Goatorama kids of 2014
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(08-20-2014, 03:29 PM)sydneyjd Wrote: You have such cute goats. Smile

Thank you so much! We strive for aesthetics around here. Our slogan at Goat-O-Rama is "Put some color in your herd!" Big Grin

Well, there's been great weeping and gnashing of teeth at the Hassey barnyard this week. I set up two goat pens a few hundred yards away from the house in a big patch of woods and overgrown scrub oak that I want cleared. The goats were very unhappy to be moved so far from the house into the big scary forest where they just know the bears are lurking. But I have my reasons: One, the aforementioned brush removal. And two, the boys are going to smell bad very soon and I don't want them anywhere near my back yard.

Since I was moving everybody and they were all upset anyway, I figured it was a good time to also wean the kids. That way I only have to deal with one week of unhappy, crying goats instead of two weeks of cacophony. To be safe, I'm only letting the kids out during the day with the electric fence. At night they are locked in the horse trailer. I don't want anyone getting desperate enough to try jumping through or over and ending up strangling themselves in the netting.

All in all, the kids seem to be taking it pretty well. It's the mamas that are most upset. Petunia screams loudest and most often. She used to have a nice Alpine baa until she had babies, and now she has an annoying Nubian scream. I wish she would shut up. Our new goats seem worried that they've moved to a farm where we torture goats for fun. I'm milking Petunia now in hopes of evening up her udder just a tad more before show time next week. It's not perfect, but at least it's very functional. I think she's nearly a gallon a day milker!

Snickers and Sputnik are nursing off Lilly twice a day now. One night of no food and Sputnik was finally hungry enough to drink off grandma. If Lilly will allow it, Finn still gets to nurse in the morning when the other two are finished. Lilly doesn't like letting her grandkids nurse off her and grumbles and shuffles around a bit, but she throws a fit when Finn tries to nurse. She's definitely of the opinion that he needs to be weaned. I hold her still for the little guys, but I let her decide whether she'll allow Finn. I don't want to get in a wrestling match with Lilly and get kicked or have her flip over the stanchion. She really doesn't like him near her back end any more!

Finn doesn't understand why Lilly suddenly hates him so much, but I have a hard time feeling bad for him. The first thing he did this morning was spray my leg when I went to let the kids out of the horse trailer, and last night he was snorting and stomping when I brought hay. He's also been rubbing his pee-stained face all over me at every opportunity. Snickers came out of the horse trailer missing hair this morning. He obviously got sideswiped with a horn and it's not hard to guess whose it was. It's high time I got this guy away from the girls or there will be kids in January!
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Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 05-23-2014, 07:26 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 05-23-2014, 08:03 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 05-24-2014, 08:20 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 05-25-2014, 09:07 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by nebs - 05-25-2014, 09:40 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Charlie Horse - 05-25-2014, 10:24 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 05-25-2014, 10:45 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Huckleberry - 05-26-2014, 07:41 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 05-26-2014, 08:14 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 05-28-2014, 12:25 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Taffy - 05-28-2014, 03:19 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by sydneyjd - 05-30-2014, 03:43 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 06-07-2014, 08:02 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 06-14-2014, 08:07 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by nebs - 06-15-2014, 09:20 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Saltlick - 06-15-2014, 10:03 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 06-15-2014, 10:32 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 06-16-2014, 08:02 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by nebs - 06-16-2014, 09:27 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Charlie Horse - 06-16-2014, 09:37 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 06-17-2014, 07:37 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Taffy - 06-16-2014, 09:58 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Charlie Horse - 06-17-2014, 06:06 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 06-17-2014, 11:16 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 06-23-2014, 09:14 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Charlie Horse - 06-23-2014, 09:32 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 06-24-2014, 07:20 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Taffy - 06-26-2014, 12:55 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 07-10-2014, 11:12 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 07-10-2014, 11:23 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 07-10-2014, 11:34 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by sydneyjd - 07-11-2014, 08:28 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Reckless - 07-12-2014, 08:00 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 07-12-2014, 09:38 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Huckleberry - 07-13-2014, 03:44 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 07-14-2014, 08:24 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 08-18-2014, 09:55 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 08-18-2014, 09:56 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 08-20-2014, 07:27 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by sydneyjd - 08-20-2014, 03:29 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 08-22-2014, 10:01 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 08-24-2014, 09:04 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 08-26-2014, 11:03 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 09-19-2014, 11:37 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by sydneyjd - 09-19-2014, 03:45 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 09-19-2014, 07:44 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 09-27-2014, 08:46 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 09-29-2014, 06:06 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by sydneyjd - 09-29-2014, 07:06 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by nebs - 09-29-2014, 12:22 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 09-30-2014, 04:56 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 10-11-2014, 10:19 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Taffy - 10-12-2014, 09:14 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 10-14-2014, 06:59 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 10-15-2014, 07:25 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 10-15-2014, 08:27 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Taffy - 10-15-2014, 07:24 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 10-16-2014, 04:23 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 10-20-2014, 08:48 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by nebs - 10-21-2014, 12:18 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 11-09-2014, 10:34 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 11-09-2014, 10:48 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Taffy - 11-09-2014, 11:45 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by sydneyjd - 11-10-2014, 10:54 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 11-22-2014, 02:02 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 11-24-2014, 06:32 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by deschutes dawn - 11-24-2014, 07:34 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 11-26-2014, 02:02 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Reckless - 11-27-2014, 06:55 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 11-28-2014, 12:38 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 12-08-2014, 09:39 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Taffy - 12-08-2014, 10:10 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 12-26-2014, 10:16 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 12-26-2014, 10:28 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Taffy - 12-26-2014, 10:42 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 12-26-2014, 06:07 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 02-02-2015, 09:31 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 03-18-2015, 01:52 PM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Taffy - 03-19-2015, 06:29 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 03-19-2015, 07:25 AM
RE: Goatorama kids of 2014 - by Nanno - 03-19-2015, 07:38 AM
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