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[spydertoys]

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I'm so sorry you lost Mama Mouse, if I hear of any kittens I'll let you know

Thanks Shelley!

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I'm sorry about mousie

I'll keep an eye out for kitties, too.

meri

 

[spydertoys]

Mojo Chick'n :

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I'm sorry about mousie

I'll keep an eye out for kitties, too.

meri

Thanks Meri..I sure do miss her..she was real special to me.​

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Well, I candled the swap eggs today - hard to tell on the cochin eggs yet, and the eggs I got from Estpr13 seem to be about half that I can tell for sure are developing. But I'm gonna leave them all awhile longer, cause I am bad at candling early on and I usually wait til it is much later to figure out if they are good or not.

But... I got my farm grant

So, I have a meeting to go to friday or monday, and I have to sign up for BQA, then I have until next august to get the work done and the receipts turned in to get reimbursed. Hubby and I were thinking we'd like to go with the woven wire fencing, if possible. It looks better and is safer for the critters. I guess we'll see how much it would cost us to run it that far (surrounding about ten acres). I told hubby we should wait until I get the money from dad's estate, then do the work (we have to pay upfront, then get it back when it is done.). Otherwise, we'd have to dip into the savings, and I don't want to take out that much money to do it from that source.

So.... that means I can do many more cows after the fencing is done.

Means more work, too

but it's farm work, so at least I don't have to go get a job or anything icky like that

(hate punching a time clock, hate paying taxes - for stuff that I don't agree with - on money that I worked hard for, hate having to fit into someone else's schedule, etc...) Cows, well, they stink and are messy, but lovable, and they are money in the field

so I don't mind getting poo on my boots and getting up early if it means that I can do chores, then enjoy the critters the rest of the day.

Speaking of lovable cows... Mookie is gonna be tough to butcher, I think. He gets done eating in the morning, and I go back to the fence for the bottles from the babies, and he is standing there waiting for me, every day, wanting his scratchies and love before he goes out into the field.

hubby would kill me if I begged to keep him as a pet. I may have to just sell him (so I don't have to drop him off at the processor) and then it'll be easier on me when he goes. Alternatively, I guess I could make hubby take him to be processed, and I could hide like a coward at home.

Who'd have thought I'd love a cow?? I never much cared for cows - looked upon them as food or stinky beasts. I liked them well enough, I didn't hate them or anything, just didn't see them as cuddly. Mookie is definately cuddly. He's pushing about 200 -250 pounds

and I figured by then, even if the bottle babies are adorable, the bigger they got the less cute they'd be. Mook just wants to be hugged and loved on... how can I resist? He's a strange cow

The only other one who wants that sort of loving is Cletus, but he isn't as consistant as MookMan is. Cletus is funny

but not as cuddly as Mookie.

I have time, I guess... maybe Mookie will outgrow wanting to be loved on, and I won't be so attached by the time he has to go to Freezer Camp.

meri

 

[ametauss]

Spydertoys: What kind would you like?? My friend has about 20 cats she's rescued... she lives in Shelbyville and I'm sure I can get you one or two to love on... Some of her's are still under a yr old as it seems she too has an invisible sign that tells animals to come to her house in their time of need... she's picked up three prego moms in the past couple of years and hasn't been able to find homes for them....

I don't think any are really long haired, we got three from her and I think she said the last batch had some with longer hair....

I'll check if you want...

My new Roo died Monday and then yesterday one of my 9mth old hens died... no outward signs of illness... they were both fine at the morning feeding and then dead at the nighttime feeding.... They didn't look dehydrated at the morning feeding but did at the night feeding when they were either dying or dead... any ideas??

 

[shelleyd2008]

Woven wire won't keep predators out, like bobcats and coyotes. They'd just climb or jump over it. You already have the donkeys, which is enough protection for your cows. You could do the woven wire around a 'free range area' for your chickens and ducks, and just get some heavy-duty electric wire for your cow pasture. Maybe some woven wire or split-rail fencing along the woods, so the deer don't run through the electric wire, but I wouldn't do the whole thing in woven wire. That's just me

ETA: I think you'd be better off selling Mookie, we had some 'pet pigs' when I was younger, us kids thought of them as pets anyway. Dad sold most of them, and took one of the biggest ones to process. I wouldn't eat any of it, I cried everytime mom cooked some!

Of course, I was 9

but I don't know that you would want to eat him

 

[kentuckysilkies]

Hi all, it has been a while since I have posted here. I am laid up recovering from knee surgery so I have some free time on my hands. I have many Silkie roosters hatched this year ( about 3-4 months old) to give away. Most are non-standard colors, but true to type. If you have need of any just come get them. I live in Lexington.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I'm not so much worried about predators as of the calves or donkeys getting into barbed wire and hurting themselves. Also, the deer take out our hotwire on a regular basis, so I want something they can't tear down so quickly. The back of the property is fenced already - we may have to beef it up a bit, though. We'd have to do the woods down the sides, and the open area in the bowl of land that goes down to the spring.

Yeah, I'm not sure what to do about Mook - Maybe I'll keep one of the ones I don't like so much for the freezer. (not that I dislike them, just that they aren't cuddly).

Once it was a done deed, I could eat him - it would be taking him to the processor and seeing his eyes when he knew what was coming. When we took Stella she could smell the blood in the building, and refused to get out of the trailer. Had a heck of a time getting her out of there.

meri

 

[Andora]

Mojo Chick'n :

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I'm not so much worried about predators as of the calves or donkeys getting into barbed wire and hurting themselves. Also, the deer take out our hotwire on a regular basis, so I want something they can't tear down so quickly. The back of the property is fenced already - we may have to beef it up a bit, though. We'd have to do the woods down the sides, and the open area in the bowl of land that goes down to the spring.

Yeah, I'm not sure what to do about Mook - Maybe I'll keep one of the ones I don't like so much for the freezer. (not that I dislike them, just that they aren't cuddly).

Once it was a done deed, I could eat him - it would be taking him to the processor and seeing his eyes when he knew what was coming. When we took Stella she could smell the blood in the building, and refused to get out of the trailer. Had a heck of a time getting her out of there.

meri

Meri can't you just keep him as a stud bull? Get him a girlfriend and breed all your own cattle! You can probably make good money selling raw milk too.​

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Already banded him. Not sure how he'd be as a bull anyway (might get too "bullish" to handle). We have a heifer we're keeping, plan to AI her though, because it is cheaper and easier to do that than to keep a bull. I'd like a couple more heifers, actually.

We plan to use the heifer(s) as nurse cows.

meri