Buttermilk Acres: 2014

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Weekly Highlights

Future LGD's (Livestock Guardian Dogs)...

EmmyLou

Our LGD's working hard....

Boss

Bertha

Enjoying the sunshine...

Cher

Dottie

Maggie

Elgin

Clumping.....goats clump!

Clyde, Doodles, Elgin & Bonnie

Still waiting....(she has been making this noise for about 3 weeks now)

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Weekly Highlights

My muddy pack.....

Typical goat shots......Elgin's ears are no longer floppy!

"Is this too close?"

"Oh, a wise guy, eh?"

10 weeks old....that's an arm-load of puppy!

EmmyLou - cute, cute, cute!

Boss and Bertha

Still waiting....

New privacy fence for side yard.

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Sunday, March 9, 2014

Weekly Highlights....

New Arrival: Everett

New Arrival: Elgin

LGC's = Livestock Guard Cats?

Waiting, waiting, waiting....

After breakfast and playtime, it's naptime with the goats.

And finally, yesterday was disbudding day for Elgin. One of the worse jobs on the farms, luckily our friend Mike Wilcox (from BooneDocksWilcox blog) came by and did the dirty work.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Sometimes things have a way of working out....

....like the story of the triplet goats with not enough milk and the doe that lost her twins.

Meet Elgin...

...and his new Mommy, Bonnie.

Bonnie lost her twins about 3 weeks ago. We found them in the snow and are not sure exactly what happened. We have been milking her each morning but her production was way down. I was hoping with the coming of some expected goat kids that it would stimulate her milk production.

Then a friend called, she had triplet bucks and was concerned because her does' milk seemed delayed coming in. She was faced with bottle feeding and was willing to give one of the boys away. We decided to give it a try and at worse we would just hold Bonnie on the milk stand while he nursed and supplement with bottles.

I have to say though, that I am constantly amazed at the power of motherhood.

"I don't know where he came from but I'll take him!"

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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Weekly highlights....

8 weeks old....

The vet visit went well with 7 pups ranging in weight from 16.0 to 19.2 lbs. All were healthy and ready for their new homes. Two puppies left on Saturday so we are left with 5 little snowballs running around now.

Everett - new Buttermilk Acres resident.