My Husband Has Left Me for A Goat

Posted on 2007-Feb-24 at 03:32 - Post Comment

I knew Geoff the Great was getting serious when he joined a Yahoo Goat Group. This morning he took Coie and Ryann to a Goat Convention. They'll be gone alllllllll day. Did you even know there was such a thing as a *goat convention*?  Me neither. That man cracks me up.  

We also had a much better success rate with our egg incubator this time.  We had a total of 22 chicklettes hatch.  Five died (Emmiko is suggesting Bird Flu).  So we are now the proud owners of 17 little new fuzzies.  We have officially doubled the amount of chickens that we started with (not counting the first 60 mail order chicks that dropped dead). This farm thing is fun when things stay alive and reproduce themselves.  It would be even funner if we could figure out a way to make money doing this. 

So are you freezing where you’re at?  Today it felt like spring here.  And everything smells nice, too.  I think I am looking forward to building a garden.  Maybe we’ll have better luck this year.  And no, I will *not* be planting Butternut Squash.

Lastly, did you see Gena’s contest? You should enter! It is easy and there’s chocolate involved.  Speaking of Gena, our family gave them a nice little present last week.  They’ve been barfing buckets all day – all of them but Paul.  Somehow he escaped our efforts to infect him.  This flu bug is highly contagious, so if I saw you within the last couple weeks, I apologize (sorry Austins!). 

Lastly Last, there is still time to order your book and get into the Literary Society (unofficial name change due to the clever and classy Rebeca -- I must say I like it better!).  It's gonna be time well spent.  I'm feeling a little insecure tho... have you seen how many English majors have joined? I hope there are a few fellow doorknobs who join so I won't have to be the very dumbest girl in the club.

PS please stop in and say hi to a couple of my “local” friends, Kathy and Joanna (who has up some great shots of the P & P party!); they just set up blogs here.

Hey Jen

Posted by HSBFrontPorch on 2007-Feb-24 at 04:33 - Link

Tell Geoff the Great to send me links and dates when he hears about wonderful goatish stuff so I can post it on the Front Porch.

I'd love to hear what you all are learning with all the goats and incubating egg stuff. We're just tickled pink around here because we can now let our chickens free range and the dogs leave them alone. Whew!
~Nancy
www.HomesteadBlogger.com/UnlikelyHomesteader

WOW... Imagine That!

Posted by FruitfulVineof7SoFar on 2007-Feb-25 at 11:41 - Link

For the first time I use the "Friends" feature here and *you* of all people have posted.
WOW.

I linked you at hsb1, because I was really jealous about the Goat convention!
Especially after spending 6hrs in the goat pen this morning as Chloe had 3 kids...
*smiles* and *hugs*

Take care!
-Jacque

BTW...

Posted by FruitfulVineof7SoFar on 2007-Feb-25 at 11:43 - Link

Did you order your first batch of chicks last year or did you just get whatever?
( ;

Hello!

Posted by Purewater on 2007-Mar-2 at 08:58 - Link

I've enjoyed looking back at your blog and I've added you to our friend list. I remembered reading some of your earlier posts months ago, and now I will be able to keep up with you all better!

I've enjoed your husband's blog start here, too. Looking forward to hearing more from both of you!

God Bless.

Goat Rodeo

Posted by MrsBurns on 2007-Mar-2 at 08:08 - Link

Well, for your husband it's goats. My husband has joined a Berkshite Pork Yahoo! group and he is addicted to following the pork escapades of small farmers all over the world. It cracks me up.

All the best on those hatched chicks. That is my goal, too, as a homemade science project and potentially a source of pocket change for these boys we're raising. They are already figuring out how many eggs they can sell at the farmer's market for $3.00 per dozen (in Atlanta). Ka-ching! I'm a little sorry now that I taught the 7yo how to multiply.......

Glad your farm blog is back in biz. DeniseB