Wow, havent kept up with this for a while. Actually I havent been able to find time to do much posting lately.
I hadnt been online in a couple of weeks and when I logged on to check my email I had 43 new emails :shock:
Sorry to hear bout your job Bek. Thats rough.
I went through something like that a few years ago, and cant even get a reference from the bugger, after two years of working there. And to top it off it was the 'fault' of a friend who worked there, not me. So I lost the job and a good mate.
I have been so busy my heads going to explode. So much work still to do for melb. Have the 25 goats going well, started clipping yesterday. Still have to break in four of them. Had a little hiccough with the hoof n hook wethers - we'd brought them in from the feedlot group a fortnight ago, and put them into the yards with the show team. Kept them on the same feed and all but for some reason they have all lost a substantial amount of weight. So I think we are just going to have to weigh the whole lot on friday morning before we leave, and pick the ones that will fit the weight category. Pity, because they have to be entered in groups of three, and we had two groups that were very consistent in both weight and appearance.
Cattle have all been turned out into the paddocks with the main herd, because they are doing just as well on the grass as if we were feeding them. Will have to bring them in sometime this week I think, to clean the green feed out of them. Will be weighing the bulls tomorrow, doing stick work with the two new heifers and going through the show box. Gotta make sure we've got enough leather halters for eight and a half head!
My poddies are still doing well. I've got a fourth one now - she's a fullblood doe I was given by the boss. I thought that was a pretty good deal considering she's a registerable, showable fullblood with some pretty good bloodlines, and I'm already feeding anyway. Weighed the older ones - 4 and 5 weeks old now - the have been gaining 1.5kg a week. Not bad going.
Looks like it might rain today. Have had a few showers the last week or so but nothing to relieve us. Grass is beginning to hay off. My stud does havent arrived yet - I've got feed up to my knees and nothing to eat it - and the way its looking its going to be gone by the time I get them. I'd love a bit of rain so the feed will hang around for a few more weeks.
Henty machinery field days are next week. I will be working there all three days, non stop. Volunteer work for my old primary school though, so no pay. But I dont mind. Will be busy though - we leave for melb with the goats on friday lunchtime.
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Cant believe melb is so close!!!!
Hope everyone is getting wet.
Cya
