More Snowy Scenes

Between the inclement weather–more snow and rain–and being so busy–bottle babies and Xerxes–I haven’t been able to find time to take many pictures.  So I’m going back to the ones I took last Saturday.

Casey was glad I was feeding them hay with the bad weather.

Bee, Pops, and Floyd are constantly under feet or bouncing off me.

For the record, LilyAnn is still pregnant.

So many white and cream kids! (Onyx outside; Athena in the doorway)

Pretzel

Pax was trying to figure out how to fit in the pan with Pixel and Paisley

Zora isn’t looking too big. I’m going to have to try to check her udder to see if she is pregnant.

Mocha

Penelope and Zinnia sharing a pile of hay.

Pixel (that muddy cheek) and Pax

Wanda has not lost any weight; she’d probably feel better if she did lose a little bit.

Hopefully, we’ll get a break in the weather that will let me take some pictures.  And I’m not complaining about the moisture at all.  I’d be happy with a short break to take a few pictures.

Winter Chores

With the change back to winter weather, I am back to doing winter chores.

icicles out the barn door

The goats tried going out to pasture, but it didn’t last long.  Don’t believe them when they tell you they are starving.

the herd trying to find food on the bottom

The moms on the front pasture

Dolly and Casey didn’t even make it all the way out; they just stood at the top.

I have given them full hay since the day it snowed.

Popcorn  and the girls

Gabe

Maybeline

Ava with one of the kids

I will continue doing that while the pasture is covered in snow and it’s too rainy to go out to pasture.

Athena with Mocha in front of her

Donkey nibbling some hay

Pixel and Paisley soaking in the sun’s warmth

The kids are even nibbling on the hay and enjoying it as a warmer dry place to bask in the sun.

Weekend Chores

The return to cold and snow means I had to give the goats full hay rations again.  I had been giving them plenty to eat, but they were also eating in pasture.

Heidi and Moxie sharing a pile of hay

Maybeline munching

I’d hate for them to starve.

As an aside, I haven’t seen Flora come back into heat, so she might be bred for June.

It also meant Dolly was cold.  Seriously, the temperature swings are hard on all the goats, but my almost sixteen-year-old really can’t take it.

Dolly having a discussion with the dog.

So I put her in with Trace, who had just lost her companion.

Trace–she’s thin but hanging in there. The vet and I consulted on her as well.

It was just for a couple of days–mostly until it wasn’t such a horrible wind chill.

Dolly in the doorway

Dolly and Trace (she’s eating!)

One bit of exciting news from this weekend’s chores–I got an egg!  It’s my first egg in months because my hens are so old.

I really didn’t think I’d ever get another egg from these girls, but one of the brown leghorns came through for me.

The brown leghorns are my only white egg layers.

I also had to do another round of copper this weekend–it had been eight weeks.  That’s about as long as I dare let them go.

I was kind of a wimp, almost as bad as Dolly.  But I did get a few goats who were happy to come into the milk room on Saturday.

Chiffon is always ready to come in and get sweet feed.

Guess who actually came to eat sweet feed when I called to her?  Zora!  My bratopotamus is getting better.  And while she was in there, I did an udder check–not a thing.  I know she’s not due for March; I’ll check again when we get closer to the end of April due dates.

Zora

I did most of the herd on Sunday, after the winds died down.  It’s a good job to have done.