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Fair over-Some highlightsI can't believe how long it's been since I could get back on here. Our fair week was busy but, went well. The kids did pretty good and recieved a few awards for all the efforts they did. We had a few funny moments with our goat. She didn't want to be at fair. It took three of us and about 20 minutes to convince her to go into the barns with all the other animals. Once she was in she didn't want out of her pen. She did very badly in the show ring and my poor daughter was frustrated. She cried, laid down, and plan refused to walk. By the time fair ended she was so happy to get back home. I think she missed her companion and familiar place. She is so lucky we love her. The kids had fun working with others to help ready the animals for fair. One thing we had to do was bathe turkeys. This task was something I never knew happend until we baecame an exhibitor. It is interesting to say the least. A stylist to the birds is what I became the week of fair. Our turkeys were later bought at a animal auction held at the fair at the end. The buyers are usually family, friends, or businesses. We have to go tomorrow and have the birds processed for our buyers. I am okay with this as our turkeys have become difficult to work with. They are males and they are starting to get aggressive. We are learning to get a better understanding of the role certain animals play in our life. Some are pets and others raised for their meat. These birds would die within a few months on their own if they were not used for meat as they are genetically predesigned to grow fast. They could not sustain their own body weight. We also have market poultry- the typical white chickens you see. We saw first hand today just what I mentioned about turkeys. The rooster got to big and just fell over dead from to much weight and being to hot. I had a fan and cold water for him and still it wasn't enough. He should have been processed sooner I guess. We never raised this type of bird so next time I will know what to do. We found raising meat birds to be a difficult process. They are able to grow very rapidly which causes them all kinds of problems. We will be lucky to get 2 for our buyers out of 6. I found out most people order 25 to be able to have enough to process for meat. We try and free range them and offer them the best situation we can. Well my body says it's time to get some sleep so I can enjoy a summer day tomorrow . This blog entry has been viewed 209 times
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Hi Shannonrose,Its good to see you .Its been awhile.I have never had to take anything to the fair as my kids wasn't interested in anything like that even though they were raised on a farm.They loved animals and raised a Holsten calf, 2 horses , a Burmese python,
It sounds like you have had a busy summer. Goats do have their own ideas don't they. I did so enjoy my old Daisy May (milk goat). Wow, I didn't realize that about chickens. My mom raised them one year and they did seem to come and go into the freezer rather fast. Login or register to leave a comment. |
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