glenolam's madness - April passed away

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If she needs a massage therapist, I can drive out there next Tuesday. I do charge more for distances....less if you have three goats/horses at the same farm.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

wait.. she jumps off with her neck hooked in the "head holder"!?!?!? really!??!?!

ohmigosh...that is my biggest fear - that Debbie or Nibbles will break their necks like that. but for the record, i always know where my butcher knives are and the hooks from where we hang the pigs are still there. and yes i know how to string them goats up by the hocks. fire up the grill baby!

anyway

WOW! sorry about all the hubbub.... do your hands hurt?

i guess i'm just the meanest person EVER. when Debbie was acting up i took up all her food, had my hubby hold her (meanly), and then when i was done milking i snatched her up and marched her the gate. she couldnt believe it. and now she just stands there quietly.

the last time Nibbles got all "you're not the boss of me" i showed her the grill and reminded her of what happened to the pigz. the goats had a front row seat to the carnage.

but

Nibbles has been acting fishy lately...she's always texting someone and i hear her saying something about forming a union. but as you may know, Ohio has outlawed "collective" bargaining for the state workers... so we'll just see how far she gets with that!

its Sunny now who's got a bee in her bonnet. she "met the dog" the other day when she was getting all pushy. it wasnt so funny when Dog#1 came at her all "mouth n teeth n all hell yeah." she got all wide eye'd when i let him run her back into the gate and then she was all "why did you let that mean dog do that?" and i was all "don't be pushy with ME missy!"

so yesterday just before it started to rain i ran out there with Titan to get everyone in and wow - them goats ran for their very lives into the goat house. and the dog was very proud of himself.

Gleno go and be the Boss Goat and quit foolin' around! hee hee hee hee hee just kiddin....

give 'em hell baby! whooooot!

 

[savingdogs]

For some reason I'm getting a chuckle trying to imagine TBM holding a goat "meanly"..... Is that with a firm grip or a stink eye or what?

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

both. and he didnt say ANYTHING nice.

his cruel silence is what really got her.
;-)

 

[Javamama]

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

My brother has learned an interesting milking routine with goats.
No grain at all during milking. Good hay is all they get.
Milking is to be just that. Milking.
They get their grain either before or after.

 

[glenolam]

Day 3 -

What an improvement! I confiscated her cell....I didn't want anyone to really hear about what was going on because - as we all know - when it's one person against another with no third party there a judge can't really charge you. I mean, I'm sure they'd take my word over a 2 yr olds...

I hid carrots in the grain bucket so she'd have to fish around. She appreciated the gesture but reminded me that, even though she was willing to somewhat cooperate, she still had the Dept of Labor on speed dial.

She woofed down her meal and I was about half way done. She started the hopping....yes - still trying manual strangulation, so hobble went on. For the life of me I was going to get her as milked out as my hands could possibly make it. And....for the third day in a row, she pulled those hocks up and so I again just sat behind her and squirt squirt squirted that milk out. She sat there nice and quietly while I got quite a bit more. And when I thought I was done, I kept saying "10 more squeezes"....."10 more on the other side....." "Oh crap...hand freeze...."

I ended up with about 24 oz. I COULD have had a quart, except between her highness finishing her meal and my attempting to steal a few more squirts before putting the hobble on she decided she wanted the milk hoof spa treatment again and put her hoof right in there.

No worries, though, as all the milk I'm getting now is for soaping anyway...I'm too far behind on soap to use the milk for other stuff.

As I let her out of the stanchion she hopped down (hobble OFF) glared back and me and said "Ya know....that wasn't half bad. I THINK we can discuss a contract...."





Anyone got a milker I can use?? My freaking hands hurt like heck. I'm gonna get man paws before the summer's even here.

 

[savingdogs]

Isn't it nice to have a purpose for the stepped in milk?

 

[Marianne]

Day 3 -

What an improvement! I confiscated her cell....I didn't want anyone to really hear about what was going on because - as we all know - when it's one person against another with no third party there a judge can't really charge you. I mean, I'm sure they'd take my word over a 2 yr olds...

I hid carrots in the grain bucket so she'd have to fish around. She appreciated the gesture but reminded me that, even though she was willing to somewhat cooperate, she still had the Dept of Labor on speed dial.

She woofed down her meal and I was about half way done. She started the hopping....yes - still trying manual strangulation, so hobble went on. For the life of me I was going to get her as milked out as my hands could possibly make it. And....for the third day in a row, she pulled those hocks up and so I again just sat behind her and squirt squirt squirted that milk out. She sat there nice and quietly while I got quite a bit more. And when I thought I was done, I kept saying "10 more squeezes"....."10 more on the other side....." "Oh crap...hand freeze...."

OMG, my mouth was hanging open for a few seconds!! I hit the 'new posts' and came to this post. I didn't have a clue what you were talking about but it sounded pretty severe for a 2 yr. old kid...!!!!

 

[Kala]