Goats
Kids At Heart
We walked quite a bit this weekend around our property, and of course the goats go with us. They are so fun! When the sun shines and there’s lots of good pasture to eat, their energy picks up and they have a blast. This video shows what they love to do best ~ good thing we live on a hill!
Goat Hay Rack
I presented Jeff with two hay rack plans: one off the internet and one from the book, Natural Goat Care. But they were just ideas to get Jeff’s creative juices flowing. We figured we needed a hay rack, because otherwise the goats would eat their (expensive) alfalfa hay in a big bin in the center of the barn. Most of it would end up on the floor. After Jeff thought awhile, he decided to part ways from the plans and do it his own way.
Out to Pasture
Since the front pastures were weed-wacked by a friend, we’ve been enjoying the view more. Now we look out the windows to the joyful sight of happy animals munching and wandering looking for choice weeds. Prior to this, we couldn’t get the panoramic aspect because of the tall grasses obscuring the view.
The goats and the [...]
I want to tell you about our weekend…
It was different. I mean, it was three days long, but each day was totally different. I feel like a bit of a broken record, because my daughters both recorded our weekend on their blogs and they did such a good job of it. But I would like to talk about it, too.
On Saturday, we [...]
Our Goat Family
The goats who recently joined our family our Nigerian Dwarfs. They are sweet and friendly, for the most part. We love having them around. They love to have us around, too. They seem to be missing the kids during these two weeks that the kids are away. They really clamor for Jeff and [...]
Rock Climbing
I mentioned that we got a load of rocks the other day. We have gotten one more load since then, too. We will be getting more, too, we hope. We have retaining walls to build and we love the look of rocks. The goats love the rocks, too. They’re on them more often than not [...]
Just a Really Long Post
Apparently my life is all about animals. I’ve never been an animal lover. I doubt I will be. But I enjoy watching them and it is a wonder to me that I now enjoy visiting and petting our new goats. They’re very sweet. The eight of them left the rest of the herd with their [...]
The Weekend in Photos
Jeff started out Saturday morning with the weed wacker, to trim our walking trails. He ran out of gas right by the pump-house and stopped in there to check on it. Found a leak! (Which he repaired on Sunday.) Since we are planning on updating our water system imminently anyway, he began work on that [...]
Adjusting to Our Goat Family
We know that are certain things that must be figured out. In the meantime, our little goats are joys!
The first day the goats were scared and wouldn’t venture off into the tall grass much. In fact, they still don’t do that. But they don’t seem scared anymore. When the kids walk the trail on our [...]
We Got Our Goats!
We’re done enough with our fencing to bring our goats over here. They are all from our neighbor. She gave the kids eight goats as payment for all the work they’ve done for her. There are three babies and each baby’s momma, making six. And then two others — Annie, a one year old who [...]
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