Just thought I'd share some snippets of Farm Life Down Under from the "middle of nowhere"
Disclaimer: This was not my idea!
I could just tell you the story ...but you've got to see it to believe it!
We were taking some Lovelies to a Goat Show, they needed to be dipped beforehand, the blokes came up with this method 'cause it was easy. They love the Bobcat & use it for just about everything around the farm... from moving hay bales & feeders & rubbish & digging dirt & bashing in fence post & ...ah, the list is too long but no doubt you get the general idea!
They picked the oldest goat on the farm to test out their dip idea. She was duly loaded into the crate & carried from the race to the dip, where she was lower into the water. Once they were satisfied with the job, she was unloaded into a patch of green nettles.
The next "victim" was waiting in the race for her turn to be loaded & dipped.
They dipped 9 Lovelies including the old girl.
We left them outside in the sun for as long as we could, then they went into there shearing to dry.
It was the middle of winter, they took three days to dry.
Did we win?
Nope - the fleece dried hard & sticky, but they did look good. We would have done better had we not dipped them. The Judge told me later, he wanted to put a blue ribbon on one of the girls because of her excellent conformation & size but when he felt the hard sticky fibre ...he just couldn't do it.
The is an upside to the story ... the Judge was impressed with the animals but said the preparation had let them down. He selected a buck for me to use over the Lovelies when he visited another breeder's farm after the Show.
And the End Note: The Super Duper Goat Dip was never used again. Cheers!
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