Goat Dress-Up

I was recently cleaning out my closet and realized I had a lot of "dress-up" things stowed away.  With a surge of mischief and imagination, I decided it was time to have a little fun and play dress-up with the goats!

 Tea Time with Elly May

Charlotte--in style!

Edna is ready to rodeo!

Miss Fashion

 

Love that chevron (and the tongue sticking out of Elly May's mouth)!

I think scarves look good on Edna...

Last picture: Little Goat on the Prairie

Along with the fun pictures, here are the "goat highlights" from the past week:

1) I made goat ice cream for the first time!  The flavor was delicious!  It had a really high melting point, so I need to perfect the recipe to get the ice cream to stay thick (it doesn't help that the temperatures are in the 90's)!

2) I made ricotta again.  This time it was the best time ever, despite the fact that I messed up the recipe!  I was using a different thermometer, so I added the vinegar before it was heated enough.  I realized it wasn't curdling after about 10 minutes, so I just heated it up to the right temperature and the vinegar did it's job then.  I added just a pinch of salt, which made it yummy.  For a gallon of milk, the yield was a little over a pound of cheese.

3) The goat kids are getting their third round of dimethox (coccidiosis prevention).  They get it for five consecutive days, and enjoy the dimethox/agave nectar concoction!