A Day in the Life . . .

   

It all begins like this...

    Weekend or weekday, it matters not when you live on a farm. Critters gotta eat; chores don't wait and new projects mean you grab your meetings when you can nab the person you need for the project de jure, which today meant starting my day romping around all over the place with fence-builder, Danny.
     Helps to know your wire from your mesh, your non-climb from your woven when it comes to goats as these little critters love nothing more than rubbing on fences to scratch the places they can't reach with their built-in back scratchers, (otherwise known as horns).
     And why do we need more fencing when we have such a wonderful fence already? Because soon and very soon we have to get Heffner away from his daughters. (Insert Tennessee redneck joke here.) What's more, even my baby boys must be tended to, as they can start breeding as early as 8 weeks. (There's a reason for that expression about goats, and no, it has nothing to do with the horns on his head. These are one of the breeding'est animals on God's green earth~ When visiting a goat farm it helps to have explained the facts of life to your child in advance as watching goats "ride piggyback" is something I'll leave for you to explain in your car ride home.)

Little Miss Abby and Shannon Goat!

     For the record Pygmies range anywhere between 45 - 80 pounds full grown and given my girls lean toward the lighter end of that spectrum, we are now in search of a smaller buck for the generation just born. (Sorry Heff, but there'll always be Blackie, Cupid, Donner and Elsie... Just need to keep you away from the rest, you stinky little buck!)
     Having laid out plans for interior fencing (for buck separating purposes), electric fencing (for garden-prep purposes) and an entirely separate fenced off back lot (for a different breed of goat--stay tuned!), we'll soon be on our way with expansion plans for "GoatsRUs!" (Meaning get ready FFA'ers;  the internship program is in the works!)
     The rest of the day was spent snapping pics for a project we're soon to announce~ (With faces like the, we just can't resist, so we called in the troops and made a day of things...It was all Pygmies...all  Pyrs...all day long!)
     Life doesn't get much better than this.