Sage Acres Blog

2008-09-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

We are done showing for the year, and what a year it has been. Sage Acres HO Bucket of Magic was Jr. Champion. We had 4 of the 8 does lined up in GCH line up, and also recieved the Premier exhibitor for AOP's at the Eastern Idaho State Fair. It was an exciting year for us. Our Grandson's Jace & Gus both exhibited goats this and participated in the Little Cowpoke Rodeo. Jace was holding Bucket when she went Jr Champion. Hopefully we will have all the pictures of the kids posted soon. Check back soon! More updates coming soon!

Been a while

2008-07-31T06:32:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I have posted anything! We came home from the show in May and the summer has just gotten away from us. Here it is fair season already! Our little doe Hy kidded a couple weeks ago, talk about cute kids! Bucket who was born on our way to the TVDGA show is now 10 weeks old and quite the looker! We have her pic up on the webpage, even though she is not clipped. We are hoping to have clipped pictures done when we are at one of the fairs.

We are also getting ready to plan our breedings for the fall, of course Riley will be used, and we are hoping to bring in some semen to ai Magic, Hy, and Lilly.

As soon as fair results are available, we will have those posted as well!

Back from the Show

2008-05-17T08:13:00.000-07:00

We are back from the TVDGA show. Fast trip but what fun!! Our buck went Jr. Champion in the specialty show! We got to Margie from Blythmoor, she is such a kick! And we brought home Lilly and Hyacinth from her herd.
Thanks Margie!! Since we have so many 2 year olds, we are offering Harmony Mtn. Ranch Zoe for sale. Zoe is a very correct doe, with good feet and legs. She needs some work in the udder department, and is currently milking 3#'s a day. You can see her on the website, and email us for more information.

Hopefully we will have newer pictures up soon!

Update

2008-04-20T12:13:00.000-07:00

Here it has been almost a month since our last post. We have just got the website somewhat updated, ran the paperwork on Loki to go to Canada, and hopefully have the last two lamanchas sold as well. We have or are bringing in new Nigerians! They are so cute and should finish our starter herd very well. The new barn and milkhouse will be built sometime in May.
Today again the wind is very strong here. House is rattling, dirt flying and all the other good stuff that goes along with a windy day.
Hopefully we will get nice weather and can finish up the yard planting soon.
Until next time..........................................

Sold!!

2008-03-25T15:17:00.000-07:00

It is done, our Lamancha buck has been sold! He is being exported to Canada! We are very excited for him and his new adventure. It can't be any colder there than it has been this year for us. We are just about out of snow finally, but the wind is still howling. I am so ready for spring!

Warming up

2008-03-19T11:19:00.001-07:00

The weather is finally warming up. Most of the snow is gone from around the house, though we still have a few 3ft drifts in spots. The wind is still howling over the hill too. We currently have Deb Wilson working on a new logo for our website, it will be debuted the same time that the renovating of the site is completed. As of today the lamancha doe kid is not named officially or unofficially for that matter. Sava is not milking as expected, hopefully she picks up soon.

Until later................................................

Snow Again!!

2008-03-13T13:52:00.000-07:00

Here it is mid March and I am beginning to feel like we live in Minnesota or something. We got another 2 inches of snow this morning. There is suppose to be another storm on it's way too.
This morning our lamancha doe Sava kidded with twin does. One had its head back and was born dead. Its a good thing that Henry was home to handle that one. The remaining doe kid appears to be a nice kid, she is pretty good sized too and already standing strong. I have no clue what we are going to name her yet, but she should be named by the end of the week.

Now if the snow would just go away---------------------------------------------->

Gone

2008-03-10T12:34:00.000-07:00

We have dispersed our lamancha herd. There are two animals left, Sage Acres Sava, and our buck *B Meyers MSP Loki. Loki is for sale by the way. Fortunately I was not home when they were picked up, Thank-you Brittany & Alesia. As you can imagine, the corrals are empty, the air is quiet in the morning. Nothing stirs anymore, not even the donkey. On a lighter note, we are looking forward to some changes, change is good or so they say.
Lauri

Change is in the Air

2008-03-07T09:56:00.000-08:00

There are changes in the Air at Sage Acres!! Stay posted to see what we are doing!! We will have more updates and information available next week!! It's sad, exciting but HUGE.

Lauri

Our Saturday Drive

2008-02-24T13:11:00.000-08:00

We decided not to get the Fjord horse for right now. However we did get to make a Saturday drive to Mountain Home and meet up with our webdesigner, Mikel. He got our old 3 horse trailer and we got his little goat trailer. It worked out well for both of us. It was really foggy driving up there. We had a short visit with Mikel, and got to meet his sister. They both seem like really nice kids. He has been doing an excellent job on our website, it looks great and we have gotten tons of compliments. Mikel keeps all the updates current and gets them done right away. We highly recommend him if you need a website. We will be posting pictures soon on the website of both our trailers.

L

The Horse

2008-02-19T15:29:00.001-08:00

We went up and looked at the Fjord horses and wouldn't you know it, we were made an offer we are sure we are going to refuse. No horses home yet, but Henry is talking like tomorrow he might run up and pick up the filly.

We are still fighting deep snow drifts and frozen water troughs. It's suppose to hit 40 degrees this week so hopefully things melt off a little.
That is all that is new for this week so far.

Buck kids

2008-02-16T09:06:00.000-08:00

We have a lot of people wondering why we are offering buck kids so cheap out of our best does. There is a train of thinking on our part for this. We have been out of the show loop for about 12 years now. Yes we hit the State Fair, but that has been about it. This year we are hoping to hit more shows and really get our herd back out there. By offering good kids at great prices we are not only promoting our herd, but it also brings up our herd name for others when they ask "where did you get your buck". I will admit it's mostly for promo, but they are also extremely well bred bucklings. We don't keep a buck out of every doe and the doe had better be darned nice to keep a buck out of her. One of the things we ask ourselves when evaluating a kid is "do we want 100 of the dam?" If the answer is yes, then we are comfortable with that decision. Of course there is no such thing as a perfect goat, but we are always striving to get there.

Tomorrow brings a new adventure, we are going and looking at a Fjord for Henry. It is something he has wanted to get into for quite some time, and with the selling of his boer goats, he can now have one.

Until next time......................................................................

Trailer day

2008-02-15T11:35:00.001-08:00

Today Henry is on his way to get our "New" to us horse trailer. We lucked out and bought our son's old gooseneck. I am very excited to have such a nice trailer. It is older but in real nice shape. No more sleeping on the floor of the old trailer at shows!! With a walk in tack/dressing room it is absolutely perfect for us. Now it's just to get it up the hill with all the snow we have.
We have lots of sunshine today so hopefully it will melt the drifts down a little bit.
By the time the other does start kidding we will be about 20 degrees warmer so that will make doing chores a bit nicer.

Until next time.....................................

Welcome to Sage Acres

2008-02-14T18:57:00.000-08:00

Hi and welcome to the Sage Acres Blog! I was trying to figure out a way to keep everyone up to date with what we have going on around the farm. It has been an experience this year with a move to bare property. We finally caved and sold the Boer goats (Thanks Alesia) because of our lack of facilities. We have had 60mph wind gusts, sub zero days and nights and just a plain old fashioned winter. The dairy does are hanging in there, and really doing pretty good. We have old fertilizer tanks that keep them out of the wind and snow. Of course there are 5 ft drifts everywhere, but all in all we just keep on going. This past week we had 2 does kid, Jerri and Amber, kids are in the horse trailer where it is warmer.

Stay tuned......................................................

Lauri