[Ag-eq] weaning the goats

[Susan Roe]

Hello Nella,

Your babies sound so cute!  I know whenever we get our doe goat and she has 
her first babies, Matt is going to have a hard time when it comes time to 
ween them.  He has such a soft heart for that kind of thing.  Poor Homer is 
having to deal with at least 3 different litters of kittens in the barn and 
it really agitates him when they are crying for attention.  He even has a 
litter of two that were actually born in his stall and now occupy the area 
between his sleeping pallet and the backside of the wall.  Homer also has 
about 5 cats that sleep in his stall, just beyond the edges of his pallet. 
Homer has decided he is not a nanny goat and resents the idea of being a 
nurse maid to all of these kittens.  So far, they all do a good job of 
staying out of his way.  LOL

Sorry to hear about your older goat and your hen.  It is good she passed in 
her sleep quietly.  I can't bare to watch an animal suffer and linger due to 
age, disease or injury.  Before I went for my Seeing Eye dog, I informed my 
family that if the situation arose where I had to make that descision for 
her that I was not going to take any arguement.  I am a firm believer in 
quality of life for animals.  It is not unusual for your hen to die like 
that.  She could have even been egg bound.

Your garden sounds wonderful!  I am jellous over your tomatoes.  We don't 
get full ripe tomatoes around here until July.  That is when we have the 
Hanover Tomato Festival.

Susan
Dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
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From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 12:31 AM
Subject: [Ag-eq] weaning the goats


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> Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:
> My little goats turned 7 weeks old on Sunday, so I started weaning them 
> last
> Wednesday.  They are not happy and neither is Lollipop.  They sound just 
> like
> crying babies; I keep waiting for a neighbor to call Child Protection 
> Services
> on me!  They've actually been a little quieter the last couple of days.
>
> I milked Lollipop while they were nursing, but got very little milk, about 
> 3
> cups a day.  Now that the babies aren't nursing I'm getting close to a 
> gallon
> each day.  I'm making cheese, home made ice cream, drinking it, cooking 
> with
> it, giving it to a friend and donating some to feed orphaned kittens. 
> This is
> the first times she's had kids, so she will probably produce more next 
> time.
>
>  Lollipop is doing very well and standing quietly while being milked.  The 
> kids
> are eating hay and goat feed.  I can't believe how quickly they have 
> grown.
> They are very healthy and pretty.  I've handled them from the second they 
> were
> born, so they are friendly with people.  I haven't decided if I'm going to 
> keep
> or sell them.  I will probably keep them; this is the first time I've ever 
> bred
> and raised any kind of babies, so I'm really attached to them.  Mike says 
> I'm
> so proud that one would think that I was the birth mother!
>
> My garden is doing well; I already have tomatos turning red.  My cabbage 
> is
> about ready and I'm still getting lettuce, spinach and carrots.  My 
> squash, egg
> plant and peppers are blooming, so I just have to keep everything watered.
>
> One of my cinnamon Queen hens died and I have no idea why; she was dead 
> when I
> went out to feed.  She was only about 2 1/2 years old.  The remaining 5 
> hens
> are laying well.  I'm thinking about getting a few chicks to raise.
>
> My old nanny goat Jellybean died last Tuesday; she was at least 15 years 
> old and
> had canser.  I'm sad, but know that it was her time.  She went quietly in 
> her
> sleep; she looked peaceful when I found her.  Mike was his normal loving 
> self
> and buried her for me.
>
> Well that's about all going on here.  What's happening with everyone else.
>
> Nella
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>> Awh Jody, I feel so happy for you and I can understand each and every 
>> happy
>> tear you shed.  You'll find out that your back porch will be one of your
>> most favorite places.  Enjoy!
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:18 AM
>> Subject: [Ag-eq] Country Girl
>>
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
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>> >
>> > We have arrived in our new house.  I can sit in the back yard and hear
>> > cows,
>> > roosters, ducks, horses, and donkeys.  the first time I heard them I
>> > started
>> > to cry because it sounded so  wonderful.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Still unpacking boexes now.  The second day we were here we had no 
>> > water
>> > because of a short in the wiring to the well.  Now we are waiting for 
>> > the
>> > refrigerator repair man because the new refrigerator broke after 10 
>> > days!
>> > Must be made in China.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I am finally a country girl!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > JODY
>> >
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