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07-14-2014, 07:07 PM
Oh man, that would be too much hard work! Actually, it's not so much hard as it is tedious. I mean, it's relaxing to sit and massage a goat udder for 20 minutes at a time, but it also gets kinda boring.
Petunia's big udder is now only about 1/2 again the size of the smaller one instead of 2-3x as big! I was sure we wouldn't be able to show her this year and our show string would consist of Nubbin, but now I've got hope that we may have a second show goat after all! Her udder looks pretty shrunken now because it's always empty, but I think if I were to tape her teats for a day she'd have a very nice little udder. If I let both halves fill up I don't think you'd even notice that one side was bigger any more!
The kids are still growing well. Snickers is getting a potbelly and the beginnings of a milk neck since he's getting supplemental meals off Lilly. Sputnik still won't drink from Lilly and is a little on the thin side (for one of my babies anyway), but he looks healthy and growing and certainly has no lack of energy! When Snickers and Sputnik come on the scene it's like a goat tornado! Sputnik actually pushed Huck Finn off the doghouse the other day. I'm not sure how he did it, being half Finn's size, but our littlest goat sure has some spunk! That's the real reason why he's thin--he takes after his grandma Lilly and runs everywhere all the time.
Petunia's big udder is now only about 1/2 again the size of the smaller one instead of 2-3x as big! I was sure we wouldn't be able to show her this year and our show string would consist of Nubbin, but now I've got hope that we may have a second show goat after all! Her udder looks pretty shrunken now because it's always empty, but I think if I were to tape her teats for a day she'd have a very nice little udder. If I let both halves fill up I don't think you'd even notice that one side was bigger any more!
The kids are still growing well. Snickers is getting a potbelly and the beginnings of a milk neck since he's getting supplemental meals off Lilly. Sputnik still won't drink from Lilly and is a little on the thin side (for one of my babies anyway), but he looks healthy and growing and certainly has no lack of energy! When Snickers and Sputnik come on the scene it's like a goat tornado! Sputnik actually pushed Huck Finn off the doghouse the other day. I'm not sure how he did it, being half Finn's size, but our littlest goat sure has some spunk! That's the real reason why he's thin--he takes after his grandma Lilly and runs everywhere all the time.