Goat House, MD
A nice week. Decent weather and the goat babies ever funner. I have left all my winter clothes behind now. Except the snow pants. I like the pockets. So I’m hanging on to them until the temperatures go up another notch. But I feel so much lighter without all the wool. And my back feels better when I’m not wearing my winter coat. I don’t know what it is about it, maybe it gives me bad posture. But my back aches a lot less in my lighter jacket.
On the goat front there has, as previously stated, been fun with the babies. They are so outgoing and delightful. It seems Medium has outgrown his shyness. He’s the one who is happiest to climb around on people and nibble at everything now. And he’s taking on all the bigger goats, nudging heads with them. He went on for 10 minutes with Bob, it was quite the sight. Not backing down unless he was forcefully pushed back. He’s a little troublemaker he is! They are both adorably cute.
And the goats got a new house! A little playhouse. I helped lift it into the pen. It was fun seeing the goats check it out. Hopefully they will have some fun with it. Maybe I can climb inside to take cover if it starts raining.. although, I’ll probably have to lose a little more weight first. Ahem. Working out in the warmer weather is wonderful. Www dot wonderful dot com. I can’t wait for summer to come. But it’s pretty good already. Feels like spring.
Now on with the pictures. There are some shots I really like this time. Fancy that.
Medium looking funny!
Mia found herself a nice spot to sit there.
She’s almost too big to jump on my back now, but she still tries whenever there’s a chance.
And there she is digging in the wheelbarrow, Mia. Once the big goats had emptied out most of the hay in there the babies jumped up and decided to sit in it. Adorable. You can see that in one of the videos below.
Mama Mio and the babies.
The babies melt together.
I think they’re supposed to eat from the bottom of the hayholder, but Mia decided to get up on the bench so she could eat from the top.
Large in charge.
Medium.. is not tedium. Mhm.
Mia is ready to move into the new house.
And videos.
Goatlog from Monday and Tuesday. Lots of cute stuff with the babies. Medium jumping on my back and nudging heads with the big goats.I can’t remember seeing a kid so eager to duel with the big boys before. I had to cut some of his duel with Bob because it just went on for too long.
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And Thursday. Medium still trying to have a go at Bob. And the new playhouse for the goats. They went to the far side of the pen and kept a suspicious watch while the house was set up. And then they slowly came over to investigate. The babies came over first, and they probably would have gone inside if it hadn’t been for the all the commotion the human kids were making. But eventually Mia was the first one to go inside. And Bob followed soon enough, if for nothing else than to get Mia to get out again. Always has to show who is the boss! I’m glad the goats have something new to interact with. Hopefully they will like it. There’s a wooden board on one side of the slanty roof so they should be able to jump up and stand there too, with a little luck. We’ll see if they dare.
And that’s all for this time. New times ahead.
April 29th, 2013 at 0:24
Those babies are growing by leaps and bounds. I see tiny, little horn buds on one of them already. They are both so cute.
Is Mia’s nose out of joint since the babies have been born? She’s really getting to be a big girl, too.
It was nice today. We worked till 2:15 pm, then I went over to my Mom & Dad’s house and woke up the hostas – which means cleaning up the leaf litter from last year. The hostas are poking their little green shoots up from the ground.
I cut down their ornamental grass, too. It was starting to get green at the bottom. It was way taller than me last year with lots of pretty seed plumes on it. Not to be confused with “Danish Plumes”! hee, hee
I think it is supposed to rain about every other day in the upcoming 10 day forecast. The local farmers are not very happy about that. Still too wet to get into the fields to plow and plant. At least in our area, the drought seems to have lessened. We will have to see what the summer brings as far as rainfall.
It’s either too much and we have flooding or not enough rain like last year!
April 30th, 2013 at 20:49
Debster – They are huge now! Both of them have little horns, but Medium’s are showing best. He’s a little troublemaker alright. And Mia is huuuge. I don’t know about her nose, but the rest of her is quite large now. Can’t really sit with her in my lap anymore. And probably have to stop letting her jump on my back any day now. Sniffle.
I don’t think I have ever heard of hostas before. And I hope you’ll never have to cut down any Danish plumes!
I hope you’ll get just the right amount of rain this year! We have had a bit here. And a little hailstorm. Well, for 5 minutes anyway. Goats took flight, I tell you!
May 1st, 2013 at 0:00
You’ll have to google “hostas” to get a look at them. They are shade- loving plants and come in all colors and varieties.
When I asked about Mia and her “nose being out of joint”, I meant does she think you spend too much time with the new goat babies and not enough time with her?
I thought she might be a bit jealous and trounce off with her nose in the air while thinking to herself: “I guess they’ve never seen cute goatzies before the way they are getting all the attention!” “I was a cuter baby goatzie than they are!”
I combed our boys and Snickers yesterday (and the cats). I had enough fur from everyone to make a least two new ca-goats (cat and goat cross).
Billy stood perfectly still so I could comb his left side, then lifted his head so I could get under his neck, then turned so I could get the other side. His pretty blue-gold eyes were shining in the sun and I’m sure he was smiling at me.
I think I just about put Billy to sleep with all the combing as he was so relaxed. When I would try to comb John Boy, Billy would sneak inbetween John Boy and me so he could get the combing! Silly goatzies.
May 2nd, 2013 at 2:05
*Dance, dance, dance* The ruby-throated hummingbirds have arrived! Two male birds stopped in at the feeders this afternoon. Was I ever excited.
I emailed the hummingbird map website, but since there are already so many in our state, I don’t know if my sighting will go on the map. Anyway May 1st was an exciting day around our house.
May 5th, 2013 at 22:40
Hummingbird season! Glad they finally arrived. I wonder if you can comb a hummingbird… no probably not. The goat combing sounds blissful though. For you AND the goats!
I think Mia is adjusting to the change. I think it’s worse on me to be honest, because I miss having her be my little baby girl! They grow up too fast! I can barely hold her now and the jumping on the back is almost over too. But I make sure to give her attention still soshe doesn’t feel left out. But she’s having to find her own legs now, no more protection from mama. It’s a different world!