Animals
I applied antibiotic ointment and a dressing
Meanwhile, in the goat pen, Chip and Fred have gone head to head
a few too many times,
leaving Fred with a battered and bloody scalp.
Don't be alarmed, this happens every mating season.
Boys love to show the girls who the toughest goat is!
Ouch!
Why is it that males are so competitive?
I have even seen two of our roosters enjoying a game of horseshoes...
and disagreeing over who was closest to the pin!
Silly, silly boys...
I've got to tell you,
we girls are not impressed by this behavior!
- 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...
- Bha Fitness
There was a day when I spent a little time in the gym...not a lot, mind you, but a little.Those days are gone.Long gone. I've traded in the spandex for denim,the cute little running shoes for muck boots,the nautilus equipment for 50 lb. bags of feed...
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With the end of the summer comes the beginning of "rut" season for the goats.Rut is the male equivalent of being "in heat".It is during this time that air quality around the farmstarts to take on a musky quality....due mostly to the buck's urinating...
- Boys Will Be Boys!
Each and every time I go out to the barn to do chores,there is always something happening...something that makes me laugh or smile.Yesterday morning it was this.... This is Sam and Ollie's favorite game.And although Sam is always the instigator,Ollie...
- Goat Rodeo
Yesterday was goat relocation day.The bucks were moved from their summer pasture to their winter quarters.They have spent many months in their summer pasture,and the pasture needs a rest.(Pasture rotation helps to decrease parasites.) Relocation first...
Animals
Wounded Warriors
It was a tough couple of days for two of our friends.
Oakley came home yesterday after one of his hunting trips in the woods
with a bleeding foot.
He had apparently cut the pad on the bottom of one of his back feet.
(which we changed several times until the bleeding stopped).
Without the dressing, he walks on his foot just fine,
however with the dressing, he is all about getting everyone's pity!
He is Oakely the Amazing 3 Legged Dog!
Meanwhile, in the goat pen, Chip and Fred have gone head to head
a few too many times,
leaving Fred with a battered and bloody scalp.
Don't be alarmed, this happens every mating season.
Boys love to show the girls who the toughest goat is!
Ouch!
Why is it that males are so competitive?
I have even seen two of our roosters enjoying a game of horseshoes...
and disagreeing over who was closest to the pin!
Silly, silly boys...
I've got to tell you,
we girls are not impressed by this behavior!
- 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...
- Bha Fitness
There was a day when I spent a little time in the gym...not a lot, mind you, but a little.Those days are gone.Long gone. I've traded in the spandex for denim,the cute little running shoes for muck boots,the nautilus equipment for 50 lb. bags of feed...
-
With the end of the summer comes the beginning of "rut" season for the goats.Rut is the male equivalent of being "in heat".It is during this time that air quality around the farmstarts to take on a musky quality....due mostly to the buck's urinating...
- Boys Will Be Boys!
Each and every time I go out to the barn to do chores,there is always something happening...something that makes me laugh or smile.Yesterday morning it was this.... This is Sam and Ollie's favorite game.And although Sam is always the instigator,Ollie...
- Goat Rodeo
Yesterday was goat relocation day.The bucks were moved from their summer pasture to their winter quarters.They have spent many months in their summer pasture,and the pasture needs a rest.(Pasture rotation helps to decrease parasites.) Relocation first...