Grumpy goat
We trim the
goat hooves once a month, but let Abigail skip this month due to
her being a little grumpy about being wrangled with her extra weight.
Artemesia likes the attention
but wiggles a lot. I ended up holding her while Anna finished the last
hoof.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Sounds rather like kids (the other sort :^).
Full moon Schools expectantly on 2 hour delay Coming storm
a kid is born?
deb --- Well, maybe you could raise meat goats and sell them once full sized? Of course, then you couldn't get too attached... On the other hand, you might discover, as I have in the garden, that any pickiness fades away in the face of real food.
Josh --- Yep, I've been pondering why goat and human babies have the same name. Perhaps because they're the most people-like of the animals?
Maggie --- No sign yet, although I slept fitfully, positive that there would be kids when I awoke. Based on the fact that Abigail's ligaments disappeared between morning and 12:30 pm yesterday (and since her vulva started sinking in and her udder filling up at the same time), she really should kid by today at lunchtime. But she's currently happily chewing her cud and acting completely normal, so I'm not so sure....