Millie
Posted on February 20, 2010 - Filed Under animals, babies, birthday, goats | Leave a Comment
This is Millie, the birthday goat. She’s not quite one month old and she has blue eyes just like me. As you can see, she’s quite the mix!
Read More..>>Pickin’ And A-grinnin’
Posted on November 15, 2009 - Filed Under dog, goats, pecans | 1 Comment
Our yard is once again carpeted in pecans thanks to the blustery winds of non-hurricane Ida. Dogs, goats and chickens are eating them faster than I can pick. But luckily, there seems to be plenty to go around.
I have a new-fangled contraption to help pick this year and it is Awe. Some. [...]
Like sand in the hourglass… these are The Goats of Our Lives
Posted on August 23, 2009 - Filed Under animals, goats, inbreeding, just for fun | 1 Comment
As we loaded up goats Topsy and Flash into the kennel in the back of the pickup truck that would be taking them to their new home, I came to a realization…
Baby goat Flash has been raised the past 4-5 months by the only goat mom she recognizes, Big Mama. However, Big Mama actually [...]
9…10…a big fat hen
Posted on August 23, 2009 - Filed Under animals, birds, chickens, cooking, farm maintenance, goats, ick! | 1 Comment
Today we traded 2 female goats for 10 chickens: 4 live layers, 6 frozen. The 4 new laying hens are a bit older than our current chickens and have already laid 3 brown eggs: 1 is your typical small grade egg, the other 2 are like mini egg-size, but edible. They’ll [...]
Read More..>>Thinning the herd
Posted on August 21, 2009 - Filed Under animals, farm maintenance, goats, inbreeding, this sucks! | Leave a Comment
Oh sad days.
I’ve finally committed to reducing our goat population. I’m such a sentimental fool, I cry over an old goat! I put an ad in Craigs List and a gentleman came and took 2 of the males: Peanut and our new baby, Bolt. Peanut wasn’t too hard to say goodbye too as he was/is [...]
Goat Stress
Posted on July 4, 2009 - Filed Under animals, babies, donkey, farm maintenance, goats, names, this sucks! | Leave a Comment
I don’t know who is more traumatized at this point…us or the goats? I realized I hadn’t yet related this story probably because I was just so over it. But in memoriam, and to keep a healthy mind and heart, here goes.
Goats are actually pretty hearty and independent creatures. The only real problems we’ve had: [...]
Friday the 13th Part 2
Posted on March 13, 2009 - Filed Under animals, dog, donkey, farm maintenance, goats, horse, moon, superstition, trees | 3 Comments
Thankfully, no Jason or whoever involved.
I don’t consider myself a superstitious person, yet apparently, I am. I don’t walk under ladders. I prefer black cats don’t cross my path. I always throw a pinch of salt over my shoulder when spilled. And though Friday the 13 really isn’t that big a [...]
Probably too much information
Posted on February 21, 2009 - Filed Under animals, compost, donkey, farm maintenance, fertilizer, food safety, goats, horse, ick!, manure, pasture, vegetables, weather | Leave a Comment
Oh today was a lovely day filled with cool, but not cold, temperatures; clear blue skies; no pestering bugs; birds singing. So how did I spend it? Shoveling sh*t. Sorry, I suppose I could have used a “nicer” word (I do consider myself a G-rated site), but when it comes down to [...]
Read More..>>The frozen georgian tundra
Posted on January 15, 2009 - Filed Under animals, dog, donkey, frost, goats, horse, spring, sunflowers, weather | Leave a Comment
Now I know, I know, it’s cold everywhere, even in the frigid south, but hey, it’s my blog, get you’re own!
These are the times when being 40 minutes north of the Florida line and 7 hours above south Florida really count. It’s freakin’ freezing (literally, below) here! Which is bizarre considering last week, we had [...]
Animal Anarchy
Posted on December 13, 2008 - Filed Under animals, cats, dog, donkey, goats, horse | Leave a Comment
It’s really been a tumultuous few months with the animals. Battles being waged, injuries sustained and sometimes worse.
You know already of the war between the dogs and cats which to my utter dismay the dogs are winning so I won’t go into detail on that. I fear this is an ongoing battle.
We also [...]