tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post5736266468856145179..comments2024-03-28T14:37:45.575-04:00Comments on 5 Acres & A Dream: Growing Up is Hard to DoLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-66052285847949317142019-05-04T12:33:03.390-04:002019-05-04T12:33:03.390-04:00Sam, especially when they won't go in for the ...Sam, especially when they won't go in for the night on their own! My bribe is food, and it always works. Also, I find they holler less at night if they're in their own stall. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-79855542462384176722019-05-04T07:06:59.876-04:002019-05-04T07:06:59.876-04:00I would have worried too...it's like real chil...I would have worried too...it's like real children when they were little. I always loved knowing they were safe, fed and tucked in at night upstairs....same with the animals.Sam I Am......https://www.blogger.com/profile/17358633233189452832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-84252941279865881522019-05-02T20:41:03.197-04:002019-05-02T20:41:03.197-04:00Rose, doesn't seem fair, does it?Rose, doesn't seem fair, does it?Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-12418346320482702572019-05-02T20:02:38.755-04:002019-05-02T20:02:38.755-04:00Learn something new every day...I would never have...Learn something new every day...I would never have dreamed they could start breeding that young! Sounds like a perfect solution to have them closer to you.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015780995837712115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-78601179707585218792019-05-01T05:01:34.902-04:002019-05-01T05:01:34.902-04:00Susan, weaning is a test of any farmer's patie...Susan, weaning is a test of any farmer's patience! LOL Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-30521386468262859062019-04-30T11:55:37.078-04:002019-04-30T11:55:37.078-04:00There is nothing quite as...loud...as bucklings wa...There is nothing quite as...loud...as bucklings wanting their mothers! I think that's a great set-up, as the little boys and the big boys will have plenty of safe time to get to know each other.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-5519745535546368952019-04-30T10:17:49.087-04:002019-04-30T10:17:49.087-04:00Ed, it's nice when they have companions to be ...Ed, it's nice when they have companions to be weaned with. And pigs are so in love with food that I found that as long as they had good things to eat, it wasn't as bad weaning them as it is goats!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-55110670151204380712019-04-29T08:28:06.270-04:002019-04-29T08:28:06.270-04:00We did wean them at around 3 or 4 weeks. But since...We did wean them at around 3 or 4 weeks. But since they all ended up together as a group after the weaning, they quickly got over things and learned to live their lives without mama around. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-70924779371567476782019-04-28T05:36:20.148-04:002019-04-28T05:36:20.148-04:00Ed, so you didn't separate any of them for wea...Ed, so you didn't separate any of them for weaning? In the brief time we had pigs, I recall it was recommended to wean them at 5 weeks or else the sow would start to lose weight. I usually sold them off pretty quickly, except for the few we kept for meat.<br /><br />Goatldi, of the three I think weaning is the worst! Dan can't be around when I disbud because of how they scream, but it's over so quickly and then they're right back to being their playful selves. <br /><br />Mama Pea, no, they can't slip through any of the gaps. They tried at first though. Fortunately, the hollering is getting less!<br /><br />Goatldi, that reminds me of the buckling that did escape two months later. Her hightailed it back to his mom and immediately wanted to nurse! She wouldn't let him so he tried for the other. She wouldn't put up with that either, and then it was back to the buck barn for him.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-79120356767038365112019-04-27T21:25:06.053-04:002019-04-27T21:25:06.053-04:00Mama Pea. Let us hope the WiFi doesn’t reach the b...Mama Pea. Let us hope the WiFi doesn’t reach the buck barn. Like those little buggers need any escape suggestions 😂Goatldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07222031369656684797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-61506952107357770562019-04-27T20:06:52.896-04:002019-04-27T20:06:52.896-04:00I'm saying this quietly so the boys can't ...I'm saying this quietly so the boys can't hear me, but couldn't Jesse, Henry and Eddie go through that fence or gate they're behind? Maybe the picture just gives a a distorted angle and they couldn't squeeze through the bars. Yes, it's good they have each other to make it through this tough time for them. (Can't they scream loudly??!)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-59282690072914661602019-04-27T19:40:35.636-04:002019-04-27T19:40:35.636-04:00It hurts to be in love. Boys and their mothers,er,...It hurts to be in love. Boys and their mothers,er, milk supply. <br /><br />Good solution to an age old problem. Give Dan an extra serving of dessert tonight for his extra efforts. <br /><br />The big three of breeding goats. 1. Disbudding. 2. Castration 3. Weaning. <br /><br />I believe these are necessary evils. But never easier even if acknowledged as as so. Goatldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07222031369656684797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-64197142555044051132019-04-27T10:27:07.040-04:002019-04-27T10:27:07.040-04:00Fortunately from the sounds of it, we didn't k...Fortunately from the sounds of it, we didn't keep any boars and turned them all into barrows. I guess with such big litters and so many of them, it was just easier if we weren't haven't to worry about genetics too.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-10863205834317988582019-04-27T09:06:51.794-04:002019-04-27T09:06:51.794-04:00Kristina, I've heard people talk about using t...Kristina, I've heard people talk about using tape and wondered if it worked. Apparently not! In this case, I'm not so much worried about the milk as I am a potential unauthorized breeding! Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-57532085270232431382019-04-27T09:05:12.383-04:002019-04-27T09:05:12.383-04:00Kev, how we learn from our "mistakes!" Y...Kev, how we learn from our "mistakes!" Years ago we had one young buck we named "Hooper" after "Hoppity Hooper" because we thought he was hopping the fence. Turned out he was escaping through a hole in the fence! Always good to walk the fences!<br /><br />Chris, we've had that problem with chickens too. In fact we have one hen who was a pullet following the year the rest of the flock grew up and she's still an outcast!<br /><br />I was glad to have three of them to transition together. One year we had one lone buckling we had to separate and he was miserable, even though he could see the other goats through the fence. In fact, he took to jumping the fence so there was no keeping him separated. Fortunately he went to a new home shortly thereafter and had several goats for companions. He was so happy that he didn't miss his old home at all. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-63263541544454759182019-04-27T09:02:54.191-04:002019-04-27T09:02:54.191-04:00It was always a challenge for us too. My daughter...It was always a challenge for us too. My daughter would tape the does and her girls would bite it off, so we had to separate them too.Pioneer Woman at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533698959389851926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-65464960215666462922019-04-27T07:54:12.726-04:002019-04-27T07:54:12.726-04:00It's always a challenge when your livestock ar...It's always a challenge when your livestock are too young to cope on their own, but not big enough to run with the established adults yet. I have that problem with transitioning young pullets into the main chicken coop. It's good you had 3 young boys to keep each other company, as it's quite hard making that transition, alone. So this was a good solution, and using what you had to hand.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-45598651709517495022019-04-27T06:34:19.160-04:002019-04-27T06:34:19.160-04:00Weaning is tough isn't it! I always try to kee...Weaning is tough isn't it! I always try to keep them as far apart as possible when I do it. Normally by the time I separate the sheep the adult ewes are only too glad to be left alone! But the lambs bellyache for ages. Certainly a good time to test a pen and fencing. I remember the first year here and sat having lunch on the patio as I watched a lamb break out and get back in with the adults. I was so angry that my fencing had failed! Took ages to catch him as well! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.com