Category: Feeding and Care of Goats
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Fishing, #11 is here, and update on garden.
Bruce went fishing this morning in a Louisiana Lake. He caught eight and released them in the pond that had a ‘fish kill’. Bruce left the fish biting because he wanted to check on our smallest full grown Pygmy goat, Peanut. Peanut is the last of the goats who had not delivered. Bruce was not…
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Gardens are growing and Fishing is Great! See the Bluebirds and more.
Sunday morning fishing yielded a 3.6 pound bass on second cast. CC and Bruce are happy to be on the water. But we have only begun to fish! Bruce just caught a 6.2 pound bass. Uncle Robby, you should have accepted this fishing invitation! Total of six bass in about two hours. Below: Yesterday was…
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Our new Kids are enjoying playing together and a peek at the garden and fruit.
The oldest kid was born mid February and the youngest kid is five days old. It will be a few more weeks before the older kids head to their new homes. Below are 6/10’s of the kids playing together in the goat yard. The newest kid has not joined the play group yet and still…
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Fields are growing. Cherry, Pear, and Apple trees have flowers. St. Patrick’s Day Parade is an hit, and Goats will be ready for new homes very soon.
Look at the exclusion device. Obviously Nature’s mowers are doing their job well. Below: Apple blossom, Cherry blossom, and Pear blossoms pictured below are the first of the year. Hopefully, we will get some fruit this year. Below: Goats enjoy escape from Goat yard. Please share our blog link with your friends.Ccpygmygoats.com
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Our goats are friendly and the kids are fun to watch!
Until Mama calls, it is difficult to find mom or to get fed! Please share our link.CCPygmygoats.com
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Slowly finding good homes for our kids! Also, Spring looks like it is here.
We have found good homes for some of our goats, and we are still searching for homes for a few more. We will reduce the herd from 17 goats to 6 goats so that our goat yard can easily support our herd. Below: Bluebirds are building their nest and laying their eggs. Bluebirds usually lay…
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Kids love to kick up their heels!
Our new kids are kicking up their heels and hopping like rabbits. Below: Friends came to visit the new kids. It is important to hold the new kids as much as possible now that they have bonded with their moms. Holding the kids makes them less afraid of people and more friendly as they grow…
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Goats love to climb. Minnows and Bream are added to the pond.
We built a platform for the goats a year ago, but there was not a good way to exit and the goats would not use it. Today, we started stacking pallets to have a second ramp up to the platform, but we ran out of pallets. We will complete this project as soon as we…
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All 9 kids seem healthy and happy!
We just returned to the farm today. We could not locate two of the kids, but soon realized that the newest twins were missing. After a search, we located both of the twins sleeping in the corner of the goat house. Below are pictures of the newest twins (born Sunday, March 3rd) and a video…
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Good Heavens! We missed one! (9 kids now)
After all the picture taking of Tusnami’s newly arrived kid this morning, someone spotted a tiny brown kid wandering and crying all my itself. It was determined that Tsunami actually had twins. Getting Tsunami to feed and bond with the lost twin was a challenge. Tsunami was held until the lost twin was able to…