Goats Growing Up

The little goat kids are growing fast!  Enjoy an update from the goat pen!

Weight update:

Hillbilly: 11.6 pounds

Hurray: 6.8 pounds

Howdy: 9.2 pounds

Hilarious: 8 pounds

Holster: 8 pounds

Floppy Ear Update:

Hilarious was rightly named!  Her floppy ears make her look like a puppy!

They are slowly beginning to pop up!  

Just a few more days and no one will ever know her ears were floppy!

Exploration Update:

The kids are discovering new things every day.  It is so funny to watch them explore the confines of their little pen!  Yesterday Hillbilly jumped in the water trough!  I think he decided it was wet.  Haha! They have also discovered that tires are fun to walk around or hide inside.  They have learned that it is fun to hop, dance, jump, 

Edna's Twins: Howdy (L) and Hurray (R)

Charlotte's Twins: Hilarious (L) and Holster (R)

  

Elly May's Kid: Hillbilly (center!)

Disbudding Update:

All of the goats are disbudded except for Hilarious!  It gets so much easier with practice.  However, I still "worry" that they might get scurs.  But then I remember that even the vet didn't get it perfect.  I know I did the best job I could!

Holster!  He looks a lot like Charlotte!  He is also a screamer...He yelled and yelled when I sat him on the towel (before I even got out the hair trimmers or disbudding iron!).  He was quite the drama king!

Little horn buds!

All finished!  It wasn't that bad!