Enduring a Heat Wave on the Farm

This week we're going to be dealing with very intense heat on the farm, which means more work for me to make sure all the animals stay comfortable. So let's see how we make it through these very hot days. Okay, so even though the sun is beaming down very hard, there is a very strong breeze going on right now, which I'm sure is helping the animals quite a bit. When it gets really hot like this, the animals like to relax more. They're not as active, they don't have as much energy, and they drink a lot more water but eat less food because when they eat a lot of food it weighs them down and makes them heavier, and it's more work for their body to digest the food. So the animals all naturally know how to handle it really well. One thing that our guard dogs do is they will go usually into a barn and they will dig a hole in the dirt or the hay or whatever, and then they'll lay there because it's nice and cool. This cat is like coughing up a hairball or something. Are you okay pumpkin? Yeah, so everyone's basically just being very lazy today, and they will be for the next couple days. Dude. I'm up by our backyard now where there are a ton of berries called black raspberries. They're completely wild. They've been here since we moved in, and they're all over our property actually, but right here is our favorite spot to pick them because it's very close to our house because the sun has been shining so bright. They've been ripening really fast, so I'm gonna spend some time picking some. Also these little flowers are so cute. They are all over back here. I am getting devoured by these mosquitoes. There's so many back here. I probably have like 10 bug bites already, and I did not think to get bug spray. I'm just gonna finish up as quickly as I can. I don't even have that many yet. Okay yeah, I think I'm gonna wrap this up. I'm now itchy all over. I definitely got a good 10 or 15 bug bites, and sadly most of the black raspberries are overripe, so this is all we got from over here today. It would have been nice to get more, but yeah, I'm not gonna stay out here any longer. Okay, so I want to go over some numbers with you quick because I know that some people might find this interesting. So I want to explain the goats and the profit that I made off of them this year. So for the past like five or six years, I have been breeding Nigerian dwarf goats and selling the babies. I don't breed insane quality show goats, but I also don't like backyard breed. All of my animals are responsibly bred, and they all go to amazing homes. So first, before I even made any money, I spent money on the goats. The numbers that I'm gonna list here aren't from throughout the entire year, but this is the majority of the expenses for the goats in the past year. So I spent $20.32 on Amazon for selenium and vitamin E gel if I have a weak kid born, and I spent $167.60 at Tyson's, our farm store, for various supplies. And another $31.57 on Amazon for a thermometer and a feeding tube. $25.50 on Bay Cox, which is what I put in my goats' water trough to keep them from getting a sickness called coccidiosis. I spent $95 on a vet bill for Rose because she got pregnancy toxemia, and she healed up just fine, which is amazing. And finally, $48 on a registration for one of the baby goats. This year I only had 7 babies, which is a big difference from last year when I had 13. So there was much less income this year. But my goal this year was to sell all of the dolings for $250, and all of the boys for $150. Girls are much more desirable, and they sell for a lot more. So I sold Gilbert and Juniper together for $400 total. I sold Mango and Mocha for $500 total. And Ryder I sold for $110. I lowered the price down to $100 because I was struggling to sell them. And the lady gave me a $10 deposit, but then brought $100 when she came to buy him. But this is also the goat that I spent almost $50 on for the registry, so it's fine. It's a bit of a mess, but I have it all recorded. So that was 5 goats sold. I still have 2 goats that I haven't been able to sell. So I'm just gonna keep trying. If you want 2 Weathers, very sweet little boys, definitely reach out and email me. At this point, if I have to keep them, I will be losing money, so I'm only asking $50 each for them now. And the profit from all of this was $622.01. So the goats basically just pay for themselves. That will be about enough money to pay for the goats throughout the next year until there are more babies. And hopefully I'll be able to sell those 2 little boys, and I'm hoping to sell some other older goats as well. Yeah, those are the profits from my baby goats this year. Hopefully you found that interesting. I think my mom just found some baby bunnies in the garden. Where at? In the potatoes. You see it? No? Oh, I see it. Is it so little? That's so cute. Let me pet you. Oh, it is not moving at all. Did it let you pet it? Mm-hmm. Look at him. He's so little. He's so cute. He's just chillin'. He's completely still. He was in the izzer in full bloom. They're so pretty. There's more bunnies? There was another one. Like, there's obviously more bunnies. My mom had a nest. In my potatoes. Before I get a bunch of comments, yes, the mother will come back. They've lasted for a long time in the spot that we're always standing at, so she's obviously still taking care of them. Okay, so names for these kittens. They need names, and I need your help coming up with them. I've been able to figure out which of them are boys and girls out of all five. I'm gonna try to pick them up and talk a little bit about them, and you can decide what you think they should be named from there. Let me know in the comments, and I will decide soon. I haven't picked them up much at all, so. Hey, buddy. This is the orange one. This one's a boy. He's orange, but he's got some white on him, too, and he's very cute, very playful. His personality sticks out to me a lot, and he does not want to be here. You're okay. You're okay. So, names for this boy. I'll put you down. There's only three of them nursing on their mom right now, so we'll meet them first. This is the black and white one. Oh, it jumped away, but the black and white one is a boy. Much more shy than the first one, and he likes to be playful, but as soon as one of the other kittens plays too hard, he will just act offended, and it's so funny, and he'll just be, like, mad for the next five minutes. I don't think this one's gonna let me pick it up. It's the shyest one, so. Come here. You're okay. You're okay. I promise you, you're okay. This one is a girl. She's very shy, very quiet. You're okay. But she is probably the most gorgeous cat I have ever seen. All of her features are so beautiful, I know. She's got a lot of white on her, but she also has a beautiful coat pattern. It almost looks like a leopard, but not really at all. I've been spending a lot of time with these cats, but they still are pretty shy, and they're all becoming more friendly depending upon their personalities. Okay. You're okay. You're fine. They all have this thing with hissing. They just love to hiss. Hermione definitely had the more vicious litter. Yeah, she did, but she had super cute ones, too. So this one is also a girl. She is a tabby with white, and she is the little runt. She's a tiny baby of them all. So cute. You can go. That was four of the five, and you're probably wondering where the last one is. She's not up in the barn attic right now. She went downstairs. So let's go see if we can find her, because they have been making their way down there recently. I'm looking for her, and these goats are so cute laying out here. I saw her playing out here. Hello, Maui. Oh, hi, bunny. Oh, there she is. Yes. Oh, stop hissing. So this little girl is by far the most sassy, the most vicious, and she also might just be my favorite. She's got a huge personality, and she acts like she absolutely hates me, but she's so chill. I don't even know how to figure out her personality, but she's so cute, and we definitely need a very good name for her. You want to go? I can tell you do. Go on. She's so pretty, and the first calico kitten that we have ever had born on this farm. Now, there are also raven's kittens, and I found out that she has four. Also, personality-wise, they are much calmer and just more laid back than Hermione's babies. I wouldn't say they're more socialized, but they just are more relaxed. I still don't know which ones are girls. Oh, my goodness. Why'd you just flip onto that pumpkin? It's getting dark out, so all the cats are going into crazy mode. Yeah, pumpkin is very playful. So yeah, just to keep the comment sections from being too confusing and everything, we'll just name Hermione's babies today, and then we'll get to the other kittens later. It is getting very dark out. I'm getting swarmed by mosquitoes, attacked by crazy cats, and my camera is fighting to keep good quality with the sun setting. I also just love how where I go, they all just follow me. They just flock to and then lay down. I love summer evenings like these. They're just so peaceful, but I guess now, good night, and I will see you probably tomorrow. Okay, it is another very, very hot day here on the farm, and I'm actually dressed up right now because we have people that are coming soon, and I need to get my chores and some other things done really quick. That would have been nicer if I got it done before I got dressed, but it's fine. Hopefully, I don't regret this. We have only one goat up here. Here, goat, goat, goat. Come on. The goats are all trying to eat the horse food. Also, Maggie's looking real sweaty. Oh my goodness, girl. My siblings are flying a kite. Oh my. The other thing that I wanted to get done today is open up a fence for the boy goats to have more access to grass, but the issue is that they stink, and if they touch me, I will stink, so I'm gonna try and open the fence, and we're just gonna hope that they don't rub themselves on me. Uh-oh, here they come, and Mo's in here too. All I have to do is pull this open enough for them to go through. Oh, don't go in two at once. It's not a good idea. Alfie. He's over by the girls. Now they have access to this entire pen, so they will be very happy. It needs eaten down really bad. Don't come back to me. I'm gonna get out of here before they come after me. All right, we have now reached the end of this crazy intense heat. It's still gonna be pretty warm out, like in the 80s, but not like the 90s like it was, so it feels much nicer out this morning, and hopefully, now that it's a little cooler, I'll be wanting to be outside more. I hope you enjoyed this video, just seeing how we take care of the animals in this weather. Definitely subscribe if you would like to stick around. God bless you, and I will see you in the next one.