RICHARD & SANDY'S BOER GOAT FARM
Quality coming & going
We test regularly. All our animals have tested negative for CL, CAE and Johne's.
FARM DAY 2011
January 30, 2011, at 11:00 a.m.,
Richard and Sandy's Boer Goat Farm
Richard Norman and Sandy Hemminger
26308 82nd Avenue East
Graham, Washington 98338
Home phone - (253) 847-9552
E-mail - chjajesa@msn.com
Let us know if you will be able to join us for Farm Day 2011.
Please respect our biosecutiy policy wear clean shoes and clothes when you visit our farm
and do not enter the animal areas without permission.
We are still in the planning stages. The following are probable activities with approximate times:
Chris Smith from Woodmoor Farm will greet and provide name tags.
Brice Clemmons from Summitview Boers will be the coordinator for the day's events.
11:00 a.m. - Richard will demonstrate his hoof trimming technique.
11:20 a.m. - Dawn Lantz from Remuda Nubians and Rizingmoon Boers will show everyone how to choose that great wether for 4-H or FFA while Courtney, Kim and Heather manage the animals.
11:40 a.m. - Richard will show how to tattoo and tag a goat while Jason Holmes from BRC Boers controls the goat.
Noon - Sandy and Richard will show how they trim their animals for show.
Because the weather is still cold, the animal will not receive a full show cut.
12:20 p.m. - Richard and Sandy will demonstrate how they draw blood and prepare the sample to send in for a Pregnancy test on RNSH Yakety Yak Don't Talk Back.
12:40 p.m. - Sheridan Lantz from Rizingmoon Boers and Justin Kramer from My Time Farm LaManchas will demonstrate how to show an animal.
1:00 p.m. - Cindy Collins will provide a disbudding demonstration using a wether belonging to Shelley and Jerrimy Clark from Foothill Boers.
1:20 p.m. - We will be playing one rousing round of that age old game "Who's the Daddy" with the winner being determined when the DNA envelope is opened. You decide which buck you think is the actual sire and put your name in that bucks ticket bag. There will be a drawing from the group that chooses the correct buck. The drawing winner will get a prize. Shelley Clark from Foothills Boers will be facilitating the activity. Richard and Sandy will explain how and why.
1:40 p.m. - Julie Davis of Clear Valley Farm will bring in her doe to sell to Krystal Clemmons from Summit View Boers. Julie and Krystal will explain the steps in selling and purchasing a goat.
2:00 p.m. - Sandy and Tina Bol will show how we do our fecals. Step by step samples will be set out
and the microscope will be set up for viewing.
2:20 p.m. - Pat and Dawn Lantz Remuda Nubians and Rizingmoon Boers will do a demonstration on tubing a baby goat.
2:40 p.m. - Michelle Sayer-Holmes from BRC Boers and Krystal Clemmons from Summitview Boer Goats will provide a bottle baby demonstration with a discussion on the different methods for feeding and a variety of formulas.
We want everyone who attends to be involved in the discussions. We learn from each other and we hope it will be a wonderful, relaxed day full of visiting and sharing information.
Prepared beverages and snacks will be provided, as will washing stations and hand sanitizer.
Please remember how important it is to wash those hands!
Farm Day
2011
Thank you to all who joined us for Farm Day 2011. We hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did.
We trust that everyone walked away with new information and/or a new perspective on something regarding raising and handling goats. I personally picked up a tip from Joan Hicks on bottle feeding. The day was all about everyone sharing their ideas and experiences and just having a good time.
We want to thank you all for respecting our bio-security measures. Our animals are very important to us, and we really appreciated your cooperation.
We had over 100 visitors! We wish we could have had the opportunity to visit with each and every one of you! It was such an interesting group, and we look forward to seeing all of you when we have more time to chat.
We are not experts at raising goats, but it is our passion, and we are glad to share our ideas and experiences with other enthusiasts. Our first and foremost advice to all newcomers would be to get a good vet that cares about goats. We use Dr. Castle and Dr. Dike at Deschutes Veterinary Clinic. We have found that they really care about our animals. Never be afraid ask questions of other people who own goats. We are always glad to help, just ask.
We hope you all enjoyed the Who's Your Daddy contest. We think DNA testing, when necessary, is very important. Most of the time you have planned your breeding season very carefully; however, as we now know, a lot can happen in two minutes! And during those surprise encounters, DNA testing becomes a necessity. Here on our farm, when in doubt, we test! Congratulations to Dawn Lantz on winning the contest, we hope you enjoy the blanket on these cool winter nights. Congratulations to Carol Albers for winning the door prize, we hope you enjoy the goat soap.
If you have suggestions for next year, please let us know.
As a side note, since we were both away from the house for exactly 5.5 hours on Friday, three does decided to kid. Two of the does appear to have kidded butt to butt. Each doe would paw the same newborn close to her and clean it for a few licks, then the other doe would paw the newborn to her and clean it for a few licks - back and forth - back and forth. When Richard got home, the newborn was rather beaten up by the two overprotective new mothers, and the other newborn was left to the side and quite cold. We will have to play Who's the Mama because, in this unusual circumstance, there is no way to tell who is actually the Mom without testing!
Someone asked where we get our red top tubes. We got our last order from http://www.shopmedvet.com/category/laboratory-equipment-supplies-blood-collection-tubes-centrifuges . They also have microscope slides.
There is information regarding most of the demonstrations and testing suggestions on the Herd Health and Management page of our website at http://www.boergoats4richardsandy.com/HealthManagementResources.html . Or you can always pick up the phone and call us at (253) 847-9552.
The pictures for Farm Day 2011 are below. We have posted these pictures to remind us of a day that we thoroughly enjoyed with a group of interesting people who share our passion for goats; however, if anyone would like their picture removed, just let us know, and we will take care of it.
We have also posted a few new recipes to our website if you would like to take a look.
Within the next couple of weeks, we will have animals for sale posted at http://www.boergoats4richardsandy.com/ForSale.html . Please check back then if you are interested in purchasing animals. More babies were born this week, and hopefully I will get new pictures posted soon on the New Kids page.
We also have RNSH Mr. Rich and RNSH Tarzilla up for buck service and RNSH Coaco Valentine semen straws for sale. If you are interested, please review our Buck page for requirements.
We would like to send a special thanks to:
Jason Holmes and Michelle Sayer-Holmes for all the help starting the night before and working tirelessly until every detail was taken care of
Chris Smith for greeting everyone and making this e-mail possible by gathering information and making sure everyone felt welcome
Brice Clemmons for keeping track of everyone and making sure things started on time
Pat Lantz for taking pictures
Dawn Lantz for doing the choose a wether demonstration
Krystal Clemmons for doing the blood draws like nobody else can and for participating in the selling and buying an animal demonstration
The entire Russell family for handling animals as needed and showing for the choose a wether demonstration
Tina and Alle Bol and Leroy Ritter for providing animals for the tattooing and tagging demonstration
Sheridan Lantz for helping with showmanship
Shelby Lacy for helping with showmanship
Justin Krammer for helping with the showmanship demonstration and Justin and Caprice for helping with animals throughout the day
Cyndy Collins for the disbudding demonstration and Shelley and Jerrimy Clark for providing the animals for the demonstration
Julie Davis for showing how to sell an animal and what you should expect and require during the transaction and for providing the animals for the sale demonstration
Camerin Hamblin and Caprice Krammer for feeding all seven bottle babies!
Elise and Zoe Conlee for supplying the seven bottle babies
Pat and Dawn Lantz for doing a tubing seminar
Krystal Clemmons and Michelle Sayer-Holmes for doing the bottle baby demonstration and providing a hand out
Carol Albers for helping wherever help was needed
The many children who helped feed the bottle babies during the demonstration
And a special thank you to the very nice, tall gentleman who helped take pictures during the bottle baby demonstration because I was too short to get a good picture! What a sport to step forward and just help out when the need was there. That's what we find a lot with the people we have met in the goat world, a willingness to help each other.
Please don't hesitate to give us a call or send an e-mail, and we hope to see you all next year at Richard and Sandy's Boer Goat Farm Day 2012!
Please scroll down to see pictures from
Farm Day 2011
