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...
i loved reading about your morning. I used to watch 'my friend 'flicka' when i was a young, cow-riding, horse wanting girl! love the markings on your pinto. i got a tri-colored medicine hat pinto when i was 10. never rode that bony cow again.
ReplyDeletei don't care how many times i see a picture...baby goats are just the cutest things! i can just see them hopping around everywhere! so fun! :)
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