Duke and I traveled to Lake Texhoma on Thursday night. We hauled Darin & Rhett Gambill with us. I had scheduled a striper fishing excursion a month ago. At that time, I thought the weather would be good. I was wrong. It was a COLD son of a gun on
The wind is howling like a gut-shot comanche in an old western movie. But we didn’t have any tornasty’s or hail. We got about a 1/4″ of drizzle at our little piece of paradise south of Fargo. I’ve decided that my job would be pretty good if it
?? Why do the heat lamps in the pens with the not-as-good goats always work, but the heat lamp in the pens with the really good goats always seem to have problems, even though you swap them, put new bulbs, buy new high $ premier heat lamps, etc?
I go to the east pen and check babies and does. Guess what? A baby is limping. 4 weeks old, no prior problems. Last week, Sessions go to wean their goats. Guess what? A 9 week old keeper buck kid is limping. Carrying a hind leg. No prior
I’ve got the late January and Febuary born wethers out of Joe Dirt here at the house. There is a really good set. I’ve got to take 4 or 5 to a sale the first of May, which leaves 5 or 6 to sell. The decision is whether
We had some visitors from Colorado on this fine evening. I absolutely enjoyed this evening. Why? Well, let me tell you. They are repeat visitors. They have been known to bring me Samoa girl scout cookies. But not this time. They did better. They rolled in with a
How is it that anytime a goat is limping, it is always a good one? How is it that the qui-nine bottle baby, sideways headed, no assed POS never gets sick, goes off feed or gets hurt? How is that you can feed at 5
What in the hell was that weather all about yesterday? 5:30 am on Tuesday morning, I did chores in shorts and a t-shirt and was completely comfortable. By noon, I was digging under the seats of the pickup trying to find a coat. Thankfully, I found a
As I am writing this entry, it is currently raining, hailing and snowing at the same time combined with 30+ mph wind. Throw in freezing temps and we can probably kiss a wheat crop good bye. Hail & freezing temps in April are not a good thing for
I have had enough wind to last me for the rest of this year. If you have a nice day or two in this part of the world, you know that you are going to pay for it with several days of 30 mph + wind. It just
