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[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I would love to go but 1800+ miles one way is a little far, but I would win the prize for the farthest distances.

 

[cheryl98117]

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Ugg if only you were closer... I'de come pick her up, if for nothing else but to get her some place safer than the road... I hope someone comes to get her. OH! One tip for wrangling goats... If your able to get close enough, and are fast enough to grab a back leg, that is the easiest and quikest way I've found to catch a goat on the run. As long as you don't lift the leg to far up, the poor thing will not get injured.

Hehehe I wonder if my in-laws want to keep a goat in their condo for a couple days.

lol I highly doubt it.

I wish you were closer too! I hate being stuck inside and worried the goat is gonna get chased or hurt. also animal control might grab her and I don't know if they can even keep goats

or if they just put them down

I'd catch her on my lunch break if I had a place to keep her till I got off work... then well.... do they let goats on the metro bus?

You would be surprised with the animals I have taken on the metro buss system.

Birds of all breeds, rabbits, ferrets, a mini horse foal. lol Plus a number of dogs, and drunks for that matter. I only got in trouble with my drunk friends, as I was always the sobre escort for them. lol

As for animal control, they will not put it down, the great thing about goats is that they fit into a dog kennel, and can be managed for a short while in a confined space. They would take it, and find a rescue or farm that can take it or foster for them. But then again I am not 100% sure if Kent is in King county or not... Can't remember if its S king or N. ? lol

I wouldn't worry about the goat if animal control picks it up. They will probably take it up to Edmonds, they have a facility there for wildlife and larger critters, that most places aren't able to care for.

E.T.A.
OH! Goats can also be teathered out, just need a strong collar and a good chunk of rope, cable or chain. So in all actuallity you COULD catch that goat and take her home. lol

 

[Chickielady]

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I would love to go but 1800+ miles one way is a little far, but I would win the prize for the farthest distances.

Maybe next year you will be here !!

 

[cheryl98117]

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I would love to go but 1800+ miles one way is a little far, but I would win the prize for the farthest distances.

Maybe next year you will be here !!

Or! We could do one later in the year, like the end of summer or something, so the weather is MUCH better for travle!

Wish I could talk my DH into letting me host one here! Then we wouldnt have to pay for space rental!

 

[Chickielady]

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wow, wish I had your energy !!!

 

[Chickielady]

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Thankyou, the hens lay the biggest dark brown eggs...our mainstay and brings in alot of money here every month.

Do you sell any of these guys as babies or teenagers? I would like to pick up another 4 or 6 next spring. Not sure why...I don't need any. I want girls though...no roos. Don't want to have to freezer camp.

yup, I have a bunch in the oven right now that will be ready to go in the spring, Cuckoos and BBS Marans...and maybe breed another batch of Olive Eggers as everyone is nuts about the green eggs...and little roos will be gone by then.

 

[cheryl98117]

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wow, wish I had your energy !!!

And I have no idea where it came from... I was dead tired this morning when I got home from the barn. Decided to start baking, but realised my kitchen was nasty. I hate a sink full of dishes that are left there for a couple days... Hollidays always mess up my rutine. My fish tanks were driving me nutts as well. I really need to find an algea eater that can be put in an agressive tank. My Kissing Goramy ate my snails and my shrimp, and everything else we had put in with him. That is until I was given Oscar for my birthday. lol Now Hanibal, "the kissing goramy" doesn't pick on everyone.Then having three dogs, a two year old, and about 15 people in and out of my house for the past few days took a huge toll on my poor floors. Dog hair, mud, dirt, rocks... You name it, it was on my floor... Ugg...

But its all cleaned up now. Now I have to wait for DH to get home so I can get out to the barn and feed those horses... Luckily I already did all the cleaning and feed, so its just a matter of putting them back into the barn. And to top it off! Its getting COLD!!! We've been warned of another freeze thats supposed to take hold of our area tonight... So not looking forward to that.

 

[Chickielady]

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Now will you have a minute to sit down or days to catch up with the home & Farm ?
Who do you have to keep the woodstove going & animals fed and safe ?
Whoever it is you are so lucky !
I wish Cheryl was closer so I could take a few days off and I know she takes such good care of people's farm/critters...and you all noticed she has so much time on her hands !

I just asked 'dak' on the Cochin thread how he got that beanie to stay on the dog's head like that ?
(in his avatar) and he smacked me !

I hate it when people have no sense of humor !!!

Look for dak with the Doberman Pinscher in the avatar and the cute beanie on his head

!!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5203806#p5203806

 

[Chickielady]

Rare Feathers~ Clarence is vaselined and doing much better today.
He will be fine.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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Ya' know what is funny....for anyone else she would not be doing this (talking from experiencce)...You are special...You are Mom...You get all the "special" behavior.

Sorry, I am laughing with you...breath...laugh. Tomorrow she will be 16 and wanting to borrow the keys to the car and the day after that she will be going to college. (hypothetically of course). It is easy to stand on this side of the computer and say that and it is harder to be right there with a 2 yo or 3 yo or 9 yo, etc....right there having a tempertantrum.

I can sympathize. If you were closer, I would tell you to send her over...she could play with the 9 yo. You can do it. Really sounds like you need a break. Leave her with DH and go get a coffee?

Yea just like any little one. Always better for someone other than Mom and Dad. I'm about to send her to stay with her Aunty so I can have a day to myself. Granted I would just clean my house and care for critters, but sometimes thats all I need. My mother is a great help for short amounts of times, but she is disabled and can not keep up with the little one. Plus in my oppinion, she drinks far to much booze, for all the meds she is on... Ok enough of that... Just need to make it through the end of the year, and all will go back to normal hopefully.

Hate to burst the bubble but reality check here. I have a 19 and 21 year old and I will take the 2 year old back anytime!!!!! I feel like I need a forever break at this point. Yay, look forward to the teen years. You'd think that at 18 I have no more responsibilities. Well, as a parent it's a fine line between parenting and enabling. As far as the law is concerned I am no longer responsible but as a parent it's forever and always room for a "parenting moment". Sure, let them go but oh GOD, the stress!!! Like I said, I'd take the 2 year old years back in a heartbeat!!.