A monarch butterfly that we watched turn from a caterpillar to a chrysalis to a butterfly! I love new life!
Sadly, I haven't been able to upload new pictures of the new addition--Fritz--until now due to internet difficulties! But life hasn't slowed down. He is growing and thriving!
This little guy gets hugged quite a bit! It's hard to resist!
Edna sure is a good mama. She loves her new charge!
I am pleased with Edna's udder. Fritz only likes to drink out of one side though. I have been milking out the other side and she is quite easy to milk. I have seen her milk producing increasing, and I look forward to being able to drink it soon!
Fritz was disbudded at 3 days old (see the silver rings on his head). I am glad it is over! The vet told me I should be getting used to it by now! Disbudding is a goat keeping skill that I probably need to learn next kidding season.
Frankincense likes pestering the other goats during eating time. He steals their grain or jumps up on the milking stand. So, he has earned a "tether" when breakfast and dinner come around!
It has been pouring down rain for weeks, it seems! We have had several very powerful storms. This morning the storm lasted over 4 hours and over 4 inches of rain fell! The water you see in the background of the picture is a hay field. In the front is the pond...everything was completely flooded and overflowed!
"Hoofprints" in the sand! The soggy ground makes the goat's hoof prints quite impressionable!
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