The Goat Chronicles- Part 2

Well it's been a month since we brought home the goats. And in the past month there hasn't been a week or rather every two or three days when we have to go and get one out of the fence. We have rescued three different goats from the fence, but we have one that is particularly hard headed or just plain dumb (Ty and I lean toward dumb.) The same little goat will put her head through the fence in the same spot (and I mean literally the same spot) at least every other day and sometimes twice a day. And let me tell you- nothing ruins your weekend or returning home from town more than the sound of distress coming from the little thing. About a week ago we had enough. That and we had four different people and the neighbor up the road give us a handy piece of advice on goat management. "Tie a stick to their horns and they won't get in the fence." So we tried it, and I'll be darned (as Sarah Palin puts it) if it didn't work for a little while. "Stick" as we like to call her managed to keep her headress on for about 4 days before slipping it off. (FYI- wiring a stick to a goat's head is not as easy as it sounds).

Well, today she got stuck again- and talk about ungrateful. She steps on your toes as she saunters off to go find another long piece of johnson grass that she can reach on the neighbor's side of the fence. Tell you what- he's getting a heck of deal seeing as how he doesn't have to trim, but if his round hay bales were any closer to the fence they would have big chunks missing.

All in all though, we have enjoyed having them around. They have done a pretty good job on the weeds around here and are fun to watch. Here's some of our favorite pics of the critters....

Here's Stick with her headress on.





If I could pick two to keep it would be these two. The little red and white faced goat in the second picture is very sweet and would hang around and be your friend.





Stay tuned for more tales of the goat........