The Neighbors Had Babies!

The beige goat with the center stripe had twins. In the 2nd picture she was off to go get the other one so it could have some milk too. The one with her kept trying but momma wouldn't let it with out the other one there.


The white goat with the brown neck hat 1 baby. That is hers in the background sitting.

Aren't they just the cutest?!

Dale isn't climbing the fence

He's leaping the fence like a dear. I saw him do it!
And I think we found a new owner for both Dale and Nona.
They live down the road and need a new buck. :)

Dale is driving me nuts!

2 weeks ago he got out of the pasture and discovered the pear tree. Every since then he has derived a plan to get to the pear tree at least 2x a day! All fencing areas have been fixed. I think the unknown 1/4 of his breed is mountain goat ;0 and that is how he is getting out now. Only because Nona hasn't followed since all the repairs have been made. :) He does follow me back to the gate everytime. Like a little boy in trouble. Head down and all haha. The pears are just too much temptation I guess. He'll be after the persimmons next month.....

I wish Summer was over already!

Grasshoppers are killing the garden. Not that it was putting much food out anyway ;)
It's hot!
I like it cooler... like Spring and Fall.
The water tank has dried up practically. We're in a drought...Guess it's a good thing I didn't have fish put in it lol So we have a plastic bin up by the house for the goats to get water from. This weekend we go to the feed store to get a real water tub for them.


Did I mention I have a chicken addicted to dry cat food? I caught her the other day. She makes a b-line for the porch every morning to see if the cat has food in her bowl. She goes nuts. You can't just make get off the porch either... you have to pick her up and remove her to another part of the yard! She tried to eat the dogs food last night. He just kept sticking his butt in her face haha. When his bowl was empty he walked away. Poor poor Honey, nothing left for to have. You would think we starved her the way she acts with the cat food. Amazing.


On a side note I finished my first 2 ply handspun yarn on the spinning wheel. My friends tell me it looks like "art yarn". Phillip and the kids say "no way!". I think I have enough to make a warm funky hat. If not I can use the purple single ply I made as a 1st try to finish it off with.

It's been one long hot weekend

First off. Phillip is 44!!
It's not a very good picture but here are 3 two day old white guinea chicks! They are cute and hornery. They are in the baby chick pen but separate at the same time. We were afraid they would get hurt. This way they are "together" and can be put in with the rest when they are bigger. Later they will probably roost in the pecan tree. But can stay in the hen house if they want.
This is Honey. She is one of 3 new laying hens. She is a Red Production hen. She looks a little weird at first glance. That is because her beak is so short. When she was born the hatchery she came from chopped it off :( She's really friendly and isn't afraid of Priss like some of the others haha.
Here are the other 2 new babies. They are Pullets. I forgot to ask breed. But they look like Araucanas to me. LuLu is the white one, and the Black one is Anna Belle. LuLu wasn't here 2 hours yet and she found a snake over a foot long, killed it, and had it for lunch! She's definately a keeper :) They are a bit on the shy side still.
Here are our babies. I know Wyatt likes to see them :) It's hard to see, but the black ones really do have feathers. They're just black!. The other one there is one of 6 Rhode Island Red chicks. They've had a HUGE growth spurt. There is only supposed to be a few days difference in age between them.
Here is Derek with "Red". Can you say Spoiled Chicken. haha The boys are amazed at how soft the feathers are.
This is Deven holding one of the baby red chicks. It's trying to "take off"
The next two pictures are out of order. We found a "studly dude" for Nona. I named him Rosedale. We call him Dale. He's very nice looking for a goat. Here they are together. It was really funny when we finally got him out of the truck. He wouldn't come out. This is after their hellos. They were making "smoochey" faces at each other! Curled lips and everything! Who knew. It was so cute. Nona is no longer lonely. Dale is from East Texas and 3/4s Spanish Boer. I think we got great deal for $45,
Here is Dale chilling in the back of the truck

Lastly we no longer have Colonel Sanders the Rooster. Now the other hens can grow their feathers back and maybe start laying eggs again. The man we bought Dale from is the new owner of Colonel. I swear it was love at first sight. I'm glad.