Almost Done Combing!
I combed a couple more goats today. Now I just have eight left to do. The fleece is looking quite good this year. Much better than last.
The snow is melting faster now. We have had some really nice sunny days in the upper 40’s to low 50’s with a bit of a breeze. That melts the snow quite nicely. The forest service road is in pretty good shape so far. About half of it is bare with the last couple of miles still snowy or icy.
Next week-end we are going over to Helena to hear my nephew, Reid Perry, play. He’s a great country/folk singer/songwriter and guitarist. Writes all his own songs and plays a pretty mean guitar. I am looking forward to seeing this.
I haven’t seen him, or my sister since our mom’s funeral nine years ago. Reid was just a little kid then, so this will be interesting. He’s 17 now. I think he’s well on his way to the “big time” in the music world. He’s got all the time in the world to improve and grow from here. He’s got a pretty good following in the Billings area. He’s also on a bunch of college radio stations around the country. He’s got a CD out too, called “Till the End”. Go Reid! The kid is pretty good! You can check him out on “My Space”. www.myspace.com/reidperry.
There sure are a lot of geese heading North already. Spring is early this year! The Robins are back, too. I think we will get a lot of rain the end of May into June. Not to worry about the lack of snow right now. There will be moisture this summer! Almost too much at times.
Nellie barks at the geese as they are flying over. She gets quite worried about them. I explained to her today that they are okay, they won’t hurt us, they are heading way up North to have their babies. She quit barking at them after our little talk. I think she gets it now.
Thursday I brought home another set of “boomerang goats”. I sold them a couple of years ago, then they discovered they could jump the fence they were in, so the people decided to get rid of them. So I took them back. They are Dottie’s kids from two years ago. They actually have some cashmere on them; they are out of Angus, so they should. I combed some of that out. I’ll give that to the lady that had them. She’s a spinner, too. So she can spin it into yarn and make herself a hat or scarf, or something.
I have now put Bridgett and Lucy on my website for sale. They are on the “goats for sale” page. I think I’ll sell Squeaky, too. They have longer guard hair, and I don’t want that in my herd. They have nice fleece, and both Bridgett and Lucy are pregnant. With their longer guard hair they need to be in a herd that gets sheared instead of combed. By the time I see the fiber ready to come out, it’s starting to matt up already. So if they got sheared, it would be at the right time for optimal yield without matting. Since I don’t like to shear them, someone else can get them and have some wonderful fleece. Bridgett throws some really nice kids, too. She had a really nice buck kid three years ago that has outstanding fleece. He’s over by Spokane now. She’s also the mother of Lucy. This will be Lucy’s first kid. So whoever buys them will get the kids, too. All for the same price! Can’t beat that. I think since they are getting pretty close to their due dates, I’ll keep them here until they kid, then whoever has bought them can take them home and have baby goats to play with. Bridge is a really good mom. Hopefully Lucy will be, too.
Well, it’s getting late, and there is a lot to do around here tomorrow. More as it happens…..
