Our last 2018 kid was born on May 31, and we rounded out our Beatles-themed season by naming this little guy “Sgt. Pepper.” It’s only fitting to have nine babies in a Beatles-themed year. He’s a tiny little peanut, weighing in at only 5 lbs. at birth. Once we dried him off he felt like a little ball … Continue reading Revolution…er… Goatolution 9
It’s easy to think, as we observe our goats bashing each other at the feeders, bumping one another out of the way, and smacking their heads bloody, that they are generally selfish and hostile creatures who lack compassion for other members of their own species. It’s also easy to underestimate their intelligence. Yesterday, our goat … Continue reading TinCup to the rescue!
We’ve been bringing these little cuties into the house to watch movies with us most nights. Like most kids, they love to use the dining room table and chairs to play “fort.” When Phil gets up to grab a snack, I get TWO baby goats! Penny and Rita came for their first walk the other … Continue reading They grow so fast!
Penny and Rita sure are cute. They’ve come in to help us watch movies these last two nights, and now Phil and I each have one in our lap to help us with office work. Rita’s ears were lopsided for the first two days and it was adorable! One up, one down. I took a bunch … Continue reading Babies in the sunshine
I took these photos last week before Tigerlily’s recent tragedy. Everyone stampeded from the pasture when we called them for their daily walk. Gotta love Blackbird’s flying ears and tail! Tired Petunia is all the way at the back. It a lot of work raising two rambunctious rapscallions! Skeeter loves to jump up for cuddles. “Up! Up!” she says. … Continue reading Nibblers and other things
We had some more snow the other day and boy did it get cold this time! The babies love the snow and don’t seem to be bothered by the temperature drop. “Chase Uncle Finn down the hill–Wheee!!!” Rambo looks like he belongs on a Christmas card! Little Coral was sure feisty yesterday! She tried to pick fights … Continue reading Winter fun
…And dropped off two adorable bundles at around 10:00 p.m. Baby #1 is the smaller of the two but was stuck fast in the birth canal because her much larger sister was trying to cut in line. I pushed Baby #2 back an inch and this one came rushing out with no problem. Petunia was rolling … Continue reading The stork visited last night…
Our goats were lounging hard core this afternoon! Sputnik was particularly “down and out”. As Petunia has started nearing the end of her (interminable) pregnancy, she has started taking her sleep very seriously. Look at that belly oozing out on either side! Meanwhile, Coral had command of the boulder. Jezebel preferred to nap away from the crowd.
Phil and I went for a lovely drive today, but it ended with a small catastrophe in which no one was injured but a lesson was learned. It was a beautiful day and the sun felt nice. As soon as I lowered the tailgate on the truck to load Finn and Sputnik, Coral leaped in and … Continue reading The Yoke Broke?? What a Joke!!
We had a “baby goat in the house” party this afternoon! At lunch break, Phil came downstairs and told me he’d had a hard morning at work. I knew just the thing to perk him up. After cleaning her muddy feet, I invited Coral into the house! Cute baby goat overload!!! The first thing she noticed … Continue reading It’s a baby goat house party!