Rain

Sunday of this week and early Monday morning was a washout! We received over 2 inches of rain and water is still standing even with the brisk winds that we have had for two days to dry some of it up. I spent some of the morning chasing down wind socks, bird houses, etc. that blew down. Buffalo Creek washed out quite well and a huge log jam that we had is gone - - finally. This is the same log jam that we worked on Saturday to help it move on down the creek. However, we did manage to loose some of our banks in the goat and Zebu pastures due to erosion. As soon as it dries up some, we will have to move some of our woven wire fencing to get it on solid ground. That will be a job for sure. This morning, we cleaned out some of the rabbit hutches and did what little work we could do while trying to stay dry. We'll probably do some more wood cutting too this afternoon. All the Nigerian Dwarf kids that were were born last Thursday night are doing well. They will be disbudded and tagged on Thursday of this week. I have a friend coming from Sanford to help. She wants to learn how to disbud in preparation for her kids that will be born in March. One of the quints that was born last Thursday only weighed two pounds. She is doing well. She nurses on her mom while I supplement her with milk three times a day. She is the smallest kid that I have ever had that survived. The closest to her in weight is Tabitha, who weighed 2-1/4 pounds at birth. Tabitha has been bred to Zeus and will be kidding in March. She is still a small doe and looks almost identical to her mom.