Animals
- Great News!!
We are having babies!!Goat babies! Dr. Becky performed an ultrasound pregnancy check on our doesand found that each of them that were bred this Fallare pregnant.This was supposed to be a beating heart...but the baby moved.Ooooooh (squeals of delight),...
- Moving Day For Kids
The "Kids" have grown up....oh my how they've grown.Their little horns stick up about an inch on their heads.And they've learned how to use them...only on each other. Poor Sissy and O'Malley who are still pregnant (due in April)have been...
- You Know You're Having A Bad Day When......
.....your best friend poops on you!!! Poor O'Malley was found waddling (yes, she has that pregnant waddle) around the goat yard yesterday with a pile of goat berries on her back. It's bad enough that Missy and Myrtle butt her with their...
- The Maternity Ward
Things are quiet in the pregnancy pen these days....but not for long. Myrtle is due soon...any day now, actually.Missy is quite large and moving slowly these days.Sissy is still not very large...perhaps she does only have one baby as we saw on ultrasound....
- The Ups And Downs Of Goats
I have wonderful video footage of these girls playing on their see-saw....up and down and playfully ramming each other, however my video was shot with too high a resolution and I cannot upload it. (Note to self: reset camera and get some IT help to see...
Animals
Weaning the Babies
Sissy and O'Malley's babies are now old enough to wean.
O'Malley will be so relieved!
She has not really enjoyed the whole nursing scene.
Her body is back to pre-pregnancy and she's ready to lose the udders.
"Whew! What a relief that will be!"
Sissy(black and white) and O'Malley (red) are BFFs....
and having babies put a rather big cramp in their style.
They will be moving to the pen next door...
complete with new hay rack (we just assembled last night).
Their babies will be in the yard next door
along with Nettie B.
Nettie B was on top of her house last evening
keeping an eye on things.
Meanwhile the dogs were running around outside the goat yard.
One of them startled Nettie, and she jumped off the goat house
landing on the ground in a "faint"....
those are her legs in the air, behind Sissy....
"Get up Nettie B," says Sissy, "you are embarrassing yourself!"
Things eventually calmed down enough for
Hubbs and I to get a little goatie lovin.
Even Sadie visited for a while...
Meanwhile, in the Nigerian yard, Spider and the girls are on high alert!
Have they spotted a bear?
No, that's just Maddie stopping by to say hello.
Goatie hugs to you, today, wherever you are.
Hope your day is wonderful!!
- Great News!!
We are having babies!!Goat babies! Dr. Becky performed an ultrasound pregnancy check on our doesand found that each of them that were bred this Fallare pregnant.This was supposed to be a beating heart...but the baby moved.Ooooooh (squeals of delight),...
- Moving Day For Kids
The "Kids" have grown up....oh my how they've grown.Their little horns stick up about an inch on their heads.And they've learned how to use them...only on each other. Poor Sissy and O'Malley who are still pregnant (due in April)have been...
- You Know You're Having A Bad Day When......
.....your best friend poops on you!!! Poor O'Malley was found waddling (yes, she has that pregnant waddle) around the goat yard yesterday with a pile of goat berries on her back. It's bad enough that Missy and Myrtle butt her with their...
- The Maternity Ward
Things are quiet in the pregnancy pen these days....but not for long. Myrtle is due soon...any day now, actually.Missy is quite large and moving slowly these days.Sissy is still not very large...perhaps she does only have one baby as we saw on ultrasound....
- The Ups And Downs Of Goats
I have wonderful video footage of these girls playing on their see-saw....up and down and playfully ramming each other, however my video was shot with too high a resolution and I cannot upload it. (Note to self: reset camera and get some IT help to see...