A Serious Job

Minnie Pearl takes her job as herd queen quite seriously.

It's her job to keep an eye on everyone.  She leads us up from pasture when it's time.



She breaks up any fights between the girls.  She does take her job seriously.  I'm proud to call her my twin sister!

Going to Her Head

I love my twin sister Minnie.

But I think her position as herd queen is going to her head.

Literally.



Even if she weren't our herd queen, I'd love her, but I think the tiara might be a bit much.

Basking in the Glory

Today was one of those days when you just wanted to stand around and bask in the glory of the herd queen.

Minnie is truly a very deserving herd queen.

Our Herd Queen

The human wanted Minnie to pose for a new picture since she's our herd queen.

A Murderous Plot

Look at how beautiful my girl Pebbles is. She is such a lovely lady, strong and smart, she deserves to be herd queen of the mom's pasture.

She hatched a plan to get rid of Meg. Then she would be herd queen! Unfortunately, the human noticed Meg was missing when she gave them their grain. She went out to pasture yelling, "Meg!" Over and over I had to listen to her as she went down to the ditch and all around to the back. Finally it quieted down until she got to the top of the hill when we heard an anguished, "Meg!" To hear the human tell it, Meg was lying still on her side with a fallen tree on top of her.

When Meg had reached under the fallen tree for a bite of grass, Pebbles slammed Meg causing her to slip in the wet grass. While she was down, Pebbles struck again. Now as you all know, a goat does not like reverse. Meg tried crawling forward to get out from under the tree and away from Pebbles, just as Pebbles knew she would. Mawhahahaha-Meg was stuck! Well, I guess I can see why the human would think Meg was dead (after all that was the plan).

She rushed to Meg's side and then to her front half on the other side of the tree. She was alive! She tried lifting the tree, but she's just one puny human. She tried turning Meg so she could get out, but she's just one puny human. Finally, she got Meg's back legs and pulled as hard as she could until Meg was finally pulled out from under the tree.

They walked to the barnyard with a bruised Meg, unsteady on her feet. They had to stop several times, but finally they made it. As soon as Pebbles saw the human had pulled Meg out to safety, her eyes flashed with anger and the challenge was on!

It would be a fight.

The human stayed there for a long time until she thought Pebbles had settled down. Then she went to get Meg some banamine to help with her sore swollen ribs. All was well when she came back out and gave Meg the medicine. When she went into the middle part of the barn, however, it was on!

The human decided that Pebbles would not quit (well of course not--victory was at hand). The human took Meg through the duck and peacock pen to put her in her own room in the barn with hay and a bucket of water. Then she went to go get Meg's boys, Xander and Xavier.

I don't know why she got mad at me. I mean, if she didn't want me to open the gate and go in, why didn't she hook the latch?

She really wasn't happy when she came out from putting Meg in the barn to find three peahens out. I don't know what she was grumbling about. They went right back in. Really, why was she not happy that I had gone in to have a little snack of grain? [This is a reenactment. See the peahens in the barn behind me. I can't believe the human fell for this.]

Well, Meg got some hay and the human said she was going for a glass of wine. Pebbles is not happy that her plan was foiled, but she'll come up with a new idea!

What? You might not believe me, but that's the way it happened. Honestly, it is.

What Penny Did

This is what Penny did.

She gave the goat stare of death to...

Minnie.

You should never give the goat stare of death to the herd queen!

Herd Queen Duties

I am not writing for Millie's blog tonight. I am too busy with my herd queen duties.

I must make sure we all go out to pasture and browse.

I make sure that the cedar trees are tasty.

I make sure everybody behaves in an acceptable goaty manner.

By the way, Millie does seem to have picked up a little bit of weight and isn't just lounging around in the building all the time. We're optimistic that her vacation is helping. She does want to thank everyone who has been wishing her well.