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Archive for July 19, 2010
We have BABIES!
July 19, 2010 by Debbie.
Betsy decided to kid on Sat. night and she did an excellent job of it. Within an hour, she presented us with a beautiful black buckling and a brown doeling. That was an hour after serious kidding started. She’d been in light labor most of the day; restless, up and down, starry-eyed glares off into the distance when a contraction would come on her, refusing her feed - the most tell-tale sign of a goat in some type of stress.
Betsy is one of the best momma goats, just like her momma before her. She gets the babies cleaned off in record time and up to nurse in an amazingly short time with no thought to her own body. These pictures are within an hour of kidding.
After I found a rat snake while mowing, John and I went snake hunting. There’s an area by the side of the house where vinca grows, making a nice cool area for the guinea to lay eggs and nest. We figured there would be at least one rat snake in there. John shot two large rat snakes after clearing the ground cover with a weed-eater. I made him pose with one of his trophies before he threw it in the pasture for the varmints to eat.
It was an eventful weekend, busy and productive as well. Today I spent the whole morning cleaning up outside with a worker. John N. is young and strong so I did a lot of point and direct after my 50+ year old energy ran out. I did some mowing while John N. cleaned out the chicken coop to make ready for the new chicks and turkeys who are quickly outgrowing the pasture poultry cages. Their heads will touch the 2 foot high ceiling soon. John N. and I built a new raised bed area with the chicken coop cleanings - it won’t be used for awhile so the bedding will have time to decompose. Then John N. attacked the pool herb bed area with a cotton hoe. I can barely lift the hoe let alone try to swing it to chop a bramble down. John N. also weed-whacked some very over grown areas; our goal was to remove any snake vacation spots.
Frankly, even a 2 hour nap hasn’t revived me. I’m tempted to down a pot of real coffee, but I know I’d be up all night as a result. I think, instead, we’ll just have scrambled eggs and fruit for supper and I’ll start fresh (hopefully) again tomorrow!
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