No pics!

Alright! To those who commented, I don't have any pics of the dogs. I will get some as SOON as I can! Thanks for those who watch! Lucky Seven

What is the way to a goats heart?

Hi everyone! Thanks for reading! We're in March here, and so far it's been just as windy as ever! But anyway, the goats do pretty good in the wind. All though they do NOT appreciate  snow or rain. But anyway, we are done kidding for right now. Our last kid was a stocky little kid, and hopefully, I'll have a picture of her on here shortly. So far we are trying to decide on which shows to go to. The state fair is a definite, although we didn't make it out there last year, I think we can do that much this year. We are also hoping that we will go to the local Basin Stockshow. We have some big kids, and although that's a good thing, it kids really hard to train them all. Just yesterday I was in the pen with them all, one would get the nose of it's halter off, and I'd kneel down to try to put it back on, and another goat would climb up on my back, so I'd turn around to push that goat off, and the next goat would be half suffocating to death because IT'S nose was to TIGHT! You can't win with them, but I never, ever, ever catch more then 3 goats at a time, so I guess it all works out. But the way they work is the way to their heart is through their stomach. So some grain, and they sit very VERY still. And if you brush them it works very well. Because their shedding at the moment, they love it when you take a curry come and brush brush brush. SO anyway, I'll right an article on training goats later, but right now I think I hear them calling,
                                                                                        The goat trainer.

What are Boer Goats?

Hey! What's up? Ho w ya doing? Well let's get down to the topic. I get off track alot of times, and this is NOT going to happen in this article. So let's start.

 What is a Boer goat? A Boer goat originated in Africa, in the early 1900's for their production of meat. The name means farmer in Dutch. This goat was from the Fooku tribes and they were bred for meat not milk, crossing with a few English and Indian bloodlines. Boer goats have high resistance to lots of diseases, and were meant for desert climates, so they where very good for the African desert. The does (mothers) are supposed to be better mothers then most goats. These goats need lots of muscle to go to show. The major things in bucks are, "Jaw alignment, – most meat goats are raised on pasture. A goat with poor jaw alignment will be at a significant disadvantage when feeding on pasture; poor jaw alignment is not acceptable in a commercial herd sire. Good feet and legs: needed to move about the pasture. Hoof rot is a common problem for goats that live in high rain areas if the hooves are not clipped regularly."

 "Does need: Does used to breed show quality goats are normally very large, as show goats are expected to be of large stature. For commercial meat production medium size does are normally preferred as they produce the same number of kids, but require less feed to do so."

"Although Boer goats raised specifically for show purposes may seem to have little in common with pastured commercial goats, the difference is superficial. They are bred to be larger than normal goats, and meet specific visual appearances, but these very characteristics are valuable genes to add to the commercial herd. Boer goats were originally imported into the US and other countries for this very reason. Their value to ranchers lies in the improvement the addition of their unique genes can offer any breed of goats being raised for meat. Few producers could afford to maintain a herd of essentially useless animals. Show goats are bred to represent the most desirable characteristics of the Boer goat. And their main purpose is to introduce these animals to the public. It is also a method of recognizing the best of the best, although some really superior goats are not shown due to owner preference. Bucks and does that have been bred for show can be and often are used for commercial breeding stock. To show, most Boer goats have to be registered with either the ABGA, (American Boer Goat Assosiation) IBGA, (Internatial Boer Goat Assosiation)  or USBGA (United States Boer Goat Assosiation)."

 "The first full-blood Boers were brought into the United States in 1993, the same year the American Boer Goat Association was formed. Since that time a tremendous amount of interest in breeding Boer and Boer influence goats has exploded in the United States. 

 The demand for high quality, lean, healthy red meat is the one of the underlining forces behind the development of the American meat goat industry.  With an eager base of ethnic consumers, the demand for goat meat continues to grow in the United States each year. The importation of goat meat into the United States is estimated over 30 million dollars annually."
Source: Wikipedia, ABGA.  

Well we have some new kids! Well only one new one, all the rest are...well older. Well I have this funny story about this new one. He is so sweet! When he was born he was....well...puny. He was tiny! His sister was bigger then him (and that's sayin' something cause' the sisters are smaller then the bucks.) so he was tiny. But he had lots more fight then his sister. The sister caught something called intestinal pneumonia. This is when the kid gets mucus in it's throat and well... has to stay standing. This is because when they lie down, the mucus drains into their lungs, and eventually suffocates them to death. Well so they stay standing. But soon they have to lie down. This pneumonia makes them weak, so all they want to do is lie down! Well soon this sister was lying down and dying. She was weak already, she was new to the world, and she had probably spent most of her day standing up. Well she died. But the brother was up. We had given him a small shot to get rid of the pneumonia that was already pouring into his body quickly. Soon he was up and jumping on his mom. After a few days of making sure he was strong enough, he went out of the small 4 ft. by 4 ft. pen, and into the world! He is now almost 2 weeks old and one of the most lively kids. I am sorry to say that he is not mine to take to show, but anyway, another miraculous survival story!
Here he is!

PLEASE!!!

So Hey! I am asking for some help from you! If anyone knows anything about the Utah State Fair PLEASE COMMENT! I need INFO! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!

Bald Eagles

So yesterday, we where hanging around the house and saw this bird. I looked at it and said it was a Bald Eagle. ( I later found out no one believed me.) We grabbed some binoculars and ran outside. There we looked and there was a dead deer in back of our house. There we a bird there after looking for a while we said it was! (I was right but nobody believes me!) So the eagle landed on this dead deer and we found he/she was eating it. Later this other eagle sits down on this deer and it's mate flys off. After this a fledgling (the baby) came. He/she waited for his father/mother to get done eating. When they where done he sat down and ate now. It was amazing! They are pretty cool birds!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Hope you have had a good holiday season. We have had a TON (or 2) of snow!

Yesterday it basically snowed all I repeat ALL (and I am not exaggerating) day. We plowed and ended up needing to plow again. Oh well. So sometimes I wonder if we need to move to Arizona. Next time you hear from me I might be there. Well enough with my griping. The goat kids our fine (and huge I might add). So far we Haven't went sledding like we would of by now. We have been plowing. Well, BYE!