Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

[NH Homesteader]

So... lute? Sheesh little girl! Lol!

When's that retirement planned for? You don't have time to work!

 

[tortoise]

and if you can't handle fasting yet, fat fasting might work for you!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

So... lute? Sheesh little girl! Lol!

Stupid goat. I'll wait to see if she comes back in. She had a dead baby and a retained placenta last time she kidded. She might not even be able to settle anymore so I'm not gonna waste the lute until I know.

and if you can't handle fasting yet, fat fasting might work for you!

I need to thank you for mentioning the fasting thing. I did my research, and picked the 16/8 program AND I'm combining it with the Keto (ish) plan. I'm down 11 lbs! Yay ME!!!!

The fasting thing is kind of like a competition with myself - and I'm a very competitive person!

 

[NH Homesteader]

Oh, gotcha. Hey can people lute horses ? I know someone whose full size stallion may have bred their mini mare. (I'm calling and reporting them for neglect anyway so I'm asking out of pure curiosity not as a treatment plan!)

 

[Mini Horses]

Oh, gotcha. Hey can people lute horses ?

Absolutely.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Good, I'm scared for this little mare

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yes you can. Mini beat me to it!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Noir (Kinder) was standing at the fence teasing poor Dusty mercilessly last night. It's a match I want to make - but not now - nex cycle they will have a date!

Something has been killing my quail. I'm down to one adult hen. I go out and find them dead in the cage. Early one morning (before daylight) I found some dead so I took them out of the cage and laid them to the side intending to take care of the bodies when I got home from work. When I got back out that evening - nearly after dark - they were gone. Best guess - a possum or coon literally scaring them to death. Quail will, quite often, kill themselves when frightened by jumping up and breaking their necks on the top of the cage. I moved the last remaining hen to the back porch where Gracie rules. Took awhile for me to convince her she was to guard the quail and not consume the quail, lol.

Next problem - I've got quail babies in the brooder that I'm going to have to put outside soon. I kinda feel that putting them outside will NOT be in their best interest at this point! I've got to figure out something to do with them. Argh! I think I need to set the live trap out there and see what I come up with. Or, maybe just leave the gate open so Gracie can do varmint patrol. She's hell on possums, but I'd hate for her to take on a big boar coon. They are pretty ferocious.

This is the weekend I was planning on moving pigs and maybe even horses - but then it had to start raining again. I want to get the two boars penned up that I plan on harvesting. It's not hard for THEM to move through the mud - but it's hard for ME to move them through the mud. I'm planning on 'leading' them to the pen with some corn, but in this mud I might not be able to move fast enough to stay out of their way, lol. I don't want the pigs that I'm planning on eating to eat me! Nah - actually the AGHs are so gentle that I don't worry for my life around them. But, a couple of them together can still be pushy...

DH is out running errands and I need to get busy. Guess I'll work inside since it's so nasty outside. Ugh.

 

[sumi]

I'd let Gracie do some patrolling and hopefully scare of the critter. Sorry to hear about your losses!

I don't know your set-up, but here's an idea for the pigs. Can you get DH to keep the pigs confined for you while you get in position where you want them to go and make sure they see you have something tasty for them? Let DH release them when you are ready and hopefully they will trot right over to where you need them to be?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I don't know your set-up, but here's an idea for the pigs. Can you get DH to keep the pigs confined for you while you get in position where you want them to go and make sure they see you have something tasty for them? Let DH release them when you are ready and hopefully they will trot right over to where you need them to be?

All I can really do is open the big pasture gate to let them in to the front barnyard. I will try to be selective about who comes through the gate, but sometimes that's not so easy - they'll all make a stampede to get inside. Then it will be a matter of trying to escort some of them back OUT while keeping the correct ones in. After that I'll open the gate to the pen I want them in and, again, try to get the correct ones in. It'll be a big ol' mess - but it will happen. It just might be a crazy melee until we get it right! But, it's raining again and it's supposed to keep it up until after dark so it's probably not gonna happen today.