Saying Goodbye to Old Friends
We are going in a different direction at the Demirosa and that means change. As much as we love our animals as family it still has to be a business decision. We are spending three times as much for feed.
I have decided to reduce my goat herd by one and a half and my dexter herd by one. I sold Megan and her doeling yesterday. I do believe they went to a wonderful home. We will miss her. Sweet Pea has really been looking for Megan. By this evening we all still missed the girls but it seemed to go pretty smooth.
I want to keep the Berry line. Her bag is good and she is a sweet girl. Her doeling Stilts is going to be a great milker too. I called today on a bottle buck. The people that have the bucks I know through a friend. Lisa is going to save me a good little buck with good milking lines. Berry is one of the first registered doe's I've had. Now that I'm going to get a registered buck it will start a registered herd for me. Although I don't want a big herd just a few. I will be able to sell registered kids that will help.
The Dexter that I'm going to let go is Jake. He has bred both of my girls and now that I know the girls have the red gene, I want to bred them or AI them to a red bull next year. Due to fencing, hay and feed I just don't see why I should keep Jake.
It's always hard to say goodbye and it takes awhile to overcome the loss of a friend but we go on. Now I can concentrate on Rosie and getting Clover Bell into the milking better. I need to work on Gabby, get her halter broke and use to being milked.
I canned four pints of chicken today and made Ricotta cheese. Life goes on at the Demirosa.
I have decided to reduce my goat herd by one and a half and my dexter herd by one. I sold Megan and her doeling yesterday. I do believe they went to a wonderful home. We will miss her. Sweet Pea has really been looking for Megan. By this evening we all still missed the girls but it seemed to go pretty smooth.
I want to keep the Berry line. Her bag is good and she is a sweet girl. Her doeling Stilts is going to be a great milker too. I called today on a bottle buck. The people that have the bucks I know through a friend. Lisa is going to save me a good little buck with good milking lines. Berry is one of the first registered doe's I've had. Now that I'm going to get a registered buck it will start a registered herd for me. Although I don't want a big herd just a few. I will be able to sell registered kids that will help.
The Dexter that I'm going to let go is Jake. He has bred both of my girls and now that I know the girls have the red gene, I want to bred them or AI them to a red bull next year. Due to fencing, hay and feed I just don't see why I should keep Jake.
It's always hard to say goodbye and it takes awhile to overcome the loss of a friend but we go on. Now I can concentrate on Rosie and getting Clover Bell into the milking better. I need to work on Gabby, get her halter broke and use to being milked.
I canned four pints of chicken today and made Ricotta cheese. Life goes on at the Demirosa.
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