May 2013

All kids born, 11 total... None to sell. Going to eat the extras. Never done that before but I have a person to butcher and I will be having some cook outs. Maybe sell some meat.
Also have a tons of eggs now. Lov to give some chickens away...

All kids are born and healthy. Yea... 7 to sell,. 2 buckling and 5 doeling. most are part Spanish and dairy,so could be meat or dairy.

past chickens, trying to fighure what I have

Spring, where oh where are you?

Kids are popping out 4 so far and 3 more does ready... they seem to want me to run around checking them...one male and 3 females. I got two kids with a trade they are 2 months old.
Now the fun begins, I have to milk....

pregnant does

I have does with udders developing and I wait. one doe is 3 and never been pg before, another is a new Alpine doe.  I think all my does are pg, maybe in March...  I bought a LaMancha and she was pg but kidded last week. He is bring her soon..So i will start milking her soon... "Yea, a little nervous. .
My last horse Dusty a 2 yr old mustang had loose poops. i found you can not feed wheat bran to a horse... poor baby..

 

Fodder system

I have been reading about fodder for animals , benefits etc. I bought shelves, trays and hoses, now to build a small room in my garage. I think this will be very beneficial for all my critters and hopefully cut down on amt of grains I need to feed