Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

Two more bucklings added to the kid count this morning. I'll be glad when kidding season is OVER with. Maybe two more does left. One of 'em has a good belly going but no udder development yet. The other one barely has a belly at all. She wouldn't be due until May(ish) if she even settled. Time will tell I guess.
 
It's been a goat day - all day! Babies this morning and later had a call from a guy who buys goats from me almost every year. He came out, looked around and spoke for EIGHT goats. He'll be back this weekend to pick 'em up. I need to get busy worming and doing toltrazuril treatments. Gotta make sure everybody is in tip top shape before their move.
 
I have a couple late kidders....March & April. Fine with me...no snow! 🤣 And way fewer to kid, as I'd sold several adults earlier. It's somewhat refreshing!
 
It'll be another outside day today. Caught almost all of the goat kids yesterday and got them wormed and treated with a coccidia preventative. Have two left that didn't get treated. Gotta rectify that today. They don't love me much right now.

Been getting DH outside and walking every day. Actually, had two sessions one day. I swear the first 5 days he whined like a little girl, lol. His hips flexors hurt. I guess they do! When you've sat the majority of the last couple years they shorten and protest mightily when you want them to do their job again. However, the last couple of days I see an improvement. He's able to walk further, faster and with less pain than when we started. Hallelujah - there's hope!

I'm still on a mission to get animal care streamlined for the neighbor girl who will take care of things while we are gone in March. I got the pig waterer finished yesterday and it seems to be working well. Turned out some young silkies into the garden area for clean-up duty. I'm a little worried that they might become snacks for some predator though. I'm really only worried about owls but there's plenty of places for them to hide in the overgrown areas. There's also plenty of green things for them to eat. It's been an awesome year for chickweed, and the chicks are loving every bite!

Lots of stuff left to do. Better get to it!
 
Welcome to my boring life...

Lots of outside time lately. I'm ok with that - but my house is not exactly feeling the love. Need to give it equal time at some point.

The silkie chicks that I moved the other day ... ummm... one became an owl snack. Sigh... Now I'm herding them into a crate at night. No more owl snacks! If I'm incubating, brooding them and feeding them they are NOT going to be owl food. Grrrr.

It's yucky outside. Still have some mud around. Not enough to make me want to wear my boots, but muddy enough to annoy me.

DH is still walking and doing better. Need to work in a little strength and balance work into his routine.

What do I do you might ask? Walked 2.7 miles yesterday. Unloaded 14 50lb bags of livestock feed. Convinced 11 baby goat s that "YES - you DO want to swallow these two syringes full of good stuff!" Most of them hate me now and I have the bruises to prove it.

Paradise!
 
Who said I couldn't reduce my goat herd? I now have 7 less mouths to feed. Also 11 less chickens. Still have more to move on - but it'll happen in time. Watching a couple of does to even know if they're bred. They have until May to either baby up or find a new home. There are 3 on that list. Couple more babies will be leaving also when their time comes.

Yay for less critters and more money.
 
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