Dexter

Dexter has had to be put in solitary confinement( this is our pygmy billy) as he was caught sucking milk from one of the Alpines! We wondered why her milk yeild was going down no matter how much food was being given to her. He was weaned off the bottle a long time ago but i suppose if it is available he would not refuse!
All of the other kids are doing well; the older ones are eating concentrate quite well now so we have cut their bottles down to 3 a day now which is 3 pints of milk per day. The Alpine kids are 2 weeks younger so they are still on 4 pints but we still cannot get the billy to suck the bottle.They are also nibbling some concentrate & hay so hopefully he will catch up.

We are busy keeping an eye on Kenya, looking for any signs of kidding. Her udder is filling up quite well but there is no sign of any discharge yet which is what you can expect to see a few days before kidding.

Pottering!

A truelly gorgeous day & so warm! Have had a really nice morning just pottering about feeding the goats & watering the birds.The pigs seem happy basking in the sun.The birds are all so much more content when the weather is like this.
Billy,the turkey is strutting his stuff....not to be messed with as Tara,his woman,is looking for a place to lay.The Chinese Quail we bought have started to settle & are making sweet little noises of contentment;it was a horrible place where we "rescued" them from.
Kenya & Snowdrop,two Anglo-nubians,have been moved into a bigger pen as Kenya is due on April 1st(what a day!!!!).N igel has made new hayracks with smaller mesh so that they cannot pull all of the hay out over the floor & waste it!

The kids are growing fast & two of them need to be sold,a nannie & a billy.Its always a sad time but we cannot keep them all.

New arrivals

It is getting closer to Kenya"s due day,which is 1st April & she is quite large! It is her first time so i hope she is going to be alright;she is not very easy to handle so i hope that all goes well.Her udder is looking very good at the moment...lets hope it remains so & that we will be able to show her again this year.She did have some good comments last year in the few shows we entered her in. She is an Anglo-nubian goatling & is very stroppy!

Kids

We have six kids at the moment,three of which are unfortunately crosses,one Anglo-nubian billy & two British Alpines.They are all lovely in my eyes because they are healthy & happy! The little Alpine billy however,just cannot suck a bottle,he just chews it until the milk comes out! They all love to run around the yard playing in & out of things & jumping up & down.