Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

[sumi]

Home, glass of wine, relax.

 

[NH Homesteader]

It could be worse. Your truck could have broken expensively and someone could have been in your house... If that helps. Still frustrating though! Happy weekend!!!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

It could be worse. Your truck could have broken expensively and someone could have been in your house...

That's true! I should look at the positive instead of the negative.

I hear chirping from the incubator. When I got the silkie eggs I grabbed a couple from under my nekkid neck hen and stuck them in the incubator at the same time. Was hoping I'd get another nekkid neck outta that deal. One of those eggs has hatched. It looks like a lavender orp. And, YAY -one of the silkie eggs is pipped!! Probably a roo, lol.

I had a broody in the barn that I found two squished "trying to hatch" eggs under today with two dead chicks in them. So, I snatched the rest out from under her and put them in the 'bator. Two of them were in the zip mode - hope moving them didn't jinx them too badly. And, just because - I now have THREE broodies and I didn't really want ANY!

I got the last of my purchased peppers and eggplants in the dirt today. Lots of things popping up in the little garden - but none of it looks awesome... Not sure how well it will do - only time will tell.

 

[baymule]

Anytime a truck is dead at your house, it is a good day. When you have a dead truck away from home, it is not a good day. Our truck wouldn't start in Lowes parking lot, Dh was in Colorado, but I told him I was ok, I was "home" and could call on friends, wrecker and favorite mechanic. 150 miles away would have been disaster. it's all how you look at it.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Anytime a truck is dead at your house, i

Gotta agree - it was an inconvenience - but not the awfulness that it could have been. It was definitely better than being on the road! Few years back when DH was working in El Paso I had driven out to spend Christmas with him there...just me and the dog on the road. Twelve hours of nothing but an occasional gas station a good distance apart from each other. Made it out and back just fine. Next day, back in my hometown, the battery died in the Kroger parking lot in town. What's right next door to our Kroger store? An auto part store that installs batteries for you! Talk about being grateful for timing on THAT one! Can't even imagine how horrible it would have been to get stranded somewhere in between San Antonio and El Paso - WHEW!

 

[NH Homesteader]

Oh my goodness the universe was looking out for you that day!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Lucky stuff for sure!

Well - the Friday the 13th curse continues. Yesterday when I got home I saw evidence that goats had been in the grain room....second time in a couple weeks. The first time was because the door wasn't "catching" when it shut because of some mud. I dug the mud out and voila the door shuts perfectly. I even have a spring on it that pulls it closed - and normally KEEPS it closed. BUT - yesterday we had massive winds all day and somehow the door must've been flapping a bit in the wind and my stupid goats are hyper aware of that door. It didn't look like they'd eaten anything but some beet pulp. And, they weren't bloated at all - they were all running around looking normal - yesterday. I didn't feed anybody except Cameo last night and she only got a handful on the milk stand. But....

I go out this morning and Cameo runs up, hops on the milk stand, gives me her normal full bucket o' milk. I am about to bring the milk into the house when it dawns on me I'm not being mauled by goats wanting feed. Go into the main part of the barn and Cocoa is down, her daughter Lil' Red is bellowing and Shadow is standing in a corner with her head down. It doesn't look good for Cocoa at all. I've given her a baking soda drench, oral and injectable penicillin, thera-bloat and banamine. My guess is that she will not make it . Shadow and Lil' Red will probably be sick, sick, sick for a few days but my guess is they will recover. All have babies....Cocoa's buck is six weeks old and will be fine if she doesn't make it. The other babies are at 4 weeks. Doubt they will take a bottle but they are eating good...

I've been doing this a long time and I know and accept that goats die - but if it's preventable, or even worse, MY fault it kills my soul. I feel like this is totally my fault. This door has been a PIA for awhile and despite the fact that I THOUGHT it was fixed - it wasn't. I didn't follow through like I should have.

Life and death.... also woke up to chicks in the incubator. One silkie hatched and three others of the barnyard mix variety.

I'm giving Cocoa a break for a little bit...I stressed her pretty good this morning. But I'll head back out in a few minutes and give her some probiotics - if she's still alive. Gonna be a long weekend. Oh, and Lucy is still holding on to her babies.

 

[tortoise]

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Thanks tortoise. She didn't make it. I'm kicking myself pretty hard right now.

She was a very dominant goat, and as such, got the biggest portion. My lack of attention to detail and her dominance killed her. Geeze...not a good way to start the day. But...life goes on.

 

[NH Homesteader]

I am so, so sorry.