I've managed to get two good walks in after the snow all melted. Today is supposed to bring us light rain at some point, and it isn't supposed to freeze. Looks like it will be awhile before we get in the fifties and sixties again, but at least I haven't seen anything about snow. Oops... I missed something here, because I saw some people on Facebook say the roads are slick in the city.
The lady I bought my goats from said if I want to, we can bring a billy goat over to breed both of my goats, so I'm taking her up on that. She said I should have him here with my girls for 45 days, just to make sure he gets the job done. The bad part of the deal is that billy goats stink so bad, and when they are breeding, they get that stink all over the girls by peeing on them. Yuck. You don't want to know! I don't know of anything nastier that a male goat when he's romancing a lady goat. I don't intend to breed them again, and I may not even keep the babies very long. But it's fun to watch them play. I'll give them away if I have to... goats are pretty plentiful around this area.
That is, of course, if I even live and keep my sanity that long.
Thelma only had one baby for her first pregnancy, but sometimes goats have two, three, or even four babies. I sure don't want to buy hay for that many! We have eaten goats before, but these little dwarf goats wouldn't even be big enough to eat when they're grown!
The Chiefs and the Eagles are down in Louisiana waiting for the Super Bowl. I don't have any idea how it will go, but it should be a good game.
May the best team win!
Being a California girl and not knowing my husband very long before we married and moved to texas, I finally got up the nerve to ask him what in the heck stunk so bad at his mother’s house whenever we went to visit. He said, “Oh that’s that dang old Billy goat they have in the back yard”
ReplyDeleteNothing is much cuter than a baby goat! Pat/Texas
Any time in the past if we had boy baby goats, we took away their manhood. That way they don't stink.
DeleteWe haven't even had rain yet and school has been cancelled due to a forecast of 0.01 inches of freezing rain at noon. Since we haven't had snow days yet, I think the school principle was just needing a day off.
ReplyDeleteWe have a very thin coat of ice, but I couldn't even get down the five steps from the porch when I took Gabe out. I finally sat down at the top and slid down the steps. However, coming back I just hung on to both handrails really tight and made it OK.
DeleteBaby goats are worth the billy goat stink for a bit, aren’t they? Ha. I love watching the kids playing.
ReplyDeleteIt is raining here and in the mid thirties. We are praying it doesn’t get colder.
Rebecca in SW MO
Yes, the babies are fun. I was surprised to go outside with Gabe and find out I couldn't stand up. Not that I fell, but I could tell I couldn't get down the steps. I have never seen it any more dangerous for walking, and it's just a thin little bit if ice.
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