Last week we did the painful but necessary task of tattooing the bucklings’ ears. That night it rained. Between wet, running ink and tussling babies there was a lot of green on those little faces and bodies by next morning! Not too many action shots, but we got a few close-ups! My babies always love … Continue reading THE ATTACK OF THE RADIOACTIVE GOATS!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!! →

Today was a banner day. Today was the day Pac-Man, the goat who is afraid of heights, discovered that he can be a brave goat after all. Today he climbed, not just one, but BOTH ramps all the way to the tippy-top of the goat tower!  I joined him for his moment of triumph.  The … Continue reading Pac-Man finds his courage and other goat tower hijinks →

Well, we’ve given our new girls two weeks of quarantine and we got clean blood test results back from WADDL this afternoon. Time for introductions! The match is set! We’ve got Lilly in one corner with Petunia acting as her second vs. Delilah in the other corner with Jezebel second. DING DING! And now there’s … Continue reading Introductions… →

Our little Finn just keeps getting bigger and prettier and more friendly and outgoing with everyone. He LOVES to go hiking and he comes running when we call his name. Today he got separated from everybody and started crying. Lilly and I both called to him and he came to me instead of his mom. … Continue reading Our Flashy Finn →

It looks like Finn is going to be an awesome hiking companion. This was his first day out on the trail and he had the time of his life! I’ve never seen such a happy goat.     He cried during the ride in the truck (Pac-Man didn’t help–he cried just as much, the big sissy), … Continue reading Finn’s First →

We’ve had a lot of fun playing with our goats on the Cuzcotopia Tower!  Nubbin shares a patriotic moment with Phil at the flagpole.  We’re not sure if Petunia is laughing or is just bored.  Two little cuties. To supplement her income, this ingenuous mother of two uses her unusual, soaring ears to install a … Continue reading Storming the Castle →

Yesterday we took the goats for a walk around our property. Up to now, we’ve been calling our goats a “herdlet”. But I think they’ve grown beyond herdlet status at this point. With eight goats, it’s now a bona fide herd. We’re all ears!  Snickers and Sputnik learned to play “King of the Hill”.  Lilly’s … Continue reading An outing with the crew →

My mom, my sister-in-law Jill, and her kids (my niece and nephews) came to visit on Jill’s birthday. They wanted to see the  baby goats while they were still little. Snickers was the calmest so he got held and cuddled the most. My mom helped Robert hold Snickers on his lap.   Robert tries to … Continue reading Kids: meet kids →

We named the twins Snickers and Sputnik. Snickers because of his beautiful caramel coloring and Sputnik because it just fit.  Huckleberry Finn was scared of the new babies at first, and both Petunia and Lilly kept him away from them, but a youngster’s curiosity is insatiable. It wasn’t long before he was sneaking over to … Continue reading Finn’s Twin Encounter →

Phil loves it when Finn helps with his work. Or at least helps him watch inane YouTube videos.  Finn’s teeth are growing and yesterday he was showing them off, the little monster! Did I mention that these sharp, scary little teeth are the first thing I felt when I reached inside Lilly to see what … Continue reading Finn’s busy schedule and Daisy’s day at the spa →