Thursday Goat Hike

JackBadger watching over the bucks

Our male livestock-guardian dog, JackBadger, watching over the bucks.

Millie & Sara

http://www.five-pointsfarm.com/Wooly_Dog_Down_Chamomile.html    Millie
http://www.five-pointsfarm.com/Pemberley_Acres_Sara.html    Sara

Sunday Goat Adventure

Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats

We deaparted home at 8:15AM and returned at 6PM, after lots of fun. Has been pouring rain all day here, soon after our arrival this evening, we lost electricity, got it back at 9PM. Temps in the 40's and flooding conditions continue.

I didn't take very good photo's today, maybe it was the wet weather.
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First stop, http://www.flgfarms.com/ in Taylorsville, NC.  Mike disbudded a couple of bucklings, we visted with all their goats especially BooneDocksWilcox Black Dahlia and Tulula. 

Then, LeeAnn, Audrey, Mike and I departed for
http://www.five-pointsfarm.com/  in Indian Trail, NC

Returning home, Bouquet hadn't escaped into the wild.
Read prior post. 

Getting the new girls settled in. Lisa of http://www.five-pointsfarm.com/Five-Points_North.html  is allowing us to lease three of her goats:  Sandstorm and two of his daughters
http://www.five-pointsfarm.com/Doe-Sy-Doe_AP_Sandstorm.html
http://www.five-pointsfarm.com/Pemberley_Acres_Sara.html  
who is pregnant and due on 5/29/13.
http://www.five-pointsfarm.com/Wooly_Dog_Down_Chamomile.html 
and we're thrilled to have them at http://boonedockswilcox.weebly.com/

little girl lost, planting seeds,

Happy ending but last night 5/3/13, 4-day old Bouquet added some gray hairs to our heads. Friday 5:45PM, I had Bouquet and Rhudolf outside while I was doing chores. Mike was still at work. A friend came over and I didn't pay attention to my babysitting duties for approx 30 minutes. The does, including Bouquet's Mama, went a long ways out from the barn to go picking. I returned to babysitting duties and realized Bouquet was missing. PANIC! To make an all-night long story short, Bouquet spent a cool, windy night out in the woods by herself. Mike woke me up at 6AM Saturday, hollering that he and Mama Rhubi had found Bouquet and she was fine! I couldn't believe she could have survived predators and 40 degree temps deep in the woods.

Bouquet is prancing around today like she fully expects Mike, me, and Mama Rhubi to always bail her out when she gets into trouble.

Aren't these the sweetest eyes you've ever seen?

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I started some seedlings this afternoon.

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Also, this afternoon, we went for a walk, minus Bouquet and Rhudolf.

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