The Old Folks Home

[chickadoodles]

When we went to the goat sale there were so many homemade creations to transport goats, it was fun to look at them all.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

One of my favorites that I've seen was a "ewe haul"

I should add that our first main vehicle to transport sheep was our '68 Ford truck with a converted metal enclosure originally made for hogs. Oh yes...you should have seen the looks we garnished travelling to one of the main Canadian livestock shows with our lawn chairs strapped to the sides. This was in 1998!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have always loved the farm auctions even as a child...

guess
I am in the spring please making chilie dogs and potato salad tonight

 

[Alaskan]

And our bull ran away from home so many times that the last time which was 2 years ago dh has let him stay put on the feed lot next door.
Dh said we don't have enough cows for him here and he will just keep running off. Dh said he's never been able to keep a bull at home.   

The way my grandpa fixed that...way back when.... was always get a young bull. Just barely old enough to "do his job". When the bull got old enough to feel confident, stuck up, and started running all over tarnation to find every cow within a twenty mile radius...my grandpa would sell him. He would sell him for more than he bought him...because he was now a "proven" bull.

It worked great.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I had a whole day "coaching/mentoring" purgatory mandatory class to attend today. At the end we had to role play. Someone had to have a problem, a coach attempted to coach them through it and then there was an observer in the group to take notes on what went well and what didn't.


The group next to me went before me. Their problem? "I think I want to get goats."

I'm sad I wasn't in that group.

I did volunteer to deliver both Pip and Caramel tonight.

 

[chickadoodles]

One of my favorites that I've seen was a "ewe haul"

I should add that our first main vehicle to transport sheep was our '68 Ford truck with a converted metal enclosure originally made for hogs. Oh yes...you should have seen the looks we garnished travelling to one of the main Canadian livestock shows with our lawn chairs strapped to the sides. This was in 1998!

Here come the Beverly Hillbillies!

Penny I enjoyed the few auctions I have been to.
All our grass is greening up and my large pear tree is budding out. The Robbins showed up yesterday. I took a couple pics but it was in the shade so it's to hard to see it.

 

[chickadoodles]

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My dh won't sell him. I've asked him to so we could get a Charolais bull to go with our Charolais cows. He won't I guess he figures it's money in the bank since he's a Angus bull.
Here are our girls one of the heifers is old enough she might jump the fence this year.

 

[chickadoodles]

I had a whole day "coaching/mentoring" purgatory mandatory class to attend today. At the end we had to role play. Someone had to have a problem, a coach attempted to coach them through it and then there was an observer in the group to take notes on what went well and what didn't.


The group next to me went before me. Their problem? "I think I want to get goats."

I'm sad I wasn't in that group.

I did volunteer to deliver both Pip and Caramel tonight.

Awe you don't really mean that do you?

They are so cute!

I guess a class like that would drive me crazy.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I do. They're annoying and really don't do much for me. I'd rather have the space for pigs.

Consequently I'm really not in a good mood so any offer to take irritation away from me is going to fly right now.

 

[chickadoodles]

I do. They're annoying and really don't do much for me. I'd rather have the space for pigs.

Consequently I'm really not in a good mood so any offer to take irritation away from me is going to fly right now.

Awe, I'm sorry. I do understand the noise and being annoying. Sometimes I feel that way about our cows.
Maybe you could room a pig in with the goats?