Goats like sheep give birth in the early spring. Our goat herd has nearly doubled, as several goats had two kids. We were lucky the proportion is 60% female which means that we will be able to boost our goat milk production. It is always a challenge to get this right, whereas, for our meat and milk herd, we use artificial insemination for the goat this is not an option in the country. It's done the old-fashioned way.
This morning I helped with the smiling in the old shed. In about 10 days the cows will be moving to the new farm and their new digs. We are not entirely clear what we will do with the old milking shed, the equipment will be gone by mid-March, but the building is really not suitable for anything else.
I was up early this morning, and took my granddaughter, an early riser too, on a walk to see the chicken and the pigs. She is almost 3 so she really liked the chicks we have. We will have three batches in three different areas so that we can have three processing parties in the late summer. We keep our meat chicken for 18 to 20 weeks, Because this year we are leaving the chicken wild we are keeping them a bit longer about 5 months.
The pigs only needed their water source to be refiled, I was back with my granddaughter in the house by 7 am, and she had red cheeks, I guess Grandpa will make pancakes for the princess
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