The Old Folks Home

[perchie.girl]

The goats I've been around have all tended to be more like pet dogs... very friendly and social. I have decided I will start with Lamanchas as I want a dairy breed and intend to milk them as I love my dairy food group. I am no longer a working stiff, so will have the time to care for them and be with them. I will most likely start out with large breeds and then purchase one or more Nigerian Dwarf bucks and start breeding mini-manchas. 1/2-2/3 the size, 2/3 the milk, 1/2 the feed costs, 1/2 the space requirements.

I already have the LGD to protect them and expect them to spend most of their days out foraging and free ranging on the acreage I intend to purchase. I expect I'll also be acquiring some meat sheep and meat hogs as well. If I find the right place, I may even get and raise a steer or two. Were I a younger man, I'd be on my way to Alaska... However, as I've aged, I've become less tolerant of winter cold, ice & snow... The sad thing is, I have remained intolerant of blazing heat as well. It seems of the 2 places I've narrowed it down to, I'll have to deal with one or the other.

Thanks Al. I hope the place I eventually get either has year round moving water or spring fed pond(s) on the property. I also hope it to be located outside of any flood plains. When I bought this place, I had envisioned it being my last stop. But that was before I stopped working and retired. Now I really want more self sufficiency, which requires more land/space, much lower cost of living, and further removal/distance between me and what is accepted as "civilization". Though it's becoming much more difficult, I also would like to keep and use my personal freedoms.

and less people looking over your shoulder.

deb

 

[bamadude]

that sweater is AWESOME!!!!!!

Need thumb down button

 

[tjo804]

I love the sweater too
The colors are Great as well!

 

[drumstick diva]

SCG if you let the goats go please send a Christmas wreath or two with them, just a little snack from home.

 

[getaclue]

The rabbit is AWESOME! There's nothing wrong with the sweater either. Yes, I have kids almost your age V, but I waited until I was 30 to start having kids, so I'm OLD.

Called the doctor, and she called something in to the pharmacy to stop my daughter from blowing groceries. It's working, thank goodness. She couldn't even keep hot, or cold tea, gatorade, ginger ale, chicken broth, or any liquids down, and I didn't want her to dehydrate, let alone trying to get any type of food into her. It also made it impossible to keep her pain medication in her long enough for it to do any good.

I have to add something here: The doctor on call asked if she was also having trouble with diarrhea. Nope. Ok, she would call something in. Patient vomiting, no diarrhea, so she calls in an ORAL medication instead of a suppository. The first dose came up within 15 minutes. The second dose did the trick, but you would think a doctor would be smarter.

 

[Alaskan]

Doctors are idiots.

 

[ronott1]

I just wanted to share pictures of my NYD hatch.

I hatched out 32 chicks from 45 eggs-Trader Joe's and Whole Foods fertile eggs!

 

[WVduckchick]

Nice Ron

 

[Alaskan]

So cool! All of those grocery store eggs!!!!

What a super economical way to replenish an egg laying flock!

 

[bamadude]

So cool! All of those grocery store eggs!!!!

What a super economical way to replenish an egg laying flock!

Its cheating