Animals
- A Little Barnyard Drama
Fred: "HEY!! Oh, whew, I finally got your attention." "Look over there...it appears that Smilin' Jill is in a little distress. She's not smiling!" Jill: "Gaaaaack! I've thwallowed my beard. Help me, I'm...
- Babies, Babies, Babies
There is nothing cuter than a baby....and goat babies are no exception! Myrtle's Doeling Myrtle's Buckling Jill's Doeling Jill's Buckling #1 Jill's Buckling #2 ...
- New Kids On The Block!
Hooray! At long last, Jill and Chip's babies have arrived. Jill delivered triplets yesterday....one doeling and two bucklings. All three are black and white like their parents and have blue eyes like their daddy. More pictures to come later today!...
- Turf Wars
Well, the girls have had a bit of a dispute this past week. It seems that Jill will not let Missy into the maternity ward. Our three pregnant does are housed in their own goat yard with a luxury goat house. This goat house is big and wide open until the...
- Babies On Board
Becky and I braved the frigid temperatures and checked our female fainting goats for pregnancy. This involves shaving a patch of fur on their underbellies and applying a conductive jelly (brrrrrr, cold!) and then moving the ultrasound probe around against...
Animals
The Many Faces of Jill
Some days are meant for silliness...
and silliness comes naturally when you are surrounded by animals!
I had my camera in the goat pen yesterday afternoon during feeding time.
Our elderly Jill is quite the ham for the camera and offered
to share her repertoire of expressions with you.
It's hard to top that one, Jill!
and silliness comes naturally when you are surrounded by animals!
to share her repertoire of expressions with you.
We'll have to wait a minute until she finishes laughing!
Jill has an exceptional sense of humor...
just the idea of me trying to capture her many looks by camera has her in stitches.
You'll notice in the above picture that Jill has no upper teeth in the front.
Such is the case with goats.
They have only lower teeth in the front.
Chewing is done in the back of their mouth where they have upper and lower teeth.
You'll notice in the photo below that Jill has quite an underbite.
Goats tend to develop underbites as they get older.
It's this underbite that gives Jill her eternal smile.
(That and the fact that she's just a happy gal!)
Now for the party tricks....
Can you touch your tongue to the end of your nose?
Jill can!It's hard to top that one, Jill!
You might also notice that Jill is getting quite fluffy.
She and the rest of her herd have grown quite thick winter coats already.
As have all of our equines as well...
If winter coat is an indication of weather to come,
I'd say we are in for another brutal winter.
As with most of the country,
we will be experiencing a bit of an early freeze by the end of this week.
Thankfully, the animals are all ready!
PS...thanks so much for your input yesterday.
I will continue to bring you a combination of photos and video
so that you can share in all the farm fun in the days to come.
When I have a little time, I will be making a video tutorial on the perfect pie crust...
as requested.
- A Little Barnyard Drama
Fred: "HEY!! Oh, whew, I finally got your attention." "Look over there...it appears that Smilin' Jill is in a little distress. She's not smiling!" Jill: "Gaaaaack! I've thwallowed my beard. Help me, I'm...
- Babies, Babies, Babies
There is nothing cuter than a baby....and goat babies are no exception! Myrtle's Doeling Myrtle's Buckling Jill's Doeling Jill's Buckling #1 Jill's Buckling #2 ...
- New Kids On The Block!
Hooray! At long last, Jill and Chip's babies have arrived. Jill delivered triplets yesterday....one doeling and two bucklings. All three are black and white like their parents and have blue eyes like their daddy. More pictures to come later today!...
- Turf Wars
Well, the girls have had a bit of a dispute this past week. It seems that Jill will not let Missy into the maternity ward. Our three pregnant does are housed in their own goat yard with a luxury goat house. This goat house is big and wide open until the...
- Babies On Board
Becky and I braved the frigid temperatures and checked our female fainting goats for pregnancy. This involves shaving a patch of fur on their underbellies and applying a conductive jelly (brrrrrr, cold!) and then moving the ultrasound probe around against...