Becca's Home

Becca joined our farm on Saturday. Addison and Chip give her the occasional head butt but she seems to be fitting in.


I think she is so cute!


She might think so too!

Moving Day!

The snow melted yesterday and it gave us just enough time to get the Goat shed ready to be moved into. We finished stringing the chicken wire along the cattle panels to prevent any unwanted escapes, the rest of the painting will have to wait. Here is Becca (who finally arrived yesterday) posing on a rock behind the shed.


Chip and Addison enjoying a snack in the pasture area that is on the other side of the garden from the shed. A run allows the goats to access this area.


Addison, Chip, and Becca exiting their goat door and running to see if I have any treats for them.

HO! HO! HO! ......... May 8th?

"Hey, Something is wrong with the rain!"


"I don't like the looks of this."


"Silly Sara, she acts like she likes this stuff - I hate getting wet!"


"Looks like Mom's mate will have to delay the 2nd Chipper War until the woodpiles dry out."


"Mom has more work to do if we are ever going to move into the new house. She has the lattice finished but she still needs to get the fence back up and string the chicken wire to keep silly little Chip from wandering off. If she thinks I'm moving into a half painted house she has another thing coming. The white trim isn't even started!"


"Where did the dandelions and grass go?"

Dandelions

When I am out working in the yard I sometimes like to stake Addison out in various places so she can browse on whatever catches her eye. Chip normally stays close, bit if he strays off Sara usually runs him back. Addison loves dandelions.


Chip isn't a rocket scientist, but he quickly learned from Addison what tastes good!


I love Addison's blue eyes.



Another satisfied customer!

Goat Pen

We finished fencing in the goat pen area last Saturday using cattle panels! The enclosure included a lot a different things for the goats to do. Above is a picture of "goat mountain" with old railroad ties providing a bit of a balance beam.


This is one of the two spools in the pen for the goats to jump on. A few rocks can be seen in the background.


This is a small pasture area that provides them room to run and/or graze.


Of course Chip had other ideas about our project being finished.


Chip demonstrates that even though he looks fat ........


...... he can somehow squeeze through the wires and escape the enclosure. Infuriating! We are now in the process of stringing chicken wire along the bottom of the cattle panels to prevent Chip from escaping.

Unwelcome Dinner Guests

Notice the little green nubs to the right of the flowers. An unwelcome dinner guest came by late last night and decide to dine upon my flowers.


They really do look nice.


Hopefully the hummingbirds will like them.

Break time

Sara likes to take a break with her Frisbee after a hard day of herding goats. Notice the goat shed in the background, painting is almost complete. The two spools we got for the goats to play on can also be seen.