Just a little higher

Carrie is a determined girl.  When she wants something, she finds a way to get it.  Even if that means head butting another goat out of the way, pawing at a pack of roof shingles until the wrapper comes off and she can chew on it, or walking on her hind legs for 30 second intervals to reach a higher branch.

She sees what she wants

She circles as she plans her attack

And she goes for the grab

Goat Play

Rucker and Cash have been climbing and playing constantly.  I was able to snag this video to share.

And finally, someone other than Kelly was able to get up on the playground set.

Lazy Sunday

Carrie keeps putting her head through the fence like she did when she was younger

And then she gets stuck.  She always manages to get herself out though.

I never realized how jealous she is

The goats were in the far back of the goat pen so I snuck out there hiding behind the hill trying to get some pictures.

Unfortunately, Kelly saw me and yelled, which made Carrie come running.

So I decided to sit down and pet the babies for awhile.  But I didn't realize that Carrie was so possessive of me and jealous of them.

She is head butting Darius away from me

And then going after Cash

And then after Kelly

 Once she had them cleared away she decided to eat me.

She is a good goat, usually.

They lost their manhood

I met a lady that lives nearby that breeds goats a few months ago and today she came over to give the goats shots for me and to castrate the boys.  

To castrate them, they place a band around the extra manhood, and over time the circulation will cut off and they will just fall off.  They say it's only uncomfortable the first day and then the boys won't feel anything at all.

Rucker's eyes clearly tell us what he was thinking :(

I feel horrible, but I also know that they need to be fixed so that they don't make more little goats.

Babies on Easter

Rucker is definitely more people friendly and an escape artist, he already got out of the pen this morning

Both boys have already started growing horns

Food Fights

Jenny has become very food-aggressive to the other goats ever since the last month of her pregnancy.  I put the food in three bowls and separate them, but as soon as she is finished inhaling her food she will hurry over and shove someone off their bowl of food.

I've started putting Kelly and Carrie's food in higher locations that Jenny can't get to because she's too big/old/fat.

Jenny's started putting her front feet up on the lower house and can tip the bowl over while Kelly or Carrie will back up and just watch.  Darn goats.

The babies can get up there too.

Time to sell some goats

Today I caught the baby boys eating solid food with mom and I realized that's the sign that they could be weaned and sold.  So I put together pictures of the goats to sell them and added some information here so that anyone that's interested in buying them can get additional information.

All of the goats will come (running) when grain is shaken in a scoop or food dish.

Jenny is a few years old.  We are not sure how old but two vets told me between 3 and 5 years old.  She's given birth twice in the last 18 months.   Both times she had two adorable babies.  She is skitish around people, but has never been aggressive.  I do trim her hooves and she has had all of the typical shots.  I KNOW I would like to sell Jenny.

The rest of the goats I am unsure of.  I KNOW that I want to sell three goats because downsizing to two goats would be a great idea considering we never planned on having goats and this wasn't in our plan.  I am simply torn about keeping Carrie and Kelly or keeping Carrie and a baby....

Carrie was born January 26th, 2012 so she's just over a year old.  She was bottle fed and slept in the house for the first 6 weeks of her life.  She likes to be pet and easily comes up to people.  I will admit that she has started trying to earn her place in the pecking order in our family and has turned her head to horn people - other than me.  My youngest son flipped her and pinned her down twice and she stopped going after him, I've read that's all it takes for them to learn who dominates.  She would be tougher to get rid of since I bottle fed her, I'm slightly attached. :)  She's had the typical shots.

 Kelly is the twin sister to Carrie, born January 26th, 2012.  She was skittish around people but has gotten pretty good lately.  She doesn't run when I reach out to pat her and she comes running when you have food in a cup or dish for her.  She LOVES to climb and jump.  She's had all of the typical shots.

Rucker was born March 6th, 2013.  He is the cutest freaking thing ever.  He loves to climb and jump.  His brother, Cash, was obviously born the same day and is also ridiculously cute (pictured below.)  Both boys can/will be wethered/neutered soon.  They will also receive shots soon.

All goats MUST go to homes where they will be pets and may not be used for meat.

We are located in Bristow and do not have a way to transport them other than inside our SUV (for the two babies.)  They do not have to be sold together, but I do not want any of them to be the only goat on a farm/property as goats are social and I would hate for them to be lonely.

They've all been around chickens and they've all been around a large dog - but mom does not like them.  NONE of them have shown aggression, bit, attacked, ect. (Other than Carrie and her recent dominance stuff.)

They all have horns.

Wrestling kids

Two Goats in a Bowl

Nope, there isn't anything hiding in my jacket

Rucker took a nap in my jacket yesterday and I managed to get a picture before I took him back outside

Snow Day

It was our first snow day in the house (the new goats were born today but that post trumped this one).

5:30 AM, each goat hiding in their own house

Just a little sledding

A garden will be here very soon

His creation

Clyde was the only one to venture out in the snow - I found his footprints all the way by the house

Twins!

Sometime between 6AM and 11AM this morning Jenny gave birth to twin boys.  They're both healthy and feeding from mom and she's cleaned them both up.  I wish I'd been here to see it happen, but I'm just glad they're healthy and I don't have to bottle feed.

They are the cutest little things :)

What I stumbled upon when I went to let the chickens out

I literally dragged mom into the mud room so I could keep the babies warm

YES!  No bottle feeding!

He fell asleep in his arms