There is a whole process about getting a goat pregnant I had no idea about. And timing is everything! I've had to insert hormones vaginally (once I figured out which opening it was), given shots of hormones and drove many many miles to meet Prince Charming. Except sometimes I gave the hormones too late or once the "insertion" fell out. See Mr. Charming doesn't just mount for fun. There is a ceremony. She squats and pees. He smells. If he doesn't smell that she's in heat he is not interested! And so the many many miles. This last time I left her for an overnight rendevous and viola! Success! I will spare you the details how we know she has been bred. Did you want to know all of this? Sure you did that's why you're reading it right? : )
Since I'm not so in tune with the sheep and haven't bonded with them as closely, I totally want to get one of these harness markers for my next ram so I know when he's done the deed. I just love the Fiber Farm team and want to be the shepherdess they are. http://www.fiberfarm.com/2010/10/breeding-season
Other little ladies on the farm have been courted so to say.
Apparently not her sons!!!! Seriously! We hatched eggs this spring and of course now that everyone is old enough for us to tell which gender they are, these teenage chickens will stand in line and each take turns with the lady! Perposterous! I can't stand this "method" and will not let my ladies suffer all winter cooped up with those men. So all but one lucky lad will become chicken soup. That may sound terrible but we are meat eaters and I'm gonna eat chicken from Hyvee or my house so at least I know they were happy while they were alive.
Well that's all I have to say for now about "Relations" on the Farm.
On other fronts I have been creating plastic bag wreaths, trying to find a bread recipe I can't screw up (honey oat) http://artisanfarmsteadliving.blogspot.com/search/label/Bread as well as plant wheat so I can have my own flour (you know how warm the dirt feels in the summer? well it's frrrrreezing this time of year) and working on another sweet little project I hope to announce soon. And there's a little holiday called Christmas coming up and a birthday boy in the house so life has been full but in the best way possible. Can't wait to start the 24 days of Advent Calender with my boys tonight.
Hope I haven't crossed the line with this post and that you're still a fan! Oh and I had to pull over and admire these terraces! They're like stairways to heaven. Never seen such beautiful terraces. Obviously since I had that true and honest thought I MuSt bE a FaRmEr!!!!!
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