Tyke and I made it to the Helm’s sale today. I bid on some really good goats. I didn’t get ’em bought on my budget, but those wethers went to really good homes in OK and TX. Tyke bought a doe kid for a very reasonable amount. I thought she
Wow!! The Pfeiffer family hit a home run with the mature doe sale. They sold those cougars for way good money. I would imagine this will become an annual production sale. They have the numbers and the quality to make it work. Lots of money changing hands in the goat
I’ve got a rainbow in my breeding pen. This rainbow stretches all across the butt’s of the does. ROY G BIV. All different colors. With this heat melting marker crayons, I have been changing crayons more regular than someone taking metamucil. But at least, the does are cycling. Just more
I am getting several calls dealing with kidney stones. 1–make sure that there is ammonia chloride in your feed. 2–keep salt in the pen. 3–keep a spoonful of apple cider vinegar in their water. 4–try to catch them early enough that they can be saved. 5–if you have hard water
Been a little slow putting great info on here for the past two weeks. For those of you waitng for me to post, I apoligize as there is more to life. However, I realize that the older I get, the more opinionated I get. Good or bad. I actually don’t
Today started off a little different. Stepped into the barn and was face to face with a pair of coons. One of them was real big. By the time I grabbed a gun, the big was gone, but the little friend won’t be back. Now I know what has been
Always something new in the goat world. I have all of those does turned out with Joe Dirt to make some December babies. I put a marker on Dirt. Two days later the crayon was gone. The dang thing had melted off that quick. Yes, I know that they make
I turned Joe Dirt out with about 20 proven does & a couple of new ones to try to make some December babies. Hopefuly, it isn’t too hot for him to work. He acts like he is ready to work, just nothing ready to cooperate with him. I kind of
Hearing lots of talk about Pfeiffer’s mature doe sale. I think it will go well. They’ve done a pile of Angus sales over the years, they know what they are doing. I toyed with the idea of selling some bred does last year, but then you get into the whole
For several years now, I have only watched the news to catch the weather and some OSU sports info. Currently, there is absolutely no need to turn the news on. I can give you the forecast. It will be hot and dry. There is no college sports going on right
