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Sold!

{ 12:39, Saturday, October 25, 2008 } { Posted in Barnyard } { 0 comments } { Link }

Today we sold Coco and her doeling to a fellow homeschooling family in our area.  All of our pygmies plus our young Nubian buck are for sale since they are not good for milking.  The Nubian can't be bred back to his mama so I do not have a good use for him either.  Handsome Hubby and I have decided that any critter here must contribute in some way. 

The money made from the sale will go into buying new milk does.  I have been given the promise of first look at buying the kids of the bred Nubian of a friend.  She has also offered to give me a buck who will do until I can get a Boer buck.  A boer is a meat goat so any kids who we can't milk can go into the freezer.  That is the plan.

I am planning on taking the rest of the Pygmies to the county auction on Tuesday.  With the price of feed I need to sell them quickly.  Also, with only my milk doe (I may keep and pygmy doe for her to have a buddy) on the pasture the grass will last longer.

Kit was not really happy to see Coco and her kid go.  That is understandable.  As for me I would rather sell them while the kid is cute and not eating any feed than late when is she eating my feed, not giving me anything for it, and harder to sell.  Guess I am not as "city-fied" as I was a year ago.

So that our livestock plan is in motion.  If only I can get my garden and fruit trees doing well we will "on track".

Mother of 6 blessings (and #7 due in Jan. 09!) from the Lord & Helpmeet to my Handsome Hubby who is my best blessing of all


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