It may look innocent enough but it's a real trouble maker. See that little tan guy behind the black one? He was the first goat I saw as drove by the front pasture on March 14, 2013 (I'll tell you why the date is significant in a minute.) He was grazing in the front pasture, …
For this go-round I was able to capture pictures of two goats: Emily and Loretta. I have others but these two cooperated. Emily is in the green collar whereas Loretta is in the purple collar. Emily in green collar. Emily in green collar. Emily in center. Emily in green collar. Emily …
This willow tree was planted long before the fences were built. Naturally, it's in the wrong place but we really don't want to cut it down. Unfortunately, it gets too willowy for us to use the gate so we need to trim it often. This year I decided to let our goats do the work …
Goat Milk Bath and Beauty's photostream on Flickr. Goats are terrific gardeners
I moved a few goats around yesterday. Two particular doelings are too thin so I put them in the back barn so I can watch them more closely. Besides (our horse), there are fewer goats back there so they'll not be pushed back from the hay stack. The two transferees, Natalie and Ginger, haven't met …
Yeahhhhhhh we have water in the chicken area. Maybe we'll have water in the front barn, too. I'll check later this afternoon. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh
This snow/ice storm is taxing on everyone, including me and Bob. Sigh ... just like everyone else in this storm. We're thankful that our families are warm, safe, and comfortable. But the babies will be warmer in the back barn. It has smaller stalls for critters that need more attention. THEY may not want the …
ANOTHER snow system? Goody. Look Mother Nature, out here at the ranch, we need running water in all the barns, so please keep the temperature above 35. Otherwise I have to haul water buckets to four different pens. Do you know how much water weights? Yes, of course you do. Sorry, I wasn't thinking. Well, …
Somewhere in Internet land is a comment about falling in muddy pasture dirt in the chicken area. Lost it. Can't find those comments anywhere. In lieu of starting over, I'll just move on. Last year we had several paths of rock strewn around the barn. No more falling in the chicken yard for me. I …
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