Animals
- Hitchhikers And Muscle Men
Most days, when I head out to do chores, I have a hitch-hiker or twoalong for the ride.It's the highlight of Maddie's day... And then there's Sam, who rides along when he is tired of running. Oakley, on the other hand, never accepts a ride...not...
- All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go
October is here, and love is in the air.Yes, it's once again mating season here at Bee Haven Acres. Our male fainting goats, Chip and Fred, have turned into blubbering fools...pacing the fence with their tongues hanging out. Testosterone has gotten...
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Every day at feeding time,our youngest fainting goat buck, Fred,greets us at the gate to his yard. With his nose through the fence,he begs for his favorite treat...(Ritz crackers, of course...the favorite treat of all goats!) and gets it, too.After all,...
- All We Want For Christmas Is.....
A little red buck,a little red buck,a little red buck. All we want for Christmas is a little red buck.So Sally and O'Malley could have red kids."Sally" "O'Malley" Last year our red doe, O'Malley mated with our dearly departed MoJo. Two...
- Transformation
If you follow our blog,you will know that O'Malley is one of our favored goats.She came to us in 2007 with our original foundation stock...having just been born that spring. O'Malley is a Fainting Goat,and scores very highly on the fainting...
Animals
Pigpen
I have decided that I may need to rename our little red buck.
His given name is Fred.
Fred was born last spring...one of twins belonging to O'Malley,
the other being Sally, his sister.
Fred has lived with the other stinky Bucks since summer.
But Fred is as different from the other Bucks as one could
possibly be.
He is smaller, sweeter, friendlier, and does not exhibit any of those
annoying buck behaviors.
Testosterone doesn't make Fred crazy, like it does the others.
Poor Fred is low man on the totem pole, in the buck pen.
He tries to avoid confrontation,
and when the others fight,
he steers clear of the mayhem.
Unfortunately, though, he can't steer clear of Smoochie,
who thinks dear Fred is he own personal "buddy"...
and not the kind of buddy that anyone would want to be.
(But more like the kind of buddy one would expect to become in prison.)
Yes, THAT kind of buddy.
That is why all of Fred's lovely white fur is filthy dirty.
Smoochie is constantly climbing on Fred,
wiping his urine stained undercarriage all over Fred's white fur.
Poor Fred.
He just needs to grow a little and become a little more assertive.
Until then we will just have to call him 'Pigpen".
By the way, Fred may be small and unassertive,
but Fred is going to be a Daddy this Spring.
I can hardly wait to see what his kids will look like!
- Hitchhikers And Muscle Men
Most days, when I head out to do chores, I have a hitch-hiker or twoalong for the ride.It's the highlight of Maddie's day... And then there's Sam, who rides along when he is tired of running. Oakley, on the other hand, never accepts a ride...not...
- All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go
October is here, and love is in the air.Yes, it's once again mating season here at Bee Haven Acres. Our male fainting goats, Chip and Fred, have turned into blubbering fools...pacing the fence with their tongues hanging out. Testosterone has gotten...
-
Every day at feeding time,our youngest fainting goat buck, Fred,greets us at the gate to his yard. With his nose through the fence,he begs for his favorite treat...(Ritz crackers, of course...the favorite treat of all goats!) and gets it, too.After all,...
- All We Want For Christmas Is.....
A little red buck,a little red buck,a little red buck. All we want for Christmas is a little red buck.So Sally and O'Malley could have red kids."Sally" "O'Malley" Last year our red doe, O'Malley mated with our dearly departed MoJo. Two...
- Transformation
If you follow our blog,you will know that O'Malley is one of our favored goats.She came to us in 2007 with our original foundation stock...having just been born that spring. O'Malley is a Fainting Goat,and scores very highly on the fainting...