We took a bit of a vacation this week.  Tammy, Duke, myself and Duke’s half Mexican brother went on an excursion.  Duke’s half Mexican brother is Korbyn Schick.  Just a joke–I grew up with Korbyn’s parents.  He has been around our house a bunch.  His dad works at school with me.  Duke had a snap chat video at the state championship football game with–as he called it with, “his half Mexican brother”.  Korbyn was an active FFA member–ag mechanics, opening ceremonies team, top end sausage seller and was the Chorus Manager for the State FFA Choir. Oh, and he was a 3 time state champion O Lineman for Shattuck.  Played in two all star games. Turned down small college football scholarships in order to go to the OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY.   Smart kid!

We made a stop at Eischen’s for fried chicken and fried okra.  I don’t eat much chicken but I will eat a fried chicken at Eischen’s.  I’m picky about my fried okra.  I will eat it at Eischen’s.  But it ain’t as good as the stuff I grow.  Sure, it sounds like I’m bragging but my okra is bad donkey stuff.  We got home and had okra ready to pick and cook.  Which we did. (We being–I planted and grow it, Tammy picks it, breads it and cooks it)  I was reminded why I was right.  It’s good.  If you are an okra eating fan, hit me up and I will hook you up.  This stuff is better than yours.

After Eischen’s, we headed to Lake Texhoma and caught limits of stripers.  I caught the biggest.  Tammy caught the most.  Then we headed to Dallas for some half-ass shopping then met a buddy for supper at Pappadeaux’s–I love that place.  My favorite bad ass restaurant chain.  Korbyn was scared to order–prices , diversity of menu and…….he punted and followed Duke’s lead.  “Dude, get what you want.  This is one place my dad isn’t going to say NO as long as you will eat it.”   My favorite order at a Pappadeaux’s is still Brandon THE Bruce with the Chilean Sea Bass.  That was fun.

Then we traveled to Waco for the Magnolia Market.  LOT of estrogen in that place.  Left Waco and drove through College Station and the Texas A&M campus, then on to Houston.  We went to an Astro’s vs the Rangers game.  Cool stadium.  Got to see back2back2back homers.  So fast that they couldn’t even get the express train on the top of the left field part of the stadium backed up and ready to roll again.

And on Saturday morning, we left Houston and headed North X NorthWest.  We made two stops on the way home.  The first—at a Buc-ees.  Best quick stop/truck stop that I have ever seen.  CLEANEST bathrooms ever!

I haven’t eaten at one yet..  But, I am amazed with the way that centrally located food joint operates.  Burritos, sandwiches, BBQ, roasted nuts, etc.

Quick shout out to my buddy Kenneth Helms.  About four years ago, he and I were cruising around Texas.  He advised me to become a Hilton points member.  Of course, that dude travels a bunch and has piles of points. As a result of his advise, I used my points to pay for rooms at Hampton Inns in Dallas and Houston.  Thanks, Dude.

Then we stopped at Llano, TX.  Little place called Cooper’s BBQ.  First time that I ever went to Cooper’s, I had just bought a Helms S100 wether at the Lone Star Elite sale in Goldthwaite.  Then, I had to meet some dude further south with a pair of wethers that cost more and didn’t win shit.  But, that fat GOAT’eed dude commented on the Helms wether.  “Hunh?” he said.  No shit, you could fit those two turds inside that skinny Helms goat that I bought.  That S100 wether ended up reserve grand at the State Fair of OK and res. div. 5 at Tulsa in 2008. Not bad.

Now back to Cooper’s, they were on point with the smoked products.  Turkey, pork loin, brisket and sirloin was way good.  The smoked jalapeño, cheese sausage was off the hook good.  After that, we headed north to paradise.  Basically, I spent almost 1,500 miles in Texas and I did not stop to look at any stock.  No goats, sheep, calves, nothing. It got hotter the farther north we traveled.  After getting home, it was apparent that the wind and heat had kicked the shit out of the garden, flowers and cover crops.  I might have to buy hay if it doesn’t rain on these fields soon.  More bills.

Today, I spent time in the pastures picking up sticks, logs and crap from the ponds flooding earlier this year.  It wasn’t that hot but was so, so humid.  I was sweating–a lot.  Then, Ron Simonson texted me a video of a young southern kid– judging from the accent.  I had the same problems–“I was sweating.  Where?  Everywhere!   My butt crack and my balls and everywhere!”  Dude, I can relate.

I might have even got a bit over-heated.  Old, fat, out-of-shape and it was hot and humid.  So, I got done, grabbed a towel, pulled on some swim trunks and drove to Gage.  I headed to the Gage Artesian beach.  This is a  gem–right close to home, right here in the middle of paradise.  The Shattuck FFA president, miss Addie Swanson, is the chief life guard.  When he isn’t mowing lawns, Korbyn cooks burgers, dogs and is the head greeter for the pool.  The water was roughly 70 degrees.  It felt awesome.  There were people from Australia at this pool on this Sunday.  It is worth the drive, not that you can drive from Australia.  There is nothing else like it in this part of the world.

Duke goes on a regular basis.  As a kid, I rode my bike the 7 miles from Shattuck to Gage in order to do flips on the twin high dive boards.  Not quite the triple lindy from the Rodney Dangerfield movie “Back to School” but there was some wicked stupid stunts done from those diving towers and boards.  Now, those towers are no longer there.  I wonder why?  (insurance)  But, I did get to see some kids do some gainers, flips with twists and cut-aways (now they call them a suicide dive).  I was out.  I would say too old. But if John Q. Kelln was there, he can still put on a show from the diving board.   I just swam a bunch.  The mineral water felt exquisite.  The sand bottom and the large size of this pool makes for a a heckuva exercise.  I think that I’ll have my swim trunks in the ag pickup for when I leave work tomorrow.

This was an abbreviated version of our week.  It was a really good week.  But, next week will be even better.  If not, I will wish it would have been.

Best buck ever?

Best major show?

Best show day product?

Wait.  What?  Duke is watching a movie in his room.  I could hear sounds.  My ears perked up.  I recognized sounds from a distant past.  I left this keyboard, walked down the hallway.  I knew the sounds.  I opened his door, looked towards his bed, then at the screen and waited for the sounds.  I heard the sounds ” I hate rude behavior in a man.  I won’t tolerate it.”  I knew it.  I just knew it.  He was watching Lonesome Dove.  I love that flick.

Cross Canadian Ragweed is on the iTunes  (Carney man), Lonesome Dove is on the tube, down the hallway in Duke’s room, couple of goat dipshits are texting/calling my phone.  I ain’t answering/replying tonight.  Izzy the corgi pup is on my feet.   This blog is long, lacks info and you clowns are reading it.  Life is good.

Tammy is officially on vacation.  I need to get in the vacation state-of-mind….however, I am not yet at that point.  It is easier to just stay home and at work than it is to leave for a few days.  I think that I will be ready in a week or so.  But that is when school starts and that is not a vacation.  s

I guess President Trump made some tweets the past couple of days.  Personally, I wish that he would stay off of twitter.  But, I do not have a problem with what he tweeted.  That wasn’t racist.  It was correct.  The USA is, was and shall continue to be the best country on the planet.  If you don’t like it, leave.  Or don’t immigrate to the best nation EVER!

I watched some of the USA women’s soccer matches.  The blue haired chick did not make a blip on my screen.  I have no use for spoiled shit’s like her.  Her gender, her sexuality, her politics do not matter to me.  Her message was lost to me.  Respect the flag, respect the country that you are representing, respect the people that are paying you to play a “game”.  However, I do completely agree that the women’s soccer team should make as much or more than the men’s soccer team.  Plenty of sponsors are lining up to take care of that issue.  I still don’t like how she handled herself.

I am not a big Toby Keith fan.  But I like how he has handled being an American.  He played Trump’s, Obama’s and GW Bush’s inauguration party.  He plays USO tours.  He sees it as a duty.  I like that. Be a celebrity AND do a civic service.  If nothing else, he is gathering more fans to buy records, downloads and tickets.

I hated your president obama.  I hate how the media skews all things politics.  I like some things about Trump.  I also hate some things about Trump.  I love that he embraces being an American and is unapologetic about being an AMERICAN!   Democrat or Republican—I do not give two squirts of owl shit about either party. I just want Americans!

Maybe it is time for me to go on vacation as well.  Fishing, baseball and NO goats sounds like a vacation to me.

Peace out.

We’ve all got ’em.  None of us like them.  This evening bill session was worse than normal.  Washing machine repair bill.  Pay it and be done.  Because we all know that I’m not going to wash any clothes by hand.

Insurance bill for tractors, implements, drills, brush beaters, etc. –pay that dude cuz if a bad weather deal hits, that bill will seem cheap.

Fertilizer and diesel bill.  I damn sure don’t like this bill at all.  But it is a necessity.   I don’t like farming.  It costs money, costs more money and then a whole bunch of wait and see what the weather does.  Optimism and faith.  Farmers are optimistic that what they are doing will work and faith that GOD and Mother Nature will cooperate.

Two tons of doe feed, a ton of creep/buck feed and a calf creep feeder that needs filled.  It’s just money.  And 36 hours after feeding it, you can step in it.

0% financing.  I have the John Deere Gator on a yearly payment plan with JDF.  That is one payment that does NOT cash flow but I will guarantee dang tee u that there ain’t nobody in the Kelln Klan that is going to go without that Gator.  We use it everyday.  I hated selling those things.  Price seemed high.  And there wasn’t much commission to be made.  Not as bad as selling a lawn mower, but damn close.  (I hated selling lawn mowers.)

Customer(s), “Gosh dang, I can buy a good used, 4wd pickup for that price.”

Me:  “Yes sir.  You can.”

Then in August 2012, our 4 wheeler crapped the bed.  So, I brought a gator home to use while we built fence that weekend.  I bought that Gator on Monday.  We have since traded up to power steering and we will not be without a Gator.  You can just do things in a Gator that you can’t do in a pickup.  No comparison.  I wrote that check with fairly good penmanship.

Duke took an order for a rocket stove this past spring.  The customer just wanted a stripped down version that wasn’t too tall.  It just needed to be a certain height for the customer’s mom to cook on while camping.  Doug Heshelman of Yellow Rose Ranch in Indiana placed this order.  I wrote about Doug several years ago.  He was and is “THE Indiana Uncle project”.  He has been raising goats for his family to show.  But, along the way, a whole bunch of other families, in various states across the Midwest have been winning with goats from Doug.

Doug has an intense breeding program that involves ET, AI, leasing bucks from various top shelf breeders, gambling on new&old school bloodlines and a wicked attention to genetics/trends/social media/ & notes about genetics that is unparalleled.  This dude is scary on genetics.  I’m good but not Doug good.

People ask why I do this blog.  1–If I can help one person, it is worth the time.  2–It helps make connections and sell goats.  3–Sometimes, I just need a place to vent.  And Julie can’t ban me from my own website.  (There have been times when I should have let her shut me down from this site as well.) 4–The people that I have met and deal with as a result of this thing.  There is only one word–PRICELESS!

This deal only goes to show you that if you keep your eyes open, you might have fun.

Made a long venture to look at some goats this weekend.  Drove about 22 miles to the south pens of 2Sweet Livestock.  James had called and said he had some ready to look at.  Jemminy!!  Doe kids everywhere.  However, there is a pile of dang good doe kids.  It shouldn’t surprise anybody because the Sweet’s have bought fleets of bad ass doe kids to show for several years.  Now, they don’t have anybody showing and there are good doe kids in every pen….except the wether pen.  The wether pen is good, there just isn’t enough of them.

Looks like summer is going to finally show up this week.

Judging from the texts and calls on the album cover blog, I need to do more of that kind of stuff.  I do agree that Molly Hatchet had some wicked album covers and some cool songs.  My favorite Molly Hatchet tie is with Donnie Baker.  He hadn’t seen his dad in years but they made eye contact at a Molly Hatchet concert.  But, out of respect for the music, they nodded and went on about their ways (clean version).

It is interesting talking to goaters across the U.S. about syncing heat, flush & AI protocols.  For heat sync or induction, I use a 2 cc dose of lutalyse, put a CIDr in and when we pull the CIDr, give 1 cc of PG600.  But, sometimes, PG600 is hard to obtain.  Some vet suppliers are currently advertising that they have PG600 in stock.  Talked to a vet distributor today that can get 10 doses per week and they are trying to stock up.  Meanwhile, others are using different hormones.

I like the science behind all of the flushing and AIing but my experiences tell me to just go to Vegas.  We had AI kids born here this year.  We did not get a single flush kid.  NOT one.   My experiences from AIing this past year tells me to just use juice that I have.  Don’t spend a bunch on bucks with hype.  I’m pretty sure that those matings would have worked if the swimmers would have been higher quality.  Oh well!

Speaking of Vegas.   Duke went and is back.  He went with a buddy to see Aerosmith.  His concert review— “I don’t know how good they were in your day but they are great live.”  Just in case you were wondering, they played “Walk this Way” and “Dream On” for the encore.  Before he and Alex went, I told them the encore would be “Sweet Emotion” and “Dream On”.  Great tunes.

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Sorry for that but the corgi pup just fell and hit the keyboard.  I think I will leave it. Yes, there is a tri-color corgi female pup here in paradise.

Last week, Duke and I made a trip to NE OK.  It was really, really, really wet there.  But we saw some really good goats.  We stopped at Tom & Kerensa Kester’s swamp.  Excellent stop.  The rains have kicked the crap out of them and the goats but we saw good stock.  They took us to eat a dang good prime rib steak…..at a truck stop….in Copan.  Great stop for Duke and I.  Even better for Duke.  Tom had a deal made for Duke that is a keep sake.   Bad ASS!  Good stock, good food and even better people.  The Kester’s have sorted their herd down to proven does and they have 3 younger bucks that are working.  I am proud that one of the bucks is a Kelln deal–they call him Fargo.  It is fun to see breeders as they get a focal point and then watch it work.

The Kester’s have a loyal following.  I had to leave my name on some tag #s and wait in line.  This deal is going to get good, real good.  If you don’t know them, you need to.  Kerensa studies genetics and is a cool chick.  Her husband is a different story.  He doesn’t know a dang thang.  Just ask him.  However, Duke, Schoovy and Braden are big fans of “Keester”.   It is probably a good thing that none of us live close to each other.  Watch for some wicked doe kids to be shown out of this herd.  And hopefully, a wether or two.

Most under-rated band of all time?         My vote is Huey Lewis & the News.  Those cats made some cool tunes for a long time.

People, Im over and out.  Have a good one and a better tomorrow!

Remember those?  The cool art work that adorned a record cover, 8 track, cassette or CD.

A week or so ago, I was farming.  Big fun.  I have a bluetooth speaker that I use in the tractor and on the gator.  It plays tunes from my phone.  Depending on  the song, the album cover shows on my iPhone for each song.  Some of these are memorable, some forgettable, some are just out right art and others served their purpose as a marketing tactic.  I bounced around in the Big John 4640 thinking about writing a blog about album covers.  Then, I got off the tractor and forgot about it.

Then I got a text from a loyal reader in western Kansas.  Kratzer, I mean you.  He texted me a pic of one of the best album covers of all-time.  Ironically, it was the same album cover that showed up on my phone that made me think about this stuff.  Let’s rank them.  Will that one be #1?  Let’s see.

Honorable mention–let’s get started with some cool stuff!

Just because you have to—The Beatles with Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.  Well, we got that out of the way.

NWA–Straight Outta Compton    This album was huge and is still bringing it.  The pic of the group circled up is iconic.

Blink 182–All the Small Things         OOOOOOHHHHH that picture of the nurse!!!!!!

Green Day–Dookie           Classic cool art work.

KISS–lots of cool stuff on album covers

Duke says anything with Johnny Cash or Waylon Jennings is cool.

Def Leppard with Pyromania and Hysteria.  Times two.  Cool, cool artwork.

Aerosmith–Get A Grip      Holstein cow udder.  Classic!

Beastie Boys–Licensed to Ill.  One of the best cassettes that I ever owned.  The image of that plane tail still evokes happy thoughts with me.

Iron Maiden–The images always looked hard.  The skeleton called Eddie became their calling card on album covers and at their concerts.  But those dudes could play and Bruce Dickinson could sing.  They were hard but good.  Their lyrics normally had a message.  But Eddie on their album covers steered people one way or the other.

#10–I was in college when this band hit the scene.  Their music took over MTV, Katt radio and everything else.  Their second album cover had to be Edited.  Nirvana was the bomb and their album Nevermind with the naked baby swimming towards a dollar was NOT Wal Mart appropriate.  The edited version had the little pecker blacked out.  Ten seems a little low for this one.

#9–Simple, cool and fits the music leads us to Pink Floyd with the “Dark Side of the Moon”.  That album is one of the best selling albums of all time–any genre, any time, anywhere.  It was released in 1973 and is still selling. The album cover has been on millions of t-shirts.  The ray of light into the triangle prism with the rainbow coming out the other side is common.  So common, we don’t think about it.

#8–The album cover was cool, edgy and the inside liner notes of this record was even scarier.  Guns ‘n Roses (there is your goat tie in)   with their inaugural album  “Appetite for Destruction” was and is one of the best music compilations of all time.  The artwork held up to the music.  Cool stuff!

#7–Simple, straight forward, no nonsense and one of the best rock records of all time.  The album cover was single color–just black.  But with the band’s name in a slightly lighter shade of black in one corner and the “don’t tread on me snake” in the same lighter shade of black in the opposite corner, the “black” album cover of Metallica is wicked cool.

#6–The behind the story makes this album cover even better.  One of the top selling records of all time had an original cover that the band did not approve of.  But, there was a deadline.  A trash bag, a spray bottle of water, a finger writing in the wetness and the Bon Jovi album called “Slippery when Wet” had a bad donkey album cover.  I’ve actually got a story that involves Bon Jovi, the Kentucky Derby and Shattuck, OK.  Cool deal.

#5–Any album cover with Shania Twain on it.  Specifically, “the woman in me” album cover was a monkey wrench kind of deal.  You see it, you hear it, you like it and well, some nuts get tightened up.

#4–Here it is at #4.  RUSM?  #4.  I will not argue if you want to put it #1.  This is the album cover that had me thinking and Kratzer texting.  Van Halen with 1984.  That kid with angel wings, looking over his shoulder while holding a lit cigarette and a couple of packs of smokes in front of him.  Classic.  It fit the band, fit the time and that is one of the first two cassettes that I ever owned.  I still get in a better mood when tunes from that album hit the speakers.  GREAT ONE!

#3–Maybe the best record of all time with an absolute wicked album cover that just fits.   That’s it.  It just fits.  Like a jigsaw puzzle or a lego kit.  This cover is the right piece for the band, the songs, the times.  AC/DC with the Back in Black record.  Simple, easy to read, straight forward–heck it even makes for a cool tattoo.  This deal is time tested.  It was released in 1980 but is still selling because of the quality of straight forward songs.  Four decades worth of kids recognize the album cover and the songs.

#2–Great collection of legendary performers, songwriters, etc.   Bad, bad, bad donkey album cover.  It is hard for me to put this one #2.  But, here it is.  It looks like a wanted poster from the old west.  It has pictures of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessie Coulter and Tompall Glaser.  They look like criminals.  The songs were great.  And then, there is a song on the album with two more criminals–Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson.  Great album with a great album cover.  Put another log on the fire cuz we ain’t quite done yet.

AND #1 album cover of all time——

This is an easy #1 for me.  While looking through albums in TG&Y in Woodward, OK back in the 80s, there was always one that caught my eye.  It was eery.  I always wanted to buy the record just because of the artwork.  It always made me look.  Appeared to be hard rock, almost demonic.  But the artwork was exquisite.  The artwork fit the title.  It was and still is bad ass.  I never bought it.  But as I got older, and tied the music to the artist to the album cover…..well, I was amazed.  Great vocals, lyrics and the backup singers and music is unreal.  The music has held true to the test of time.  Hard rock–NO!  Pianos–yes.  Great album cover that also had great music.

Meat Loaf–“Like a bat out of hell”.  No doubt–the #1 album cover of all time.  Yes, it is just my opinion.  But, I am right.  Almost always.

On a side note, I just learned that they used to give an award for “Best Cocker of the Year” for the dude that had the best fighting chicken of the year in Oklahoma.  I have a chicken story or two.  But I do not have a trophy for best cocker of the year.

I do think that everyone of us should RE-learn things.  Or, at least RE-fresh.

I know in the goat world, there are things that I don’t deal with on a daily basis.  example 1–Kids born with bluish-waterish eyes—Oh snap!  What was that stuff Jodi Seelke uses for this?  I text the expert, get a reply–“Quartermaster”.  Oh yeah, we have some of that in a drawer in the house–from the last time I asked her.  And if you scroll back in my texts, there is the same conversation from two years ago.  At least I can remember who I should ask.

Basically, Sunday church services are nothing but a refresher course.  But, I have no problem missing, say, the last Sunday in June service.  Even though I do not have a clue what the sermon will cover on the last Sunday in June.  However, I don’t miss Easter or Christmas services, even though I can dang neart recite the scripture for those services.  You can too.  It’s those little messages, lectures, sermons and day2day that we need a pump up speech.

Today, I got myself a refresher course.  A course, of which, I was not planning to enroll.  I hadn’t welded in a couple of months.  Since then, I have gotten a new prescription for glasses.  These glasses, although NOT bifocals, have a transition line.  And this line is precisely wear I have looked at the arc through a helmet for 37 years.  So, I now have to learn to look through the bottom part of the glasses or the top but not both.  And I had to change all of the adjustments for my helmet.  And my first weld looked like a beginning freshman.  And reading a level was different.  I did not want this refresher course.  But I got it.

And I probably needed it.  I was taught to weld on an old Forney plug in arc welder by my Grandpa Kelln when I was 11 years old.  I don’t know what rod that I used.  But I welded.  He could roll dimes and it took me some practice.  Yes, later, I had an ag mechanics class in high school.  I grabbed a MIG welder and that seemed easy.  Point, squirt and don’t burn holes.  College ag mech classes were designed for people that had never welded, so I slid right on by because I could burn rod, run beads and weld steel.  I just wasn’t shown how to do it properly.  I learned to weld about the same way that I learned about goats.  Get in and go.  If that didn’t work, do something different till it works.

I have done a good job of teaching kids to properly weld with stick or MIG.  After today, I realize that I can do a better job of teaching welding.  I had to adjust my eye line, how I watch the arc gap, the puddle and my speed.  In my head, with the bluetooth speaker blaring, I had to talk myself through it.  I’m back on point I might even watch some youTube videos to see if my own personal refresher course was good enough.

Shout out to the power of small towns and the power of the internet.  Last Sunday, I had to wait on some families to get home so I could nominate stock for Tulsa.  They texted that they were home, so I jumped in the ag pickup to do my duties.  I headed towards Fargo and the fuel light came on.  So, I whipped into the only quick stop in town.  I pumped 33 gallons of diesel and headed in to pay.  Except, I did not have my wallet.  So, the store owner wrote me up a charge ticket.  Can’t hardly do that in those big towns.  Amazon isn’t going to do that either.

Today, I stopped into that store to pay the charge.  While there, I stopped and BSed with a neighbor or three.  One of which had recently been in a drunk fight that I had not heard about.  Glad I wasn’t there for that deal.  Another one jumped me about not writing very many blogs.  I explained that my internet service sucks but that I would try to do a better job going forward.

I just got a refresher course that I thoroughly enjoyed.  Dragon Lady grilled ribeye steaks, corn on the cob, ranch style beans and rolls with…..hunh…..yep….you know it…..honey drizzled on every bite of that roll.  Judging from the way my pants fit, I need to miss a couple of these meals and make it to more church services.

I learned a lot on this fine day.  I hope you learn a pile tomorrow.  Have a good one.

Buck Crud

We’ve been in the goat industry for more than 15 years.  The buck crud was not a part of the industry until the past 7 or 8 years.  Now….well, it is just part of the business.  I’m talking about that stuff that gets on their crotch, scrotum, rear two legs and belly.  Scaly, crusty, and not cool.  Most bucks start shooting blanks when they get this stuff.  My guess is the elevated temperature of the scales, scabs and crud causes the swimmers to start floating and tails to start breaking.

Remedies—At first, I heard of producers using USED motor oil and coating the animals.  Then, I heard of other remedies involving big doses of Ivomec, washing with chlorhexaderm and then coating with used motor oil.  I’ve also used Nu-Stock and coated the afflicted areas.  Nu-Stock is high in sulfur, same as the used motor oil.  I’ve done it all.

However, the last two cases, I did something different.  I put the bucks on a stand.  Gave them 10 ccs of an ivermectin product and then used the cattle pour-on Cydectin.  I coated ALL of the affected areas with the purple stuff.  I scraped the crud loose and soaked the areas with that oily purple stuff.  It works.  First, that stuff is killing any mites or lice.  Second, the oily liquid works to rehydrate the skin and promotes hair growth.  I use a bunch of it.

Stupid Dog

I figure that we have the dumbest dog on the planet.  Everybody (not me) loves Ammo.  He is friendly.  He greets everyone.  But he is a moron.  He barks too much when the gator starts.  He jumps on people.  He won’t stay home.  If you are on book face, then you have seen Tammy’s pleas to help find him.  ENOUGH!

He has recently been castrated.  He is locked in a cage when we are not home.  And….AND….he now wears a shock collar to stop the barking.  Tammy first tried the vibrate setting on the dog.  I was like, “Nope.  Won’t work.  Crank it to where he twitches, pisses himself and forgets his name for 3o minutes.”

Her reply, “You’re mean.  He will learn.”    Several days later, Tammy and Duke both wait with the zapper in hand, turned to HIGH shock value, for the gator to start.  This dog does NOT want to learn.  He is definitely Duke’s dog.

Oscar Actor

I flipped the tube on while sitting down to the keyboard.  A 1993 flick called Dazed & Confused is on.  Not a great flick, but some cool stuff.  It is mostly memorable for Matthew McConaughey with his “Alright, alright, alright.”  Lots of chicks have dug his roles since then.

I still remember the report on the KATT radio of this dude being arrested in Austin, Tx while playing the bongos, naked and high on weed.  I’m not condoning any of this BUT it would have been just wrong if he was playing a snare drum or a bass drum.  Bongos kind of make it seem….appropriate.  No matter, it has not hurt his career.

Zits

I was pretty lucky to not have a bunch of zits during my teenage years.  But, when I get one, it always seems to be a pain in the ass.  Now, well past puberty and 48 years old, I got one INSIDE my left nostril.  It is obviously on top of a nerve as any pressure HURTS!  I need to pick a booger out of my left nostril but NOOOO!!!  I immediately tear up like I just got dough popped right in the beak.  At the rate I am going, I will deal with both (booger and zit) on Saturday afternoon.

Showing Does

I am not known as one that shows many does.  But, when I do, I want it to be a bad ass doe.  My resume with does is better than most that LIKE to show does.  Tyke and I did not have very many goats this year but the quality of wethers was very good.  Dang neart every group that came and looked made a purchase.  However, the best kid born in this part of the world was not a male specimen.  I didn’t have many doe kids (THANKS be to GOD), but I do enjoy looking at these handful of good livestock.

Rain

We have been extremely wet for this part of the world.  But it has been a mere inconvenience compared to the midwest US and eastern OK.  Sandy ground with plenty of runoff does not make for flooding problems.  Our problems were not really problems.  I pray that it somehow works out for those afflicted by too much rain.  It will work out.  We went through years and years of bad ass drought.  It all works out in the long run.

Buck #s

I only left the nuts in three.   One—- no doubt.  Seelke’s & I own this guy together and he needed to be a buck.  Another, he is skinny, needs his nuts for awhile but a dang good goat.  And another that was born to a first time mother.  She got sent to Arnett.  Twin sister died.   I forgot to go burn horns or band.  Black headed, black ball sack, excellent shag, really nice goat, has horns.  He’s a nice goat that is taking to feed.  We will see.

Sales

I like to study sales trends.  I can understand most.  I cannot find any rhyme nor reason to 2019 buck sales.  Online sales are off.  Private treaty sales are good.  Maybe this means that people should get out and look at the offerings.  I don’t know.

People, have a great weekend.

Never do anything that you wouldn’t want to have to explain to the paramedics.

Saw it somewhere and liked it.

I made an 18 hour quick round trip to Texas to pick up a critter or two.  I was flying solo, driving south into a very stiff wind and encountered quite a bit of road construction.  The road construction slowed me down, so I changed my dining plans.  Instead of lunch at Cooper’s in Llano, I ate supper.  It all worked out.

Got to my destination, sorted through a pen of stock, loaded a couple, shook hands and headed back.  I took a different route home.  With the wind now behind me, that big diesel pickup did over 20 mpg with an 80 mph avg.  Now, I am a bit jet lagged.

I have been through Albany, TX on several occasions.  Always at night.  This time was different as it was on a Friday evening.  The signs advertise “Home of the Hereford”.   There businesses named after Herefords–Hereford Hotel, etc.  Yet, all of the street signs are adorned with Longhorns.  And there was a pen of Longhorns on the courthouse lawn.  There were statues of Longhorns.  I never saw an actual Hereford, just lots of Longhorns.

I am sure that there are several Texas Longhorn fans in Albany, TX but I bet that it is more of a Texas Tech crowd.  I drove home wondering about the “home of the Hereford”.  I knew that the first Herefords in the U.S.  were brought to Kentucky.  So, maybe the first Herefords in Texas?   NOPE!

It is kind of interesting reading about the history of this little town but it doesn’t give much info as to why Albany, TX is the “Home of the Hereford”.

By the way, when Vernon to Seymour to Throckmorton is green in late June….then the whole country is green.

Have a good one.