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[walady944]

that is such a beautiful little knitted dress . . . what lovely work you do!

 

[Chickielady]

No broodies, I've had one teasing me but she's not really setting. Just a tease!
How about setting me a doz towards the end of this month? Time it for your convience, I'm in no actuall hurry but would like to have them laying b4 winter comes this year.

OK Dokey.........................I have another person asking for chicks so I will plan to set them all together...........

 

[Chickielady]

Howdy! Another calf today, a heifer, who was delivered when her mamma was standing and hit the ground sort of... pleated. Head under her chest, with the bottom leg sort of up and over everything. I reached in my pockets and found out that I'd forgotten to repack my blue nitrile gloves, so I got to untangle her bare-handed. She was up and nursing in under twenty minutes, so yay!

Two of last years heifers got sold to some people down Rochester way, so if you see some red heifers with white socks, that's Wren and Pepper Ann. We had a LOT of heifers last year, and kept the best three plus two whose mothers are no longer in the herd. One of the kept heifers is a half sister to the young lady born this cool and misty afternoon.

Which brings up another thing that complicates cattle breeding but not so much chickens.



This cow is a bull-sister to the one who calved today, and has the next younger calf. The cow today has a tag number 1077, and this cow is 1083: they'll both be nine this week. She had a bull last year, and a bull this year. I have one more chance to get a heifer calf out of her before we go back to breeding black: Angus and AngusX feeders have about a nickel per-pound bonus and the Shorthorn/Angus steers wean about fifty pounds heavier than straight Angus, so economics dictates we only breed red often enough to keep the cow herd going. If I don't get a heifer from a good cow, I can't magic up a good genetic copy out of thin air.

Chickens give you better odds to keep a gene line going: there's none of this nine-month pregnancy and single birth stuff going on.

YOU ROCK WOMAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a beautiful baby !!!!

 

[Chickielady]

wow you've got so much ambition and so much to look forward to - I'm envious.

I see you have dug yourself out of the snow.

 

[Chickielady]

Finally finished!! Can't wait for her to see it in the morning :-D

CUTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

I'm bringing these to the show. I've been working on them in my free time.

OK Jean, you got some splainin' to do.
What are these ?
They are beautiful !
Crochetted head bands ?
Awesome colors !
Scarves ?

 

[Chickielady]

Great.
Rain for as far as the eye can see...right through this week end.
I was hoping that this week end would be as nice as last......but looks like rain, rain, and more rain.
Poop.

I guess I am ready for the show.
I am bringing a few of the feed sack totes...................and an empty crate cuz I am looking for SKOVIE DUCKLES for a neighbor.
It is early for ducks to lay, so I doubt any Skovie Duckles will be there for sale...but I still gotta look.
Now it is bird bath time....how to get a monstrously huge Jersey Giant in my little sink is gonna be FUN.

 

[Zgoatlady]

I'm really curious, too.
Maybe one of our experts will know the answer.
If not, you could post these photos on the "what breed or gender is this?" forum.
If you do, please report back!

It's roo, I'm pretty sure

 

[pips&peeps]

OK Jean, you got some splainin' to do.
What are these ?
They are beautiful !
Crochetted head bands ?
Awesome colors !
Scarves ?

They are scarves. I am bringing them to the WFF show for sale. I have a couple more colors that are not shown there. If you want to reserve one now, let me know.

 

[SadieSue]

Congrats SF on your new baby cow - what a beautiful baby!
FWJ - another beautiful little dress - you do such nice work and I love the colors you use.
Still hoping I'm going to be able to make it to Monroe. My calendar is filled with rehearsals, work, and events the next couple of months, so our meet up would be a real indulgence.
CR - I'm glad you're getting your plasma cutter back soon!
TC - Best of Luck to you for your upcoming surgery tomorrow!

I'm so proud of my DD. She interviewed with 4 different hotels/hotel companies at WSU this past month for summer internships and they all wished to meet with her further. Since she was going to be home for spring break this week, the Wesley Inn at Gig Harbor expressed interest in having her job shadow for them on Sunday for their Wedding Expo and before the afternoon was over they offered her a position at the hotel for the summer! Although some of the other hotels interested in her are for larger companies which she will ultimately be looking at for employment after graduation, she chose this one because she liked the employees and the location which is just 15 minutes from home! Much more desirable than a 1 1/2 hour commute for the same wage/hr.

She would have a cow if she knew I was bragging about her again - but I thought she looked so cute in her business suit before she left to meet with them the other day. My baby girl will be 21 in June!