Orion
by Penny Nelson
July 10, 2017
We lost Orion this past week. He was walking slow and seemed uncomfortable so I took a look at him. By the time I got to him he was down and I c...
Tour de Fleece
by Penny Nelson
July 2, 2017
It's been a long month since I've been able to post here. It's been busy and full of changes. Here is a partial list.
One knee replaced - my hus...
Spring Cleaning
by Penny Nelson
March 24, 2017
My wonderful vet, Dr. Michael Ridlen, and his crew of three arrived bright and early Thursday morning for our annual livestock spring cleaning. Th...
Successful Shearing
by Penny Nelson
March 21, 2017
Shearing is sort of like having your test paper graded. You get to see if all your hard work or studying has taught you enough to do well on the ...
Moving Animals.... Again
by Penny Nelson
October 22, 2016
Millie and Morha, my new to me but aging goats, have been down in the front pasture for the last month. We all needed a timeout. Millie needed so...
Goat Update
by Penny Nelson
August 27, 2016
I apologize for taking so long but our internet has had its own agenda this week and that did not include letting me get online.
Star is doing g...
Goat Craziness #348
by Penny Nelson
August 19, 2016
I went out to feed the animals this past Monday morning and found Star hunkered down in a stall. Star is very old but she always comes running w...
Pedy's Next Big Story
by Penny Nelson
August 5, 2016
As I said yesterday, I received a couple of interesting emails from my husband while we were in Oklahoma last weekend. Yesterday's story was the f...
A Tough Weekend for Goats
by Penny Nelson
March 24, 2016
We go for weeks and weeks out here with no animal health issues. Months even. And then we have a nexus of problems. Such was last weekend. Be...
Bernadette
by Penny Nelson
March 17, 2016
Bernadette is our only female goat. Based on her conformation and fleece, she is probably only half Angora goat but we love her. She has been m...
Worming
by Penny Nelson
March 18, 2015
I easily got the goats into their stall in the barn this morning for feeding and wormed them on the way out of the stall afterwards. It was as easy as I thought it would be. The llamas/alpacas were a bit more tricky. Stash, Tucker and Smoky were all worm free so they needed to go into one stall and be fed just their normal kibble. Shiraz and the two alpacas, Rascal and Scamp, needed to be a stall together so they could get their normal feed plus the pelleted wormer. That makes the first of the two possible disasters. But everyone went in the correct stall! Yea for me and for Ron's help. Husbands can be very useful.
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