AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 558) [Remember the Trade Center!!]

Various News Sources and FReepers | August 1, 2002 | All of Us

[kayak]

You seriously have never had a tomato sandwich? Really?

I'll bet you've never tried grits either ...... sheesh!

[tillacum]

gc, the stabilizing posts should be about 30 feet apart, and the steel posts in between about 10 feet apart. The fence itself should be at least 3 feet high, with 3 strands of barb wire running across the top. If you run the mesh wire all the way around your acerage, use 12" mesh, so if the goats do get their heads through, they can get their heads back. Check on "field wire", it has the 12" mesh at the top and the size graduates downward in size. If you use 48" high wire, you will probably need only 1 strand of barb wire running across the top. If you have a predator problem, you might want to put 1 strand of electric wire about 1 foot on the outrigger outside of the wire mesh fence. The wire mesh fence comes in 300 foot rolls and runs about $80.00 here. In addition to the electric fence for predator control, we use llamas, (our boys), donkeys and great pyrennes dogs.

As a non-expert, I suggest getting some Spanish mamma goats and crossing them with a good Boar pappa. The reason I suggest this way to start, is because with Spanish goats, it takes 15# of feed for one pound of gain, and when you cross with a Boar, it takes 7# of feed for 1# of gain. Be sure to treat for internal parasites in February. For worming we use Safeguard, but there are a lot of good products on the market, so check with your county agent. The best time to breed your animals is in September thru October. Gestation period is 150 days. Last 50 days of gestation the mamma needs twice the feed as she did the first 100 days. Cotton seed and range cubes are a good source of protien, as goats need a good source of protien at all times. Keep a mineral block out constantly and if you buy feed in a sack, be sure it is pelletized. Make sure the goats have a good supply of fresh water at all times, as they drink a lot especially when they are lactating.

Goats are agile and can climb, crawl and jump just about anything. They are flightly, they can pack together very quickly when frightened or stressed and smother. Goats will move toward freedom and follow one another and move toward other goats. Goats like lighted areas, do not like dark barns and they don't like rain. Because they can "pack" together, rounded curves areas are better than corners. Another thing, when in a large pasture goats will travel into the prevailing wind. So if you lose track of them sometime, remember this little tidbit.

This is about all I know about goats gc.

[lysie]

Wonder how our 2 sinators voted on that one, Nita.

Thanks for the post, kay.

[Neets]

Don't worry too much about me..ya know how I am...stronger than an ox and more stubborn than a mule....

NEXT friday I took off...and you know who and I are going to have a weekend away...I'm leaving Thursday after work,,,and coming home sometime Sunday....

NOW tho I gotz to be getting to those stand up bubbles in the shower...it's been A LOOOONG SMELLY day....HAR!!!

[MozartLover]

[Guenevere]

Mozie, we're even :)

I've never had cheese curds, and I guess you never had a mater sandwich :)

It has to be a big, ole garden grown tomato, still warm from the ground.

It's eaten on fresh bread w/mayo & salt/pepper.

Bet gc has had his share of them :)

[Neets]

Oh jeesh, let me venture to guess....

[DJ88]

Well. My day is almost over. I calmed myself down enough after drinking my tea to gather myself back together. I put ice on the toes, I think they'll be okay. One good thing: I will not be the one running after Princess Cameron of Horn next week in S.C...heeheehee.

Ok. So....the rest of the day went like this: I turned off the TV's for ONE HOUR. We went to Walgreen's. At 2:00pm we got back. I forgot to feed them their lunch (oh well they didn't die) so they then ate their lunch. At 2:30 they turned on the Playstation and began playing again. I told Mark and Jackie that they had 30 minutes to play it and then their TIME WAS UP because Michael wanted to watch the Animal Planet. At 3:00pm, Jackie said...."oh, I just need to jump over this one thing....." and Michael went over and turned off the game. Repeat what happened earlier when Mark kicked Michael and Michael called her fat. That was IT. I counted to 500 really really fast and then I said:

"THAT IS IT! I HAVE HAD IT! MARK..GET IN YOUR ROOM, MICHAEL GET IN THE BACK ROOM, JACKIE LAY DOWN ON THE COUCH. AND DON'T ASK ME WHEN YOU CAN GET UP BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS NEVER. YOU WILL NEVER GET UP OFF OR OUT OF THE BEDS. UNTIL I HAVE TO LET YOU. IF YOU NEED TO USE THE BATHROOMS, FINE. BUT I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THE SCREAMING, THE YELLING, THE FIGHTING, THE NAMECALLING, THE NOISE. NOW ALL OF YOU JUST BETTER DO WHAT I SAY OR TOMORROW THERE WILL BE NO TV, NO BIKE RIDING, NO NOTHING! DO YOU UNDERSTAND? I AM THE ADULT, AND YOU WILL LISTEN TO WHAT I TELL YOU TO DO; DO NOT ASK ME WHY, THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE I SAID SO! NOW LAY DOWN AND KEEP QUIET!!!!" Jackie fell asleep on the couch, Michael read a book, Mark got caught in his closet trying to get a game down but I put an end to that.

So all in all, the day ended well. ;-)

[Guenevere]

#348....LOL, DJ, after reading this, I'm too tired to respond.....

...believe I will lie down for a while...:))

[lysie]

LOL...There ya go!!!

[habs4ever]

I like your taste in sandwiches ;-)Them tomats should be warm too, either right off the sunny counter or the vine.Beefsteak ones are my faves.

[Dog]

Night everyone...

[kayak]

Wait, Doggie!

[kayak]

It's a WIG! There are no squirrels!!!

[Neets]

Warm if you like,,but I like my maters cold.

[lysie]

Night, Dog.

Mozie, you going to Mel's movie? I think I have to wait until Monday. :-(

The Dana Carvey movie...Master of Disquise... sounds funny. May go to that, too.

[habs4ever]

If they are cold, they taste like...wet cardboard.

Maybe, you like wet cardboard ;-)

[Neets]

I wanna see both too.

[kayak]

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[Neets]

When do you leave??