Nevadans?

[gaited horse]

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I love the pygmys. I was going to start showing them but things changed. Maybe if our offer get's acceted I will buy one or two just for show.
I wish I could go t the BYC meet up but fair prep is the big thing right now.

 

[gaited horse]

What's everyone else been up to today?

 

[NevadaRon]

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Sounds like a plan!

We also need someone to bring drinks, ice, forks & spoons, and cups & plates. Not all from one person though!

Aha! Forks, spoons, cups, plates. Sounds like a job for me!

 

[gaited horse]

Are you going to the Lyon County Fair next weekend Ron?

 

[NevadaRon]

on your eggs, Sunny! Raising pigs was an interesting experience - I now have a new appreciation of what it means to call someone a pig!

But I will do it again, it was worth it when all was said and done.

Aubrey, sorry to hear about the goat. I think you're onto something with the dwarfs - I read that the Nigerian dwarfs can produce anywhere from 4 to 7 lbs. of milk per day. That's anywhere from ½ to almost 1 gallon of milk per day! And they eat less and take up less room.

Other than going to work Tyler I took my niece out to dinner for her birthday today. An Olive Garden opened in Carson City about a month ago so we went there. Boy was it crowded! That's how it is for the first few months anytime a new restaurant opens around here LOL!!! It was really good, though.

 

[NevadaRon]

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I hadn't planned on it since I was going to the BYC get together. I went to a couple of them and when I checked out the produce area I was really bummed! I should have brought some of my zuchini and squash, they would have been blue ribbons for sure! The one's that won weren't even in the same class as mine. I've got a lot of prep work to do this summer before I can have a good garden next year - I'm still hoping to be able to complete a hoop house plus prep a large outdoor garden area. My next project is to run some new water lines out to my proposed garden area and also to my chicken run, plus antoher one out to where I plan on putting goat and pig pens.

Are you going to the LC Fair?

 

[gaited horse]

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I hadn't planned on it since I was going to the BYC get together. I went to a couple of them and when I checked out the produce area I was really bummed! I should have brought some of my zuchini and squash, they would have been blue ribbons for sure! The one's that won weren't even in the same class as mine. I've got a lot of prep work to do this summer before I can have a good garden next year - I'm still hoping to be able to complete a hoop house plus prep a large outdoor garden area. My next project is to run some new water lines out to my proposed garden area and also to my chicken run, plus antoher one out to where I plan on putting goat and pig pens.

Are you going to the LC Fair?

I will be there showing rabbits on the 20th and then working the 4-H concession stand. My dog 4-H leader bugged me so much this year I'm not showing dogs this year.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Thanks Aubrey and Ron for the good hatching vibes and the sympathy for the first hatch!

Any advice Ron on what you would do differently? Oh and thank you, in advance, for the paper supplies!

 

[Peep_Show]

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Oops! Funny the things you find out in person. Kind of like dating on-line, eh? You don't know what you're dealing with until you're face-to-face....

No doubt the goat had some "Uh-oh" vibes....animals are sensitive like that and probably realized something was hinky. I always found it interesting, too, that some people who've raised goats don't spend the time as they're kids socializing them.... It makes it far more easier to catch them, vet them, kid them, milk them. With my pygmy babies I couldn't help but cuddle the cuties...made for some real nice lap goats. Bottle raising is best for that, but you don't need to bottle raise a goat to have a friendly goat! I'd pick one up, sing it a song, put it down and darned if that goatie didn't line up and want to be picked up the next day...and I cannot carry a tune! They just really enjoy the human interaction, especially if it is pleasurable and imprinted early on them. And, yes, I've had my share of owning other people's *starter* goats...one in particular comes to mind that didn't like to be touched AT ALL and hadn't been handled much. Made it difficult for catching, etc... I bred her to one of Whirlwind Farm's Merlin** sons and sold her as a broodie as there wasn't much else one could do with her... The baby turned out nice, but the mama was a pain until the day she passed.

As a suggestion in the interim, Aubrey, go to the County Fair and visit the livestock section and get a good look at the goats and talk to the folks. Most goat people are happy to prattle on about this and that aspect of goat ownership. It will also give you an idea of size, breed, temperment, etc., as to what you're getting into.

(** Merlin was like the Secretariat or Man o' War of pygmy goat foundation/show stock. His owner, Linda Henwood, was gracious enough to open her buck barn and allow me to breed some of my does to him and his sons back in the day.)

 

[sherylreno]

Morning all - I see we are getting somewhere with the food but we are not getting anywhere on the location. I think a decision needs to be made by tomorrow. I was thinking of bringing ice as well and if we could have someone else bring ice then we should be good, I think 20 lbs should be enough for all of this. We can also bring our own beverages if no one can bring drinks?

Hey Sunny, sorry about the eggs too, that darn snail mail!

I hope you get them to all hatch?

Great on the pig Ron!

My body is trying to get used to my new shifts now, I actually fell asleep in my chair at 6:00pm last night which I never do unless I'm not feeling well.

Anyways - have a great day.