Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

[frustratedearthmother]

Going by the dates that I wrote on the calendar - the baby's dad is the mama's dad. So... daughter bred to father...baby's dad is also her granddad, lol. I've done that cross in pygmies and it's not as bad as it sounds.

So-the baby is full ND - yay!

 

[NH Homesteader]

No I know they do that all the time. It's creepy sounding but not a huge deal unless you do it again! Lol

Yay full ND! Are you selling them? Keeping them?

 

[sumi]

Gorgeous mom and kid

And that was a really sweet "gift" from your DS!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I NEED to get the paper work caught up on my ND"s and sell ALL of them! Not happy with the teat size on this little doeling that just gave birth - and her mama has great teats. So, the buck is not improving teat size at all. However, I might reserve the right to keep breeding and selling IF they sell easily and for good prices. That alone might be incentive to keep them. I've never sold any so I dunno.

Might try to sell these two as a mama/baby pair and see how it goes over.

 

[sumi]

They're so pretty, that alone should make them attractive to buyers. I know they would me!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yep - there's a lot to be said for eye appeal!

 

[NH Homesteader]

ND's (and pygmies) sell so well here (and nothing else does), I'm considering getting more of them.

 

[hqueen13]

Wow, Happy Mother's day to you!! A new baby that came easily and mowed grass, that's a heck of a gift!!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I've just gotta brag on Gracie, the English Shepherd, just a little it. This morning all kinda crazy chaos broke out at my house. I was trying to move some critters out of the barnyard when a pig broke IN to the barnyard. That little bugger did NOT want to go back out to the pasture no matter how hard I tried to persuade him that he didn't really want to be in there.

Cowboy was out in the pasture, Gracie was in the backyard, and the pig was in the barnyard (between backyard and pasture). I was chasin' that pigster around with a stick and he was having no part of it, lol. I'm sure I looked like a crazy lady tryin' to chase down that pig! No need for PETA - cuz I never even got close to him, lol. Gracie was just begging to help - so I let her. English Shepherds like to maintain order on the farm. Gracie knows where every critter is supposed to be and she knew that pig belonged in the pasture. I went to work the gate and told Gracie to 'get that pig outta here'! She had him to the gate in about 2 seconds and that's when Cowboy decided that he didn't like Gracie working "his" pig. Geeze! He came over the fence and tackled Gracie. Poor girl - she was just doing her job....but he was too. I finally corralled Cowboy and let Gracie go to work again. She's amazing to watch... she got right behind that pig practically on top of him and she would reach on either side of him to turn him in what direction she wanted to go all while they were both running at top speed. Amazing stuff - just amazing!

As soon as the pig was out the gate I called Gracie back and let Cowboy go. They made up instantly and all was well again.

 

[Mini Horses]

WOW...a lot of chaos! But, each dog knows their job. It is amazing and enviable.

Years back I was in TX to buy Boers. They had both LGD & herders -- Border Collies. The mgr knew exactly who could be where & do what. The LGDs were put into "their" pastures and the Borders were only allowed to do "their job" outside of that. So I watched as they allowed way too many goats into a corral, no LGDs. Then, the BC was sent in to move those goats wanted to yet another pen. Such a beautiful job! The BC was signaled, the goats separated & moved as wanted. Like the most precision action I have ever seen.

I LOVE to watch things like that.

Glad that Cowboy & Gracie were able to work it out. It would be nice if LGD understood herding wasn't attacking.