Beth Byrne did a great job with what I had to tell her – she turned it into a beautiful article!!!
During the crazy week of losing Maggie, they asked for a picture and I’m afraid the one we gave them was just horrible. It was a quick snapshot, not a portrait picture.
We are barely starting to milk Star – who is horrible. She kicks, jumps and tries to get down off the stanchion while she eats the whole time. She’s quite “athletic” let’s say. Whisper is back to milking nicely – she doesn’t give much. Her newborn “tank” boy has decided that she has two teats and they belong to him. Bother! Megan does not get milked. She is put on the stand, rubbed, her udder washed and dried – anything to make it pleasant for her while she eats enough to feed 3 growing babies. Now if it was Whisper who had the 3 babies on her, I think I wouldn’t worry so much. After Wednesday Star’s babies will have to be put away late at night and let out after we milk in the early am. We have to change back to our “hours”. Sorry boys – vacation from milking is over! The babies run with their moms all day and late into the night to make sure they get all the nutrition they need – plus they’re now drinking water and eating hay.
We need to do the nasty deed called de-horning. It makes it safer for the moms, children and people that want to be around the goats – and the goats themselves. They cannot get stuck in the fence line with no horns. We also must do all the adult hooves. I think the cow needs done too – but I’ll leave that to the vet if he thinks it needs done.
Well, that’s the update from the goat woman – Now let’s see if I can get the inside of the house back in some kind of order after this crazy month of February is finally over! Plant more seeds, make more cheese, make yogurt, make kefir . . . . well, at least I have job security!!!
Marilyn, aka the goat woman