Category: Pygmy Goats
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Goats, Fruit, and Herbs
Tsunami started limping on Thursday afternoon. At first, she would not put her foot on the ground. We decided to watch her and see if it improved before we rushed off to the vet. She seems to be doing a little better, but then last night she could hardly walk. She has not cried or…
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Have you heard of the SUPER BLUE MOON? Also, Bees
Science TIP: Below are pictures of the Super Blue Moon from last night. This is the last Super Blue Moon until 2037. Unfortunately, the phone camera could not focus on the bright light without blurring. Chanel 5 sums up what makes this moon a SUPER BLUE MOON. Below: The goats needed medication for five days…
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April is sick!
Because of the drought, the grass has not grown and has stayed very short since our last mowing. Goats eat the short grass and come in contact with parasites that cause problems. April is ill and parasites are the problem. Dr. Ann gave her three injections (vitamin B, vitamin K, and ivermectin) as well as…
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Goats and Fishing on the farm and Turtles Hatching by Ella Clare
The kids are not wild about being picked up, but they do appreciate getting to eat without the larger goats butting them out of the way. Below Quinn holds Fool (pictures 1, 2, 3, 4). Ike holds April while Quinn holds Peanut (pictures 5 and 6). April and Fool are 4.5 months old. Peanut is…
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Harvesting Pumpkins and watermelon!
Ike and Quinn harvested pumpkins this weekend with Grandad! Now we have to figure what to do with all the pumpkins. The two smaller watermelons both had the little vine by the stem turn brown. In addition, the vines to these watermelon were coming off, so even though they were small, it was time to…
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Oh Dear- A Deer in distress! Flowers, Muscadine, Sunflower relatives, and Family
Bruce used his thermal binoculars last night (9:30 pm) and noticed something on the fence (pictures 1, 2, 3 as we approached). After a minute, he determined that a deer was hung on the fence. We grabbed some towels and wire-clippers and headed to the back fence behind the pond. As we approached, the deer…
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Ronnie Visits, Goats, Water Quality, Ginger, and Cousins
Ronnie Sanfie visited the farm today. The goats were definitely happy that he fed them. Below: Picture 1: The corn is still growing, but has no tassels yet. Picture 2 and 3: Raspberry vines are continuing to grow in this heat, but no flowers or raspberries are present. The pumpkin vines wilt in the heat…
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Bats, Goats, Thermal Imaging, Cypress vine flowers, and Butterflies
There was an Absolutely beautiful sunset on August 2nd! The five videos below are very short clips of the bats flying around the lake at the farm. The bats are small and move very quickly, so they are difficult to film. The bats that visit the farm are Mexican Free-Tailed bats. This bat is a…
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Pumpkins, Watermelons, flowers, grapevines, and goats.
This is the large pumpkin in the garden by the fire pit. As promised, we starting using a tape measure on the pumpkins and watermelons. This is one of the newer pumpkins and measures 28.5 inches from stem to bottom. Pictures 1-3 in slideshow below are of the same pumpkin as above. Picture 4 is…
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OMG- Fool! April gets a bath, Canada, Colorado Hike, and Water Filters
No, we are not torturing Fool. We have a two double fences which we fold out to form a triangle with the main fence. When we are going to give injections, or have the vet visit, we prepare the triangle, We then put the feed trough in the triangle, and invite the goats into a…