Obsession

I think most people that have goats would tell you that they never knew when they got their first goat that they’d become obsessed with poop.  I tell you, though, there’s nothing like seeing perfect goat berries falling from your goat’s back side like a Pez dispenser.

with apologies to Joani for such an unflattering picture

It’s a good sign of a healthy goat.

front to back: LilyAnn, Sidney, and Dolly

This time of year is when the pasture is getting eaten down and the goats might start picking up worms.

Colt and Astra

You hate to see runny poops.  I kid you not, I followed Caroline around with a glove on to try and get a sample a couple of days ago, but she was not about to give it up.  She did enjoy pushing against my leg and bouncing.  I checked her eye membranes, and they are bright red, so I’m not too worried.  I might have to just keep a glove in my pocket for the opportune moment.

Caroline

I had to pull Clover away from her kids and shut her in after worming her because she had bottle jaw (even worse than diarrhea).

Clover

She’s been wormed, and I’m giving her sweet feed twice a day and all the good alfalfa hay she can eat.

Clover and jealous cows

I’m optimistic that she’ll fully recover.  In the meantime, I will continue to be obsessed with everyone’s poops (and their jaws and eye color).

I hope you’ll come back to join me for Friday’s Hunt.  I have this week’s items listed at the top of my side bar.

Friday’s Hunt v4.4

Welcome back to Friday’s Hunt. I want to thank everyone who joined in last week. I had a lot of fun visiting everyone who linked up. It’s very simple. Anyone can participate. The link opens at 7pm Central time and will close Sunday at 7pm, so you have plenty of time to enter. Hopefully, you’ll be inspired to visit some of the other entries.

We are working on round four! It’s hard to believe. I did make a slight change. It will still go through the alphabet for the first prompt, but there are two other prompts that will change each week. As always, you can choose to do one or all. If you enjoy the week’s favorite, by all means continue to add that. If you didn’t participate this week but would like to next week the topics will be: Starts with E, drop(s), and happy. I will always keep a list of the items for the coming week in my sidebar at the top. I am crazy busy with working on the farm right now, but I will make sure to visit all participants. Without further ado, here’s my interpretations for the week.

Starts with D:  Oh dear!  What shall I do for this letter?  My darling little doeling, Caroline!  She’s doing much better with her stifle injury.  You don’t hardly notice it anymore.  She’s going back out to pasture, and I think she’ll be fully recovered soon (as long as she doesn’t get wild again).

Caroline Goodberry

Favorite:  I had a former student come to the farm a couple weeks ago to do a photo shoot.  Here are a couple of my favorites from the day.

Photographer’s Choice:  Nothing like raking hay with llamas.

Aurora and Buster watching the nephew

Now it’s your turn!

Sam’s Influence

I had to go look for some kids that had been left in pasture a couple days ago.  They were pretty easy to find, and they’re old enough I’m not sure why they didn’t just come back to the barn.    Anyhow, they did come after a little coaxing.

Caroline, Colt, Astra, and Jumbo

I couldn’t help but notice how they all have those pointy Saanen ears and white color.  Three of these (the fourth was in the grass beside the rock) also have wattles.  They are little carbon copies of their dad.  Hopefully, they’ll bring those Saanen milk genes to my milk room when I start milking his kids.

I hope you’ll come back to join me for Friday’s Hunt.  I have this week’s items listed at the top of my side bar.