How I Got to Be a Yard Goat

You might wonder how I managed to get the human to let me into the yard.  It was easy.  I stood at the gate and maaed my disapproval of her favoritism.

You see, she had let all those bottle kids into the yard.

I simply told her it wasn't fair, and she let me in to feast.

It was a feast!  She has the best weeds ever on the patio!

A Stupid Human Story

I have to correct something. I'm really embarrassed. I didn't mean for it to go this far, but my human is awfully dense. I'm here to maa the truth to you now.

It all started on the day I had my kid. The human came out early in the morning and gave Lily's twin boys each a bottle.

When she came back three hours later, I'd already had my kid and her kid. She kind of went a little loopy. She was trying to feed Lily's boys again. She was trying to keep them from bouncing on Lily.

They were butting the human's kid and my kid and trying to nurse me. She was having fits because it was chilly, so she picked one kid up and put it under the heat lamp announcing it was a boy. (That's the one I gave her.)

Then she picked up my kid and put it under the heat lamp announcing it was a girl. I was tired and didn't feel like correcting her. After all, I had just given birth. Seriously, I figured she'd notice. I just waited to see how long it would take, and then I kind of forgot about it.

Then couple of days later, she named my kid Miranda. I started thinking I should say something, but I didn't know how. After all, it had been a couple of days.

Then she asked me about her kid, and I tried telling her about Miranda, but all I could get out was, "My son..." That's when she named her kid Myson.

I didn't mean for it to go on this long. Really, it was just a, "Whatever, she'll figure it out." Then it became awkward to tell the human because it had gone on for so long. I was almost hoping she'd never notice because I didn't want her to get mad because I didn't tell her.

Luckily, after two weeks the human's mother noticed what the human had missed.

Miranda is a boy! I am thankful this whole mess is over. The human didn't get mad (just very embarrassed). I hope you aren't mad at me either.

Linking to Thankful Thursday.

Pistol's Helper

Pistol's little kids are getting some extra milk. That milk comes from Minnie and Helen and now Meg. But look who stopped by to give the milk to the girls. Claire Bear was here! She fed Coral.

Then she fed Clover.

After feeding the bottle kids, she went exploring. She found Hickory.

It was quite a lesson to see where the other kids got their milk.

She found the goslings.

She never did come see me,

but I guess kids prefer kids!

Another Bottle Baby or Two

The human has been feeding all kinds of bottle kids because of three sets of triplets and Annie ignoring one of her kids. Guess who's finally taking a bottle!

Harley!

After she and mom were both sick, the human started babying them.

Harley finally decided to take a bottle.

Here is her mom checking things out (probably relieved).

What!!!!

Is she really trying to drink from that bottle?

Is the human really letting her drink from the bottle?

I suppose it will help her feel better too. There's nothing like goat milk to promote good health!

Too bad it's not real milk.

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The Goat Lender

The human was feeding bottle kids. She was feeding them all the time. She was feeding Hickory and Chuck.

She was feeding Cinnamon.

She was feeding Fionn.

She was feeding Oscar.

She was feeding Haley.

She was not happy about feeding everyone. Finally, she said, "That's it! I can't feed six bottle kids at once!" She called her sister and loaned her two kids. The lucky two to be loaned out are Hickory

and Chuck. She figured they would get along fine. After all, they are three-quarters brothers. Their dad is Big Red, and their mothers are twins, Litha and Stormy. That's three-fourths, isn't it?

I wanted her to take pictures of Fionn and Oscar getting their bottles, but the human said, "No way! I am not taking pictures and bottle feeding four kids!" You'd think my blog photographer would be more dedicated than that.

This is linked to Verde Farm's Farm Friend Friday!

This is linked to Dandelion House's Farmgirl Friday!

Bottle Kids

The human is not happy with us goats. She says she doesn't have the time to feed bottle kids before she's done teaching school. Well, she doesn't have much choice.

Pebbles's little girl, Cinnamon, can't compete with her triplet brothers. She's been on the bottle since about two days old. Pebbles and Cinnamon appreciate it.

Litha can't feed all three of her babies. Chuck and Oscar both take a bottle and nurse their mom.

Stormy can't keep up with her triplets. Haley and Harley still nurse their mom, but they also take a bottle.

She was making bottles for five kids. Now, Annie is on the human's naughty list. She refuses to take care of her boy, Fionn. I can't say that I don't blame her. I don't think I could ever not take care of my kids. Some nannies. The human thinks The Goat Borrower, Mimi, needs to take care of the Giant Fionn!

He was getting thin, but she filled him up with milk. Now she keeps bugging Minnie. She says, "Minnie, if you want to do that meditation thing and bring yourself into milk again, I'd be happy to milk you."

This is linked to Farm Friend Friday.

Our Hay was Eaten

We had so much hay lying on the ground in the barnyard that we had a lovely, soft clean dry place to stay.

Then we had rain and snow and rain and melting snow. That means, we have mud.

The mud ate all of our hay.

Luckily, the human says we're very good at spreading hay around, so we should have a nice clean dry place to lay again very soon.

BABY UPDATE:

Litha had triplet boys this morning. My photographer is falling down on the job. Hopefully she'll have pictures for me tomorrow.

Pebbles's little girl is having a hard time removing either one of her brother's from a teat so she can eat. As a result, she's become a bottle kid.