren't on our permanent farm we wanted to do it as cheaply as possible, (however in hindsight I'd like to make it portable). I wanted an already built barn (like from Home Depot) but they were too expensive... so we decided to build it instead! My wonderful boyfriend built it for me from scratch! Love it! 12 Week update: all the girls are doing good and none have come back into heat as far as I can tell!!! We need to start thinking of baby names!!! The Bucks names are; Kastdemur's Santa Ana Breeze (Breeze) and Mojave Dunes Graffiti Mark (Mark). And the Does are; URBAN ACRES JOHN'S GHIA (Ghia) DAS-ACRES JORGIO (Joline) KIDSVILLE CS LADY BUG (Minyette) URBAN ACRES CT JUMPING ACES (Ghiselle) We'd love some suggestions!!! Merry Christmas! Everyone!! I will have to get on here and post some pictures of our updates and farm improvements! It took forever, (and I feel like we are way behind!), but we finally finished moving, are all into our new place and are working on getting our animals all into their permanent pens with shelters/ barns/ and enclosures done! So far we have finished the goat shed (except for paint). Finished the feed shed (except for paint) Finished the hay shed (except for paint) And finished the milking parlor (except for paint) Also finished the rabbitry, but still have to finish the fence. And now working on the turkey coop and pen. Will get pics as soon as it stops raining! Happy Christmas Eve everyone! |
AuthorsIn 2009, we moved to a rural rental on the outskirts of San Diego to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and to get away from the chemicals in our food and in our life. Little did we know that just a few years later we would be real farmers; growing fruits, vegetables and herbs, as well as many different kinds of chickens, ducks, turkey, bunnies, guineas, quail, goats and more! We left the suburbs for "Green Acres" and haven't looked back since! Categories
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