NH Homesteader's journal

[NH Homesteader]

Ha no.... Feed store's open til 3 today so we're going soon. I'm not out of grain yet so no one's starving, lol

DH worked on partitioning off 2 temporary kidding stalls in the barn. Should finish today, will be nice to have that done!

I need to figure out who I'm going to have disbud for me. It's expensive and impractical to use the vet we really like, so going to call two more local vets and then see if any breeders nearby do it. Also, I don't have a tattoo kit so may be selling everyone as unregistered this year. Won't be a huge deal since I'm afraid no one around here really cares about the MDGA anyway.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yay on getting the kidding stalls done! Whoop! I keep looking at my gals and I'm seeing an udder start in one of the little gals. This is the doeling that had the broken leg around Christmas 2016. She's a sweetie and I'm really looking forward to what she'll give me.

Good luck on finding someone to disbud!

 

[NH Homesteader]

Yeah we quit on shopping again. Lol, DH is finishing the kidding stalls and I am catching up on laundry, etc. I am exhausted and feel like I'm getting sick. DH thinks I'm paranoid and I'm not sick at all, lol. I do not have a fever though so I don't have the flu at least... We'll see how I feel tomorrow!

And it's snowing. Hope it doesn't amount to much. I'm all done with winter. Stupid groundhog!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I wonder how groundhog tastes - cuz I wanna kill that little jerk!

Hope you're not getting sick - you don't have time to get sick! I've been fighting allergies, but darn thankful it's not the flu!

 

[NH Homesteader]

I don't even care if I get sick, I just don't want baby to get sick!

Kidding stall setup looks awesome. Only one doe now that I can't tell if she's pregnant, the other ones are fat and awkward lol. They used to jump over things, now they drag themselves over them!

 

[baymule]

I’ll take 6 more weeks of MY winter versus YOUR winter! LOL

 

[NH Homesteader]

Me too!

 

[baymule]

That's funny!

 

[Mini Horses]

Grandad used to shoot & dress....they cooked & ate. I'm sure I ate some at some point but, no idea of taste. Maybe a good thing

on kidding stalls & EVEN on prego does. Some of mine did not get bred yet -- never with buck. So, may have a "free for all" week, or month, soon.... I've been so lame with this with our weather affecting my moods and desire to be vigilant. Can we chant "I don't care!!" ?

 

[NH Homesteader]

I should have stuck with fewer pregnant does, lol. But, I have 2 FF two year olds, a second freshener 3 year old and a (hopefully) FF 3 year old. I didn't want to miss a year on any of them, I know it's harder to breed older does that haven't been bred. And the Nigie, well that just happened lol, but hope she'll sell with kids.