Tulips Quads are 1 week old!

I have so much to blog about but I really cant keep up, lol. 

 So for today I wanted to make sure I shared that Tulips 3 21 13 Quads are 1 week old.

*** Update On Spirit ***

This morning as he walks/stumbles around my living room I notice how good hes doin, hes alittle spunky this morning, walking alittle better (even my honey just noticed), not falling as much and is responding to my voice... his tail is wagging a lot... I love it. All my hard work is paying off and THAT MAKES MY HEART HAPPY, HAPPY... I'll take him outside later after it warms up to visit his goat family ♥

You can keep up with this special lil guy on my fb farm page, he has his own album... Spirit

~ Come with me on morning barnyard chores...

While I get my coffee I warm up Spirits goat milk bottle, feed him, give him a snuggle, then get my human boys up for school, jump on fb real quick, then around 7am out doin barnyard chores.  Yesterday evening I started locking Star up from her 2 18 13 kids (Ruby & Willie) so I can milk her, I will be using her milk right now to feed Spirit... Tulip needs all her milk to raise the other 3 babies.  Everyone did great last night.  After I milked Star and put her back in the pen with her kids, Cocoa & Mable (my friend Stephanie's goat, thats another story I'll share another day), then I run around feeding goats, horse, chickens, ducks, guineas, farm cats... cussing up a storm the whole time right now while its winter... dont let my sweet face fool ya... theres some pretty colorful words that fly out of my mouth sometimes and usually its only at barnyard chore time, lol.  I do a lot out there for 1 person... I look at it this way, its my 45 minute workout! 

I milked about 2 1/2 cups from Star this morning... 

I'm hoping to get a quart from her.  She gets clean fresh water, free choice good hay & Sweet feed, about 1 1/2 - 2 lbs a day.  This morning I put 2 lbs in her feed bucket and she left alittle.  

 Willie & Ruby so happy to see momma Star this morning 

 Momma Tulip... 

3 of her FOUR 3 21 13 Kids

 Comet... 

He will be goin with Willie to my friend Susie's house as wethers 

 Miss. Pearl... 

She will be goin with Ruby to my friend Stephanie's farm

 Piper

 Flicka, Ringo, Peanut & Boots sharing their morning hay

Hello Miss. Flicka!

 Peanut wanted some loving this morning... 

My boys are so sweet

 Just look at that sweet face

Chickens out and about...

 Boots eating some hay I dropped, lol

Momma Star eating hay... 

while her 2 kids are in the house eating hay with Cocoa

Mable enjoyin her pile of hay... Now my 4 goats that are sharing their pen/house with her are still alittle scared of the horns and I dont blame em.  Shes a sweet girl, was bottle raises, came from a great herd, shes only been here 3 days... 

Gotta go feed Spirit again and let me walk around the house for some baby goat therapy... 

Spirit...........

 Hes my bottle baby & hes stayin in the house til he is nice & strong. Each day that passes, he gets stronger and more in control of his muscles. He drink the bottle great, hes just not steady on his feet... I just pray that with some TLC hes gonna be ok. Spirit was #2 born out of Tulips Quads... the other 3 are doin great out with momma. 

~ A friend said this to me yesterday and I wanted to share... cause I think its true too. "I think that because the Lord had a different plan for Cash, he blessed you with four new baby goats." It was a shock and weird that Tulip gave birth to 4 kids, this was her 6th time kidding in her lifetime and shes never had 4 before. Lil Blessings. 

~ Someone asked if I was gonna keep Spirit. Right now hes mine... with the way he is, special... I wouldnt even try to sell him. Hes gettin stronger, but has a long was to go... I get him out of his pen and let him try to walk around the house, its a lot of hard work for him but hes doin good, hes a trooper. But it does wear him out. Right now I'm just taking one day at a time with the lil guy ♥

Riding Flicka...

My friends and her daughter came over and hung out on Saturday... My friends daughter is great with horses, she loves them. She got to know Flicka by spending time and working with her.  Flicka was such a good sweet girl.  She knows exactly what to do, when asked. Leah brushed, picked her feet, got a saddle on her, did some ground work, then got on her and rode around the yard... it was all so wonderful and exciting to watch and then it was my turn to give her a test drive... heres a few pics and you can see all the pics in this fb album: A Pretty Prefect Day

~ I think Flicka is so BEAUTIFUL in this picture... I love her flying mane!

I'm in love!!!

This is my very favorite picture from Saturday... 

Me and my girl.  

*** Flicka is great... she responds to your body when your on her, which I think is so cool and I have to remember to think about my body movement.  I've still got so much to learn... I think Flicka is gonna teach me, lol.  I cant wait to get back on her... right now I'm only riding her in my yard :)