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Naw...hubby's job kept him out more then we planned.. so instead of running off with him up your way.. I ran off the other direction with my daughter LOL (went to TX for a couple weeks)... hubby & I are heading to AZ & CA for a couple weeks here soon -christmas & new year's- San Diego for the zoo/jingle in the jungle LOL & some whale watching.. then back to the AZ desert for some cave exploring, hanging out with some of his friends in Tombstone for a few days.. then down to Bisbee for a few nights in a ...shiver.. haunted hotel and to watch the New Year's Eve fun.. they have a lantern parade thru the gulch and a circus/fire troupe that will help party in the New Year... BUT... we will still be MONTHS away from having baby goats .. so no goatie tag-alongs on this vaction... susie, mo ozarks |
Hey let me know the route you plan to take through Kansas and when if you are heading on to Colorado and maybe I can meet up with you all for lunch or something and help bottle feed some baby goats their mid-day meal.
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OH by the way I have a really cool older couch that click it back and presto full size bed (not a hide a bed) AND I have an overstuffed lounge chair click it back and poof you have a twin size bed....
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I can *either* pick up Andi OR work on going to Colorado (If Thai can find a couch for me. I guess I'll have to promise not to murder her DH or something. :):) ).
KsHobbit, when is this plethora of babies due to arrive? What we might want to do is time the trip to arrive a day or two after the last doe is due to drop.....and then just relieve you and your friends of every baby ya'll don't want. In fact, pick out every GOAT you don't want. :) This year's last years, whatever. :) We can divvy up goats in Missouri. IF Susie is having her kidding going on at or near the same time, we'll head down there with mine and Andi's babies in the trailer. Hmmm, Pony, would you and WW want to take a different vehicle for that leg? That way, after leaving Yarrow's, you and WW can head back north, and Andi and I will continue south....likely with added babies. (Lessee, one, maybe two of Susie's doelings, with their free wether companions...) Then, Andi and I divvy up in Oklahoma ( I might end up crashing on your couch, Andi, on that leg...depending upon how tired I am for driving)....and then I head back to Texas. LOL Lessee, if it is four of us.....and 15 does are kidding....that means we will each likely end up with 5 or more bottle baby goats.... That is, if KsHobbit would like to hold the entire lot of them for us so we can pick them up in one swell foop.:) ETA: Folks, prepare to board with little package mini-chocolate-coated donuts and a small package of strawberry twizzlers. No, I don't eat either one of them, and I find both disgusting, but I am VERY superstitious, and if everyone doesn't have their own package of chocolate covered mini-donuts and strawberry twizzlers, Very Bad Things will happen. No, don't ask. It is not something that can be explained. Just humor me.:) |
DH says we should give this road trip a name. Call it "Goat-stock 2011". Kinda like Woodstock, but much more fun, furry, and cuddly.
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So much for needing TV for entertainment. :rock:
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What HertFarm? Do you want to join us, or are you wanting us to stop by your place?
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Caliann you are very welcome to crash here! And don't worry...If I *HAVE* to bring mini chocolate covered donuts and twizzlers I guess I will. As long as your making me then I can't be held responsible for how many I eat......
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Not only that, Andi, but if you don't eat mine, which for superstitious reasons I HAVE to bring, they will go bad and be wasted.....
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hmmm I am not much for chocolate covered mini donuts but I LOVE strawberry twizzlers!!
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If you were going to stop at Susie's, that's only an hour away from me...
I was GOING to buy CannonFarm's really cute Nigie buckling as company for my goats, as when I train with one, the other cries non-stop. But I broke the windshield on my car instead. Then a friend was going to bring me a Nigie over Thanksgiving, but Dryna got hurt and we didn't want to stress her with a new goat, so I decided to wait till spring ... Now, THIS comes up. Do you think it was fate? I'd happily throw in gas money for a buckling with some kind of light or wild color and at least a little ear. Then I'll still end up with 2 cart goats and Dryna can just be a companion for whoever's not working. And I have a friend who could really use a good Munchie buck for her little herd. Maybe a doeling for a replacement too. So there's a home for 2 boys (and maybe a girl) if they aren't all spoken for. |
We could all meet up at Susie's after we grab the babies, feed her little one's, let her nap, and then do a Crazy Goat Gal Tea Party.......
As soon as we know when these windfall darlings are going to make their appearance in the world, we'll have a better idea of how to plan all of this. :) |
I have no problem going to KS, well I do not like it-boooring- but I can drive there :)
Too bad I can't get some babies to Otter :( Oh well she will have to wait till I head out to MO, lol. Don't fill up on Nigies I have some for sale and more in the Spring lol. For certain I will have a buckling and a wether kids. OMG I want a Yarrow solid colored ear Nubian doeling :Bawling: you MO people are trying to make me broke, lol. One question Caliann why would you come here, go there, then come back to CO again? You trying to drag me on the road trip? lol I think we might get arrested on the way for being nutz. Yes I have a couch, a futon and a spare bedroom, yes I have gas money and yes I can go to KS. Dang aren't I agreeable today, lol. |
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Here's the kidding schedule ...... sort of confusing at first glance, but the number in front of each doe's name is the order in which she was bred/is due (I also noted what other does are due that same day)... all dates are day 150. --DOES BRED TO JOURNEY-- 1- Edith due March 17 4- Twyla due March 20 (Lottie also due on March 20) 5- Nite due March 27 (also due same day Smoochie & Tessie) 7- Smoochie due March 27 (Nite & Tessie also due on March 27) 8- Gimme due April 5 (Ruthie & Giada also due on April 5) 10- Jenna due April 12th (doubtful).. rebred- due Apil 18 14- Bella due April 18 (Amelia is also due April 18) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Does bred to Hodge) 2- Lydia due March 18 15- Sunny due April 21, back in, repeated due April 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Does bred to Cold) 3- Lottie due March 20 (Tywla also due on March 20) 6- Carla due March 21 9- Tessie due March 27 ( Smoochie & Nite also on March 27) 13- Amelia due April 18 (Bella also due on April 18) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ai Does... 11- Ruthie due April 5 ***Full Monty*** (Gimme also do on April 5) 12- Giada due April 5 *** Freestyle**** (Gimme also do on April 5) susie, mo ozarks |
Nope, Thai, I would have to go there AFTER I went back to Pony's and WW's....and then go to Texas from there. But that is only if Andi didn't go, because I sure as heck could not in conscious add even MORE to the trip.
So you are going to have to drive out to Kansas...or maybe to MO, no matter HOW boring it is, and bring with you all the goats that you'd like to find new homes for. ~nodsnodsnodsnodsnods~ Maybe Audra will meet you and the two of you can carpool to Kansas City? LOL Perhaps we just ought to call it an HT Crazy Goat Gal Convention. Otter, what do you think of 3/4 Nigie and 1/4 Nubian as company? Because I am going to have babies in Spring, and I guess it would be silly of me to make the trip North with an empty trailer if, perhaps, there were people with homes that wanted them up there. I am going to full-sized stock....so maybe we all ought to find out what we have in Spring-ish and post it up, for delivery/sale/trade/swap at Goat-stock 2011? LOL The last of mine that could POSSIBLY be due will be in February, so I'll be able to post pics of what I have WELL before the road trip. Bee, you are no longer safe. If Thai gets involved, she has some Nigies of GREAT milking lines....and if I bring up stock, well, my Minis and 3/4 Nigies are of Thai's lines and other good milking lines.:) |
Susie....since I am doing a complete herd change-over, what I am likely to do is send you your asking price and tell you, "Dear-heart, pick me out the very best, in your opinion, of what you are not going to keep for yourself."
This is because I am smart, and although I am completely changing my herd to standard sizes, I AM NOT qualified to judge the quality of Standard Nubians.....I am better off relying on your judgment.:) I'd be, "Oh, that one is pretty! Oh, this one is sweet! Spots! Lookit da spots!" LOL |
ohhhh spots yeeeessss. LOL I am a sucker for spots! and chocolate color, and ohhh the buckskin is way cool too.
Since I am going standard as well methinks CaliannG, you and I are in the same goat boat. |
~laughs~ That doesn't surprise me, WW.... and it is not that I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE my minis and NDs....
It's more that I want a small herd of big girls, and maybe LATER breed minis from MY stock, from scratch? Registered and papered scratch? LOL At any rate, come Spring, I'll post herd dispersal here also, just before Road-Trip-Through-The-Bible-Belt Goat-stock 2011. :) Delivery available North-East Texas, East Oklahoma, West Arkansas, SW, Western, and NW MO and Eastern Kansas. LOL We might all want to do something like that also. |
I've thought of a theme song for this excursion. It was rattling around in my head the other day. You'll all have to help me with the lyrics. :D
"I like big goats, and I cannot lie..." |
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Hey, how far is Mountain View from Yarrow's place? We could hook Emily into this, too.
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"I like big goats, and I cannot lie You know you dairy people can't deny, Saanen, LaMancha, or Nu-bee-in, All make your face bust out in a grin. Ears short, long, or none at all, We like our dairy goats wide and tall." |
I like big goats and I cannot lie
...you crazy ladies can't deny... That when a doe's top line rises past your bee-hind and her udder's so thick and fine you get sprung! Having too much fun... |
My does are all three due in March. One doeling will be retained,one is spoken for but all the rest still need homes. My prices aren't high and I will offer discounts for two or more babies. I will be headed to Fort Scott, Kansas at the end of March. So if this takes place about then, I can meet up with people there maybe. In fact if this happens in March, then perhaps someone can transport my buckling from Emily's to Fort Scott for me. Since you all will be close to her when you are at Susie's.
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We just need to wait for KsHobbit to post her due dates also, so that we can go into the planning stages and do a final date for Road-Trip-Through-The-Bible-Belt Goat-stock 2011. :)
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oh yeah speaking of mini's Crystal will be due to kid February with 3/4 nigi 1/4 saanen (hoping for blue eyes) Pawnee shortly after(maybe didn't see the deed done, but she is getting big) with mini nubians and if she is anything like her mother, I might be in trouble. So I might have a few mini's to move around lalala
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OBF: What a great idea! We'll get a roll going on.:)
Road-Trip-Through-The-Bible-Belt Goat-Stock 2011 Theme song: I like big goats and I cannot lie ...you crazy ladies can't deny... That when a doe's top line rises past your bee-hind and her udder's so thick and fine you get sprung! Having too much fun... -- Cuz you notice that doe was done Deep in the chest, like a faring I'm hooked and I can't stop staring Oh, I need you in my barn as a fixture I'll take your picture And share with all my friends You're so wide, and tall, and deep You're the doe I'm gotta keep Ooh, rump of smooth hair Your color's got flair Nubie, Mancha, Alpie, Saanie...you ain't the average Nannie... I've seen them wheelin' To hell with hagglin' and dealin' She's sweet, and set, got it goin like a turbo vette I'm tired of forum, e-zines Saying Mini goats are the thing Take the average Goatie Gal and ask her that, she'll say... Doe's gotta pack much back So Ladies (yeah) Ladies (yeah) Are your goats stacked to the rack? (hell yeah) Well, dance it, prance it, and be thankful for the fact Your does have got back... (U.K. head with a Texas udder...) I like'em round and big And when I'm throwin a dig I just can't help myself I'm actin like an animal Now here's my scandal I wanna get her home And send to my buck alone... I aint talkin bout souses Just that miniature things are made for doll houses... I wannem real big and think So find that breed that clicks Crazy Goat Gals are in trouble Buy a kid out of Miss Bubbles So I'm lookin' at websites Knockin these goats with legs like sprites You can have them goats I'll keep my does like Flo Jo A word to the big goat breeders I wanna pay and feed ya I won't slam or demean ya But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna BUY All your does and bucks Your lines got me awe-struck Alot of breeders won't like this song Cuz them jerks breed to sell it, repel it But I'd rather be responsible Cuz I'm smart and conscionable And I'm down to get the milkin' on So doelings (yeah), doelings (yeah) Do you wanna race my buck a furlong? (yeah) Then turn around Stick it out Even N.D.'s got to shout Baby got back (U.K. head with a Texas Udder) Yeah Goat Gals When it comes to does Fashion ain't got nothin to do with my selection 26 inch maximum height? Only if she's laying down.... So your goats are tiny and little And fit as a fiddle But a fiddle don't milk a bit, not even a dribble My milkin' hands don't want none unless you've got teats hun You can breed for short muzzles and ears But please don't lose that size-up Some breeders wanna play that hard role And tell you that standards ain't gold So they toss 'em and leave 'em And I call up quick to retrieve 'em So the forums says their fat Well I ain't down with that Cuz they're "well conditioned", and there ain't no guiltin' And I'm thinkin bout milkin' To the tiny does takin' off with shows You aint it, Miss Goat Give me a standard, I can't resist her Alfalfa and grain didn't miss her Some insane woman tried to dis Cuz her goats were on my list she had game but she chose to dry 'em And I called up fast to buy 'em So does if the rumen is round And you wanna be pampered from your horn buds on down Dial 1-800-CRAZYGOATGALS and prepare to be grained by the pound Your does have got back... My does have got back..... Little in the hooves but she got much back... |
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Wow, Caliann! Little bit of time on your hands or just really excited??? LOL
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I think... I think you all are enablers LOL. Actually, with her injury, Dryna is now a companion only. So I'd be looking for a full size one. DD does really want a tiny goat and Thai and crazygoatgal keep after me to get a couple of Nigies to milk. But so far I have a cart-goat-to-be and one who was going to pack or cart but now will always limp. But she's our pet and we love her. I'd be hoping for something that kind of matches Erik for color. http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...t/IMAG0203.jpg BTW, how do you guys manage to get such good goat pics without tying them up??? LOL, If I don't tie him up and then try to take a picture the only shots I get look like this - http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...t/IMAG0198.jpg |
Who, us? Enablers? *smiles sweetly and looks angelically innocent*
Otter, those are viscous rumors spread by people who have been talked into taking just one more goat home by us. Pay them NO attention. They are just bitter from the fact that they are wearing burlap sacks due to the fact that they spend all of their money on feed. The trick to getting the goats to NOT stick their noses into the camera is..... ...to let them stick their noses into the camera. Seriously, I let them sniff the thing all over. They figure out that it is not a treat...and then figure out that I am, strangely, going to just sit there and watch them instead of giving them treats and lots of scratches, then they go back to grazing, dozing, playing, or whatever they were doing. But sometimes, it takes a half an hour before they do that. I suggest bringing out the folding chair, something to drink and a comfy pillow along with the camera. |
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That's ok *Otter smiles sweetly in turn* I lost that buff-barred roo I had, but now I've got some breeding stock and advice from a fellow who specializes in the color. I'll be test-mating/hatching all winter and by spring I should have some lovely buff-barred birds. Too many to keep really... Some of them will need homes... :cowboy: I remember ;) |
My dear Otter, you are an evil, evil woman. I like that in my friends.
I hope KsHobbit signs on pretty soon, I'd LOVE to get some plans firmed up by knowing if/when we can come get ALL of her bottle babies in Spring.... |
Well now if we are throwing different animals in the mix I may bring around a couple of katahdin sheep if anyone on the route wants them.
I could throw in some chickens and pigs but the goats may not be very happy about that, not to mention Caliann... Andi in OK |
What kind of pigs? How many and what age? You may not have to worry about the route...you could save me from having to hit the sale barn for weaners....
And if anyone has a feeder calf or two..... |
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