This is me a lot of the time lately...
Trying to get breeding plans finalized,
and decide what I want to do this fall!!
I keep changing
my mind, and going back and forth about my breeding plans, but I think I
finally figured out what I want, how many I want to freshen and which does I'm
selling and which kids I'll be freshening, and which ones I'll keep dry etc.
It's about time
too, the bucks are definitely starting to stink and notice the does next door
to them. Hopefully we should have does going into heat in the next couple of
weeks.
We had planned to try and show at the NC Mtn State Fair this year, but we have
a very busy fall, and we missed the entry deadline. We'll try next year!
The NC State Fair is also creeping up on us...Entries opened up August 1st. I'm
nearly done with mine. The plan is to get them all done before we start school
and welcome a new baby.
Well be showing 20 does at the State Fair, which pushed us to buy a new
trailer. We've had our old blue 2 horse for a couple years now, and after the
Spring Show this year we decided we needed a new one. It's a slant load, and I
really don't like the design. It would be fine for horses, but it fitting all
our goats and stuff in it was extremely difficult.
We started
looking for a new one, and found one this past week. It was exactly what we
were looking for, 4 horse straight load, can be easily divided, has a tack and
living are up front, gooseneck, reasonably priced and in much better condition
than our old one. We're going to get the old one cleaned up and sell it,
hopefully someone can use it!
I'll be posting our breeding plans soon. Right now I have 12-13 Alpines on the
breeding list and we'll have some for sale after the State Fair.
