Potted Plants

Got some plants started in pots, some Chamomile, and... Oops...My mom reads this, and the other ones are secrets, and I can post what they are once they come up, because then I will tell her. They are some really nice plants,  they should be something she'll like.

We took Sarah and Cocoa for a walk today. Sarah had a chain leash, and got it tangled in a chair right before we left. That was the end of the word. The only way she could be untangled would be to let go and let her pull it out, then she started running, and the chain made NOISE!! When I finally caught her, she was so shaken up she couldn't enjoy the walk, because the terrible chain leash was sticking to her!

Also made a chick palace out of a box! It has three stories, a nest, and a ramp! The top story doesn't have a ramp, because there wasn't room for a good ramp. Instead, there is a reward for chicks that fly up, a nest!  Made out of strips of an old T-shirt!

Desicions!

Great news! My mom has been sucked into the crazy world of goats! She got her *first* one today! Now it needs a name.  She wants to name it Caris, but isn't quite sure. I think it looks like a Peaches n' Cream! As far as looks go, she is a really pretty orange, white, roanish kinda color. (Sorry no photos yet)  

There is another big desicion to be made. Whether to band Thomas Hunter or not. There are pros and cons to both sides, and I will post them here.

                                                                         Leaving Intact
Pros

- No stud fees.


Cons

-Has to have his own pen.

-Can't be let to breed his mom.

-Has to have a wether (banded goat) friend.

-He will stink.

-He will be unbearable when the girls come into heat.


                                                                         Banding
Pros

- He can live in the same pen with the girls.

-He can detect when they are coming into heat.

-He can make them have more babies. (Won't get into details.)

-He won't stink.




Also, I put Andy on the stand to get her used to it, so that when she actually needs milk she won't put up a fight. She did great! (Then again, she did have grain most of the time!) Her udder is coming in nice. She didn't have any milk at the moment, because Tommy had just had a big meal. But it was nice, even if it was empty! She has really great attatchements, too!


Stella is getting really big, Rugby too! They are about ready to be weaned, too.

Guinea Facts!

Finding out more about guinea fowl, and found out a bunch of interesting facts about them. (You might want to look away, so you  don't pass out from boredom)

-Guineas are like homing pigeons, they try to go back to where they grew up.

-Some male Guineas mate with only female, and stay with her for the rest of their lives.

-Guineas eat nearly anything that crawls, and even small mamals, like mice and rats.

-Guineas will kill snakes, and have been know to chase preditors.

-There are over thirty different varieties of Guinea fowl.
Pretty cool, I think! Of course these are probably Duh! inducing facts that everyone but me knows. :)

Goat Visit

Went and visited Andy and Tommy Today. It was too windy to work my lambs, so I just sat in the goat barn with them. Not much to post about it, except that Andy is getting a beautiful lil udder! As far as I can tell, (underneath all that hair) She has good attatchments! To me that is just as important as lots of milk. Tommy is getting big and handsome, he is hardly three weeks old and already huge! He can hardly fit his huge self underneath mom to get a drink!

Guinees!

Yay! Might have found a place in the country, but it has grass up to the house, and the bugs to go with it. But we have come up with a very fun solution... Birds! Guinees, to be exact! Well, 10 guinees, 4 turkeys, and 16 of the cheepest (bad joke, I know) chickens they had that had the same hatch date. (The chickens were for body heat, so there are enough birds to keep each other warm)  These will be kept at a friend's house until we are sure about the house and they are big enough that the resident skunk won't kill them. We will leave most or all of the chickens with the friend, along with one or two turkeys, as a thank-you-gift for letting us keep them with them.

Also went to the fabric store and got some fabric (on sale, too!) to make a coat for Andy to wear at the show. It's going to be blue, with sequins (intimidation factor) and maybe some ribbon around the edge (maybe).

Made an anti-marking-belly-band for Peanut, it worked, too! What it is is an old helmet liner from my dad's job with a denim strap, it works well, even though Peanut doesn't like me now.

We lost another rabbit to the dogs that come over the fence. Of course it had to be one of our two girls, not one of our three males! (Not to mention it was the sweetest girl!) So now we have three boys, and one girls, and this is a little out of balance. We are going to give our current herd-sire to someone for a pet, then maybe eat or sell a little male. We have two littles, so we might have at least one more girl in there.

Halter Trained!

Went and stayed and worked my lambs for nearly the whole weekend, and I am proud to anounce that... Stella is officially halter trained! Rugby is not quite halter trained, yet.  Since Rugby is a different breed, he isn't getting bigger half as fast. Unless the judges really take a shine to him, I don't think I will show his breed again. Stella on the other hand, Stella is getting HUGE! I think that she is my best lamb, she's big, friendly, walks, and doesn't have much DRAMA like Rugby does.

Andy is doing great, but I think she could use some copper. Tommy Hunter is getting big, and is friendly now, too!

More Random Pics!

 Bunnies!

 Sarah in her classy coat!

Sarah modeling another coat!