Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

[Sally PB]

The last rooster was so well put together I couldn't disrobe him with arm strength and my weight alone. Had to use a fillet knife to remove the skin - not just to connections at breast and thigh, but also the wings, the entire leg, the back...

Is this a plus or minus?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Is this a plus or minus?

Will make soup that will leave an unctuous film on your lips and stick to your ribs. That's a plus.

Took twice as long to process as he should have. That's a minus.

We'll call it a mixed bag, but a mixed bag we can work with.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

So much else going on, I haven;t updated in a while. Still building the greenhouse - it should be done by spring, when it won't be needed... So, how about ducks and goats?

 

[Sally PB]

Are you expecting a doe to kid soon, or am I remembering someone else?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Are you expecting a doe to kid soon, or am I remembering someone else?

Yes - one popped two (seen in the bottom picture, above). The other SHOULD have popped last week. We are in a warming trend, so I'm hopeful she does it this weekend.

That, or she simply didn't "take" (again) and is merely fat (still).

But we are ever hopeful....

 

[Sally PB]

Not knowing anything about does having kids... do they usually need any assistance, or can they manage on their own?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

They manage well on their own, mostly.

Which is good, because I know less about goats than I know about chicken diseases (which isn't much) - but as we started w/ two, have eaten three, and now have ten... they must be doing something right.

 

[Sally PB]

and now have ten

Wow.

How much feed do you have to buy in a month for them?

I do not need adorably cute goats. I do not need adorably cute goats.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

200 - 300#

 

[Molpet]

I do not need adorably cute goats. I do not need adorably cute goats.

Yeah I was thinking about a couple ... until I met a bottle baby .
I have enough trouble harvesting turkeys. I would be hip deep in goats.