Animals
- Random Ramblings.....
We all know that Santa has a "Naughty" and "Nice" list.We all hope to be on the "Nice" list,but we all know those who we just know will make it to the "Naughty" list.Right? Well, it's the same around the farm. A few are definitely on the "Naughty"...
- What To Do With T. Donald?
Well of all the goat babies born this spring we are left with only one:T. Donald. We originally called him The Donald because of his white spot on the top of his head,that looked like a major "comb over".He has become T. Donald, or just Donald. Donald...
- Mating Mayhem
This blog post is ratedPGViewer discretion is advised! All peace was gone on the farm yesterday afternoon.War broke out amongst the fainting goat bucks.As my daughter Jenn described it..."It's like a train wreck...and you just can't look away!"Even...
- Babies On Board!!
Happy news for Bee Haven Acres: Missy and Myrtle are pregnant! You might remember a post from about two months ago, when we led our bucks, kicking and screaming, down to the yard closer to the gals. Here is Smoochie in an act of protest. We put Chip...
- The Dating Game
It is mating season here on the farm. The other morning, Becky and I did a bit of rearranging and paired up bucks and does for mating. None of the does wanted to leave their pen, so we had to move everyone together and then remove the ones who were not...
Animals
Farm Surgeries
Yesterday was surgical day.
Poor Sophia lost her uterus and ovaries.
She was a little wacky waking up from anesthesia.
Our Sophia has had her last litter of kittens....
her uterus showed signs of previous pregnancy.
Dr. Becky said she seemed to be a couple years old,
but in very good condition.
We are even wondering if perhaps she is Leo's mother...
they both appeared within a few weeks of each other...
who knows!
Sophia will spend the next couple days recuperating in the barn.
Sophia is not the only one who went under the knife yesterday.....
Sophia is not the only one who went under the knife yesterday.....
Donald, our polled (hornless) buckling born to O'Malley this past spring
was castrated yesterday as well.
Here he is sleeping off his anesthesia.
We were unable to sell him,
so we will keep him as a companion goat.
You might remember that I had mentioned we were considering
castrating Smoochie... since he has failed to perform his duties the past two years.
Update: Becky has decided to try to mate him with Myrtle next year...
so Smoochie gets one more chance.
Three strikes, and you're out, Smoochie!
The boys and I took advantage of the day without rain
and went for a run in the woods...
The boys and I took advantage of the day without rain
and went for a run in the woods...
It's their most favorite thing in the whole world.
This is what unbridled joy looks like....
Wild abandon!
Hope you have a little wild abandon, yourself,
this weekend.
Make it a great one!
See you Monday....for more tails from the farm.
- Random Ramblings.....
We all know that Santa has a "Naughty" and "Nice" list.We all hope to be on the "Nice" list,but we all know those who we just know will make it to the "Naughty" list.Right? Well, it's the same around the farm. A few are definitely on the "Naughty"...
- What To Do With T. Donald?
Well of all the goat babies born this spring we are left with only one:T. Donald. We originally called him The Donald because of his white spot on the top of his head,that looked like a major "comb over".He has become T. Donald, or just Donald. Donald...
- Mating Mayhem
This blog post is ratedPGViewer discretion is advised! All peace was gone on the farm yesterday afternoon.War broke out amongst the fainting goat bucks.As my daughter Jenn described it..."It's like a train wreck...and you just can't look away!"Even...
- Babies On Board!!
Happy news for Bee Haven Acres: Missy and Myrtle are pregnant! You might remember a post from about two months ago, when we led our bucks, kicking and screaming, down to the yard closer to the gals. Here is Smoochie in an act of protest. We put Chip...
- The Dating Game
It is mating season here on the farm. The other morning, Becky and I did a bit of rearranging and paired up bucks and does for mating. None of the does wanted to leave their pen, so we had to move everyone together and then remove the ones who were not...