Kids…not goat kids, but our kids. That is the actual business that we are in. Tammy and I only have 2 kids of our own. 1–Kela, who has now traveled to 6 different contintents and thankfully, is back on U.S. soil….again. She sent text pics of her visiting a
Just a few notes about goats–does and dont’s. I hate it when it happens, but it does. New showers need to make sure that halters properly fit their new projects. The nosepiece needs to be as close to the eyes as possible. NEVER walk away from a goat that is
No goats sales for awhile. Thank goodness. I didn’t have very many to sell this time around. Mainly due to a crappy experience with a flush deal back in November. But, that is fine. Now, we can work on getting these sets of May & June babies ready to go
The wethers are sheared and loaded. We aren’t taking many–just five wethers. But this is a really nice set. Taking a little guy that is just about 9 weeks old. He is a Dirty Rain x Rumour Has It. Super complete kid–cocky, shapely, round ribbed and excellent
I’ve been a lot of miles and seen a lot of goats, all over Texas. I’ve also seen a lot of Okie goats. In all honesty, there isn’t any need for any Okies buy outside of OK. There is going to be a wicked set of goats selling this weekend.
I could go on and on about the BIG time breeders. Some of them are like Wal-Mart. I don’t mean this in a negative way, as Wal-Mart is one of the most successful companies of all time. These breeders are going to have banner pictures year in and year out,
The critters are fed, hayed and watered. The babies eyes are doctored. The truck is running and ready to roll…again. Hopefully, this sale weekend is the best so far.
It doesn’t matter what business that you are in, you better understand marketing and/or be ready to be able to pay somebody to help market said product. I can tell you that I am still learning. And the other thing about marketing, you better always be learning and willing to
Tammy told me last night that her phone said that it was going to rain. Mine didn’t. The tv weather gave us a 10% chance of rain in far NW OK. Well, that 10% chance hit at 5 AM. Hard. I went out in it to shut the kidding barn
The past three days have not been fun in this part of paradise. Duke and I changed travel plans on Thursday. We found out that one of our traveling companion’s mother was being admitted to the hospital. Hopefully, this was the only scare for that family. We were running
