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Working the night away

February 25, 2014 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

We pick up the goats this weekend so I’m maximizing the amount of time I’m putting into the goat shed to finish it in time. The only way to do that is to get the work lights set up. It’s warmer lately, but the sun still goes down so early. A genny and a work […]

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Raising the Roof on the Goat Shed

February 23, 2014 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

This weekend seemed to be a really rough one. I’m writing this a few days after the fact but still feeling every muscle. The soreness is taking it’s time to disappear. Getting the boards all lined out for the walls didn’t take too long. Installing the beams and rafters took a lot longer than I […]

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Goat Shed and Paddock Progress

February 15, 2014 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

This last weekend was very tiring. I’m actually writing this almost a week later and back dating this post because I wore myself out so much. It all started with purchasing 40 bags of concrete. This amounted to just over 3,000 pounds of concrete. That I had to lift off the trailer and then of […]

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Goats: Good News and Bad News

February 9, 2014 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

Well first the bad news. We received an email from the Fleshman’s one of our goats didn’t make it. Some complication occurred and the goat passed away Friday night. It’s possible it was from worms or an infection. The Fleshman’s mentioned that they had run out of their herbal wormer because the supplier ran out. […]

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New Goats Coming and the Fleshman’s

January 27, 2014 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

We had the outstanding pleasure of meeting a very wonderful family up in Guthrie, OK. The Fleshman Family. You can see a lot about the Fleshman’s at their website Grace Family Farm. The great news is that they have 3 doelings freshly weened. We were also extremely lucky that they were willing to board them for […]

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