This title is a little misleading. I took the kids in to visit with the kunes but they studiously ignored each other. There was no Kids ‘And’ Kunes at all. The pigs were on one side and the goats on the other. 
I am still working on the field. No sooner do I plug a hole up than they run to the next one calling: This one Miss c! We can get out this one! I will be done today though. I think. 
What a lovely day we had yesterday. A little bit of farming. A little bit of gardening. Milking. Bread making. Curry making (I am getting to the bottom of the freezer – curries are the name of the game now). Still feeding hay out but the cows were on pasture all afternoon. Some cloud. Some sun. Not too hot. Though Naomi got a bit hot. She was panting in her black coat. Her mother is not very clever about where she leaves her. So I picked her up and carried her all the way back to the cool of the barn and she is definitely putting on weight. Lady Astor just plodding along behind in a very lazy fashion. She does not mind me handling her calf at all. Naomi is definitely going to be a House Cow with such a laid back mother.
Elsie (bless her mad little heart) and Potter are now for sale. Here is why.
1. Elsie refuses to be milked and she was brought to be a milk cow. I cannot use her as a nurse cow either – she is too highly strung and dangerous at times.
2. We were granted two heifers this year. I do not need two more heifers. So a heifer is for sale so I can buy a steerfor the freezer. I just don’t need that many milk cows. A little revenue is good. I can sell Elsie with the calf at heel so they will go to their new home together. They are both pure bred Dutch Belted even though they have no belts so we will find them good homes.
4. To AI this cow will be a real battle, she needs someone with a bull not a Vet and a straw. .
5. I am not a zoo. I grow food. I cannot afford to keep a cow just because I admire her spunk.
6. The most important reason. My land cannot sustain keeping this many cows. I am a little farm. Not a feedlot. Protecting and Improving the land I have is of critical importance. The health of the land must take precedence.
Thank goodness I bought Lady A as well. If I only had Elsie as the mother ship we would have had a milk-less summer.
Lady Astors milk is still in the transition stage between Colostrum and Clean White Milk. I am SO looking forward to tasting her milk.
Almost got the shot of Godot! 
The hay field is growing. Ready for another round?
I hope you have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farm
celi
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59 responses to “Kids and Kunes”
That sounds like a good plan. I bet those Kunes are looking for an oak tree 😉
They have one very small one but they have left no acorn uncracked and still race for it when they go in that field.. even though the acorns are long gone. it is a pity oaks take SO long to grow.. c
Poor things – I’ll have to go up to Hampstead Heath and collect a barrel full in the autumn. It makes me think that squirrel should taste like pork – it doesn’t, it’s more like rabbit 😉
Good luck with selling your beauties – not easy is it.
Good idea to sell Elsie & Potter. You do not need the extra stress or to be injured by a kick or a head thump. Good luck with the sale. I was holding my breath at the photo of a kid disappearing into the drainage pipe, but glad to see them both in a later photo!
Those pipes are just laying there.. everything is a toy to a goat apparently! c
Very understandable under the circumstances…., off to market we go!
For the best I think … doesn’t sound like a comfortable friendship, sadly. So strange to have bought such polar opposite gals!
❤ Love the "Godot in motion" shot! {And the cheeky kittens in the tree 🙂 }
The accountant in me was wondering the other day if the hay we watched you lift and pack was going to make it to this summers first cut! You forgot to mention the most important reason to sell Elsie on – your safety. Good shot Godot 🙂 Laura
Yes, she tried to head me off when I cut through to open her gate this morning. I think I have about thirty bales left, I did not take into account how much hay those pigs eat but I think we will make it. just.. c
A wise choice, Miss C. A wild-eyed animal in never good–the ability to charge you the second your back is turned is always there. I hope you get a good price–pairs usually bring top dollar here.
Linda
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As a farmer you do what you have to do. Love the goats helping you “fix” the fence. Our goats used to walk all over the pigs taking their naps. Have a good day.
I look forward to seeing that!
That last photo of Ton is brilliant. Good morning, c.
A Collie contemplating all he surveys. You are a wise farm manager, Miss C. Judith
Kids and Kunes, with Boo as referee. I hope they mingle soon in friendship. You are quite right to sell Elsie and Potter: I could see nothing but problems ahead if they stayed with you. May fortune bring you a rich, strong and kind buyer
The weather continues glorious here, and tractors are up and down everywhere.
Love,
ViV xox
Glad to hear of the sale. I was, I admit, a little worried about your safety! Even though I know how smart and careful you are. I am watching those kids with interest. My family continues to say no to goats. We’ll see! You are much greener there. Our fields have a faint haze of green but are still quite brown with snow retreating at the far edges. Lots growing in the greenhouses though!!
Thank goodness for those greenhouses! c
My personal experience with goats is that it’s much more fun to watch someone else’s.
Always trust your reasoning and gut intuition, it’s you and nature talking it out. Sometimes it just isn’t right. I’m sure you will find just the right situation for those two, and get your self some good meat animals for your freezer! Di
It is a good plan that is appropriate for the farmy. Bless those little goats for showing you around the field, those curious georgettes. Sounds like a good day yesterday. I hope today is just as good. Good morning, C
So far today has started off even better than yesterday.. but your LIST is growing!!
Gulp! 😉
A good gulp!
I would so love to visit you one day. Morning miss c….t
I would love you to visit too!
Is it ok if I come to say hello and take pictures and not work? giggle
Smart move. It doesn’t pay to keep a wild dangerous one around, whether it’s goats, sheep, cows, pigs or horses! Having to worry about safety with a 4-legged critter can be exhausting. (In my case it was rams… I finally gave up keeping them. Got hit one too many times). I hope your schedule of separating Naomi and mama at night is working out for the shared milking. I have always wanted to do that with my goats, just don’t have the right setup!
So far, I am not separating them at all. Lady A is still at the tender engorged stage so it is best for her to have those frequent drinks from baby. I got two gallons this morning without dividing them at all. I think that when Naomi is two weeks old I can begin that training. At the moment Naomi just wanders in and out of the milking shed as I milk but that will not be convenient for very long!
I concur with the Fellowship this morning, and believe your reasoning (but perhaps not your math skills…3 reasons?!) are sound. Logic must win out over any form of sentiment if a successful, manageable farm is to be had. Stress from unruly animals is better left far from the farmy.
oops initially I did have 3 reasons then I realised there was another.. i will go back and fix that typo.. thank you deb.
Really no need to fix it Miss C, I thought it was rather silly and clever…just so many reasons not to keep the ‘dear’ Elsie on the farm 🙂
It made it easier for me to write them – and see them in black and white as it were..