Dixie looks like the goodyear blimp. Poor girl... I swear she gets bigger every time I look at her.
150 day due date is June 15, I don't know that she will make it that long, but this is my first goat birth. Her ligs are still nice & strong and she is milking the pregnant female drama for all its worth. "Bring me some more of those branches, I simply cannot get up at the moment. No... Not those, THOSE!"
Been over on the herd site reading & reading & reading, got my kidding kit ready all but the puppy pads. I do have towels so if she pops before I get them, well, we'll just use towels won't we?
She's been a champion for her last 3 kiddings, so I'm hopeful.
for trips!!!
We're going to sell Umbra (the little one) she's just not right for us, not nearly as smart & trainable as Dixie has been and I got asked if we would by my breeder, soooo. With all they did for us to get Dixie to the buck, plus the free breeding, I'll let them have her for what I paid, $100. DH danced for joy, he can tolerate Dixie because she's smart, but Umbra just annoys the turds out of him.
On other fronts, the garden is starting to explode, I picked a double handful of peas off 4 plants yesterday. Zucs are putting on (now that I got rid of those squash bugs
) tomatoes are blooming (got 6 volunteers this year, first time for that!) and I STILL have asparagus sprouting up. Rattlesnake beans are climbing over the fence, grapes need fertilizing I think. hmmm what else, chard looks sick, something is eating my amaranth (leaf miners, I think) and the radishes look great.
Up to 24 bunnies total, 18 babies. Getting a new buck from a friend who is moving out of state, pretty flashy pattern to him. I do sell a few bunnies as pets (only to responsible folks I know personally) and everyone wants one with some splash to them. The meat rabbit folks don't care, as long as they aren't tiny
Got 3 new roosters, traded 2 laying hens for them. 1 is a one year old cornish x. He's HUGE I tell you. Like turkey sized. But he's not getting with the program, so he's probably going in freezer camp. Mmmm soup. Takes him forever to meander his way into the coop at night and the pen in the morning, although he waddles really fast whenever one of the other roos puts the moves on "his" hens.
Oh, and for anyone who thinks that mulch would not make a difference in soil quality, let me tell you, last year if you dug up some dirt you would simply NOT find any worms. The dirt was just too dense & wet for them. This year, its the same everywhere I haven't mulched, but in my garden, where I dumped dozens of bags of leaves over the fall & winter... There are thousands. It really looks like red spaghetti when you turn up some garden soil. That makes me happy
On a sadder front, my favorite, bestest cat in the world has vanished. He took a ride with me up to the convenience store Saturday night and either someone let him out of the car or he dashed past me when I opened the door. I surely think I would have seen him though. Going to post Lost Pet posters tonight. I miss my kitty!!! Come home Catsumoto!!
And, we expect pics of the kids.
