well its been a long time since i posted so i have a update and we are in FL now from moving to FL from NY and we have 3 chickens and 1 rooster named clyde and we sadly had to say good by to hound beause he was bit by and snake and he will be in my heart forever and ever and cricket is doing good she is being a sassy horse and the ducks are good 

 

moving down to FL with the Animals

 



           we are moving down to FL in april and the animals are down in april and i will be super happy to see cricket maverick the chickens and ducks and ava and hound and jilly and jasper! my cousin larry  gave me his duck house  that had geese in it before and 1 goat for my ducks. and my dad will make me a run in shed and for now we will use the horse trailer we got for the run in shed or unless we can use the run in shed we bring down that has a tarp over it. when we bring the animals down  they will be scared and the chickens wont they will get out of the box and then maverick king will crow and crow and he will be telling me i MISSED YOU SOOOOOOOOOO much and cricket will be running around and bucking and kicking her heals and roll and get dirty and i will be like CRICKET WHY DID YOU ROLL. 

it is time to move

               


                        so it is time to move to FL and how do you move the animals well i will tell you the supplies you need are

• horse trailer
• horse halter 
• horse shipping boots 
• horse halter pads 
• tail bag if needed
• hay bag
• water bucket 
• water in case you cant find any
•  all of there shots
• feed and hay
• vet number in case something went wrong

medicine for animals  if they need it  it is a lot harder to move animals each state is different on the requirements to transport the animals.
 
to bring a animal in to FL it takes a lot. the chickens and ducks will need avian flu shots. the goats will need a tags in there ears.as well as a health certificates. the horse will need her coggions. and health certificate.

                  Hi i am so  sorry for not posting.  I am going to be training cricket to go in to nurseing homes  so she is doing good with training what you need to do is  she needs to let me pick her feet to and not rear and kick and the next thing is she needs to be by a loud noise she does not like to get her used to that and she needs to be good around people and wheel chairs and she needs to not get spoked at loud noises and what you need to do for the classes is you need to know how to do the thing and she needs to ware a  mini horse diper and a mini horse shoes to have her poop in the bag and not to slip on the floors  next is she needs to stand still for 15  min.

goats,chickens,horses,ducks and ofter farm updates.

So the farm is doing good .

We have horses and ducks now. The goats are good and they are loving the cooler air . The horses love the grass and they love the attention they get. The goats love their food too and they go nuts over the feed. The chickens are giving us a lot of eggs and we are geting 10 eggs a day from 20 chickens.  I have one rooster that is in his own pen and his name is Rocky and he is a barred rock that crows at 4:00 am. The ducks LOVE water. The garden is doing good .  We are geting a lot of stuff, like squash and cucumbers and tomatoes.  We have accidental pumpkins growing in our compost pile.  I do the chores at 7:30pm. The goats get 17 percent goat feed and the chickens get egg layer feed. The ducks get duck feed and the horses get 12 percnt horse feed.  The goats love hay .  The horses love hay too.  I hope you have a nice day!!!!!!!!

goat health

      Hi   I am so sorry I am not posting much I am busy on my farm.

So lets talk about goat heath.  so goat bloat is when a goat eats to much rich green grass and they cry out in pain.  goats can get lung worm. lung worm is when goats have worms in the lungs.
goats can get foot rot . foot rot is when the hoof is rotting .what you have to do for foot rot is you trim the hooves . goats can get tetanus. tetanus  is when a goat gets cut.

Chicken health chickens can get egg bound. Egg bound is when the chicken has  a egg stuck in the vent.
What you do for egg bound is you put preparation H up the vent and the egg will pass.
you can sock the hen in worm water for 20 minutes . Chicken can get peritonitis that is when the egg does not have a yolk.  And what you do is  you have to put the chicken to sleep. chickens can have heat strokes.



we have runner ducks and 2 horses now.

Fall eggs

It has been a very busy summer.  I am back to school and have lots to tell you about my farm.
I got my goats.  Their names are blackberry and Jack.  They are both make goats, which means I can not milk them.  They love bean plants and treats.  They love to get brushed and have tons of attention.  Tons!

Jack.                                                       Blackberry

We have gotten more meat birds and have butchered them and sold most of them.  They taste so good and it is good to know where your food is coming from.
We just ordered more meat birds and a show bird.  I'll talk about my show bird later.
We decided to get a few regular fast growing  cornish cross meat birds and also we are going to try some dark cornish slower growing meat birds this time.  We will see if they taste different.

So I am getting a show bird.  It is a Silver gray Dorking hen.  Her name is going to be Daisy.
This is what she will look like when she is older
I am excited to get her because they are a calm breed of chicken.  They are very good with children and should be a great show bird.  I am going to show the bird at the Allegany County Fair next summer.
The egg layers have been busy laying eggs.  We have gotten between 8-10 eggs per day.  My girls like to free range all day and eat bugs, grass and worms.  They are so fun to watch.  Sometimes they take dust baths and it looks like they are flopping around, but they are just kicking dirt up.
We built a Rooster house for our 2 roosters.  This will be for our breeding stock.  I have Rocky. He is a pure bred barred rock rooster. His temperament is so calm.  Our other rooster is Spock. He is aggressive and attacks you when you go in the pen.  He is a silkie so he is real fluffy.
I hope you are enjoying your fall.
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Have an egg-cellant day
Daniel