Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[ohiofarmgirl]

good morning everyone!!!!

we we survived another holiday.... it was a dilly. onward and upward. after the obligatory uncomfortable slightly confrontational always inappropriate and generally bad meal with the MIL... we raced home and planted about 50 pounds of taters. then after i weeded in the garden and The Big Man went for a motorcycle ride we were able to regroup and more forward. and yes, there was ice cream involved.

and

Runner's chicks are almost all hatched! there might be one casualty but she wont move from the nest. today we'll make her get up if only for a few mins.. she needs to poop and stretch her legs. and i need to find out whats going on with the nest situation.

so far there looks like at least one red one (buckeye?), on chipmunk striped one, 3 or 4 black ones (barred rocks) and one little white one with a black stripe on his head! and at least a couple have feathers on their feet. very cute entirely. i'm still not sure if they know they are chicken chicks...and not turkey poults.. but she's a good momma and is taking care of them. i love when she sings her turkey songs to them.

on the agenda this week:
* pressuring Little Nibbles to hurry up and have her babies
* figuring out a better system for milking and feeding these silly goats
* more planting
* based on the thunder last nite, making sure we have our basement set up for tornado season
* seeds seeds and more seeds...
* The Great Turkey Harvest..some of these boys gotta go

i think that will keep us hopping....

happy monday!


ps Free - dang that Vita is stinky... wow... like buck stinky... as for sniffin' the critters....i'm always sniffing our cat who i bottle raised from 3 days old she smells like a little patch of heaven to me! goats.. well they smell like goats but i like when they snuggle me. we'll brush out Vita so she's less stinky.. whew! but she's no where near pig stinky i'm just tired of changing my shirt every time i milk her! speaking of..i gotta go grab some teats (for milking that is) i'm late!

 

[Dace]

Glad to hear that you survived the event!

Busy week at your place....dang.

 

[freemotion]

I'm so jealous that you are milking, I'd take the stinky doe! Can you bathe her? What about using some of that enzyme stuff that is made for cleaning up housepet tinkle? The unscented ones, of course. You spray it on and leave it, and the enzymes "eat" the urine molecules. Voila. No smell.

We use a super concentrated version in the scoopable cat box called Pet Magic that is also a great quick stain remover. I've even spritzed my pits with it in an emergency!

 

[lorihadams]

Sounds like all is well on the homefront! I can't wait to see more goat baby pics!

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

C'mon, Nibbles - wonder if she can beat justusnak's pebbles to the punch - i mean the kids... *snicker*

 

[freemotion]

If this keeps up, Ginger and Mya will be in the race....

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

me today:

walks halfway out to gate, bacon and mayo sandwich in one hand, about a pound of butter on a piece of homemade-homey-style whole wheat bread in the other, looks up and wonders just which way the wind is gonna blow.....

waiting to see what is going to happen

just in case.... you can always find me at:
ohiofarmg@gmail.com

 

[Javamama]

Um, that's rather cryptic...

 

[Dace]

I am with ya girlie. I am not sure which way the wind is blowing either but I have enough on my plate to make time for this silliness.

 

[Wifezilla]

I think someone is having bad storm issues. Spring time in the midwest can be interesting....and by interesting I mean "Oh god oh god, we're all going to die".