goats

Millie

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!

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Pickin’ And A-grinnin’

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. … Continue reading »

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Like sand in the hourglass… these are The Goats of Our Lives

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 … Continue reading »

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9…10…a big fat hen

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 … Continue reading »

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Thinning the herd

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 … Continue reading »

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