https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:46:13 +0000 MyBB https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=6223 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:53:22 -0600 Nanno]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=6223 Snowball was due on March 20th, but since Snowball always kids about 5 days past her due date, I wasn't really watching her yet on March 19th. But lo and behold, I looked in the camera at around 11:00 p.m. and she was down to business! Wouldn't you know it was 20 degrees outside and the shed wasn't cleaned! I'd been planning to clean the sheds on Tuesday, but hurricane winds thwarted my plans. Wednesday was so cold and snowy I decided to put it off until Thursday, thinking I'd get away with it. But nope. Snowball had to go and kid a day EARLY, late at night in freezing weather in a wet, dirty shed! She had uddered up so much I had already predicted triplets and I was right. By the time Phil and I made it out to her she'd already birthed one and was working on the next.
That first little baby was freezing cold and only partly cleaned off. I feared at first she was dead, but as I began to rub her she started to twitch and shake her head. Still, something felt "off" about her. Her belly was distended as though she'd already had a full meal. But there was no time to worry about that. More kids were on the way, and they would have to be dried as quickly as possible. Luckily Snowball had the other two in short order. Phil and I whisked them all into the basement and quickly set up a makeshift pen near the wood stove. 




The first little doeling was normal size but was a bit lethargic and took a while to warm up. She wasn't hungry, but she seemed alert so I didn't worry too much. The other two babies were teeny-tiny! The second one was only 4.25 lbs. and the third was a teensy 3.5 lbs. We'd never had such itty bitty babies at Goat-O-Rama. The littlest was having trouble holding her head up, but she had a tremendous appetite so we didn't worry about her too much. The middle child was bright, active, and hungry, and she looked like Cuzco! We've never had a baby that looked like Cuzco, and Phil was calling her "Cuzquette". 
The first kid never did get off the ground. She was strong, but she was pot-bellied and lethargic with no appetite. She reminded me worryingly of poor Marmaduke, who we lost two years ago. She made it through Thursday but by Friday morning I knew we were losing her. My vet friend took her to the clinic to see if she could do anything for her, but they lost her in the afternoon. It turns out there was nothing we could have done. My vet friend's daughter is a veterinary student and took the opportunity to perform her first baby goat necropsy. There was a short section of bowel that narrowed so that nothing could pass, which accounted for the full belly and no poops. An enema had relieved the meconium, but nothing more could come down the pipeline. It was sad to lose her on my birthday, but it was a relief to know that there was nothing I could have done to save her. And the other two were doing just grand! They were a little slow to start, but they had great appetites and looked like they'd catch up in no time! We named them Kodachrome and Prism.




Little Prism had a problem getting her legs under control and spent a lot of time laying like a frog. Sometimes, alarmingly, she would lay on her side because she had trouble holding her head up, but she was always fine once we propped her back up!





It's a little female Cuzco! 







Prism. 



Kodachrome. 


]]> Snowball was due on March 20th, but since Snowball always kids about 5 days past her due date, I wasn't really watching her yet on March 19th. But lo and behold, I looked in the camera at around 11:00 p.m. and she was down to business! Wouldn't you know it was 20 degrees outside and the shed wasn't cleaned! I'd been planning to clean the sheds on Tuesday, but hurricane winds thwarted my plans. Wednesday was so cold and snowy I decided to put it off until Thursday, thinking I'd get away with it. But nope. Snowball had to go and kid a day EARLY, late at night in freezing weather in a wet, dirty shed! She had uddered up so much I had already predicted triplets and I was right. By the time Phil and I made it out to her she'd already birthed one and was working on the next.
That first little baby was freezing cold and only partly cleaned off. I feared at first she was dead, but as I began to rub her she started to twitch and shake her head. Still, something felt "off" about her. Her belly was distended as though she'd already had a full meal. But there was no time to worry about that. More kids were on the way, and they would have to be dried as quickly as possible. Luckily Snowball had the other two in short order. Phil and I whisked them all into the basement and quickly set up a makeshift pen near the wood stove. 




The first little doeling was normal size but was a bit lethargic and took a while to warm up. She wasn't hungry, but she seemed alert so I didn't worry too much. The other two babies were teeny-tiny! The second one was only 4.25 lbs. and the third was a teensy 3.5 lbs. We'd never had such itty bitty babies at Goat-O-Rama. The littlest was having trouble holding her head up, but she had a tremendous appetite so we didn't worry about her too much. The middle child was bright, active, and hungry, and she looked like Cuzco! We've never had a baby that looked like Cuzco, and Phil was calling her "Cuzquette". 
The first kid never did get off the ground. She was strong, but she was pot-bellied and lethargic with no appetite. She reminded me worryingly of poor Marmaduke, who we lost two years ago. She made it through Thursday but by Friday morning I knew we were losing her. My vet friend took her to the clinic to see if she could do anything for her, but they lost her in the afternoon. It turns out there was nothing we could have done. My vet friend's daughter is a veterinary student and took the opportunity to perform her first baby goat necropsy. There was a short section of bowel that narrowed so that nothing could pass, which accounted for the full belly and no poops. An enema had relieved the meconium, but nothing more could come down the pipeline. It was sad to lose her on my birthday, but it was a relief to know that there was nothing I could have done to save her. And the other two were doing just grand! They were a little slow to start, but they had great appetites and looked like they'd catch up in no time! We named them Kodachrome and Prism.




Little Prism had a problem getting her legs under control and spent a lot of time laying like a frog. Sometimes, alarmingly, she would lay on her side because she had trouble holding her head up, but she was always fine once we propped her back up!





It's a little female Cuzco! 







Prism. 



Kodachrome. 


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RIP Missy]]>
RIP Missy]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5730 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 15:49:49 -0600 Nanno]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5730

First to hit the ground at around 11:00 a.m. was a beautiful 8 lb. two-tone chamoisee baby girl. She looks a lot like her older sister, Molly! The next was a lovely 9 lb. white buckling with gray/blue roan spots. He's practically Pongo's double! We helped Snowball dry them off and get them into the shed and out of the wind, which was beginning to howl. The kids were up and nursing in almost no time at all. 






Phil thinks this little guy looks like a "Gandalf." I'm inclined to agree. Let's see how we feel about it over the next couple days! 


We have no idea what this little girl's name will be, but I'm sure she'll discover her name before long. 




Listen to their little cute baby squeaks!
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First to hit the ground at around 11:00 a.m. was a beautiful 8 lb. two-tone chamoisee baby girl. She looks a lot like her older sister, Molly! The next was a lovely 9 lb. white buckling with gray/blue roan spots. He's practically Pongo's double! We helped Snowball dry them off and get them into the shed and out of the wind, which was beginning to howl. The kids were up and nursing in almost no time at all. 






Phil thinks this little guy looks like a "Gandalf." I'm inclined to agree. Let's see how we feel about it over the next couple days! 


We have no idea what this little girl's name will be, but I'm sure she'll discover her name before long. 




Listen to their little cute baby squeaks!
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We scaled back this year, but we're kicking things off early! We didn't sell enough of last year's babies so we only bred three does. Snowball was accidentally bred by Clyde in late September and it looks like she'll be bringing her little ones into the world sometime in the next 15 hours or so. I secluded her in one of the sheds. We have 13 goats in the doe pen right now and Snowball hasn't done anything to alert her close-knit family that they may not be welcome to hang around during the delivery. Most does kick their older kids out a few weeks or months before the new ones are due, but Snowball loves all her kids to hang around. My concern is that she will suddenly stop loving them during delivery, and her confused family may not leave her alone easily. New kids could accidentally get trampled or ignored if mama is distracted by nosey interlopers. Molly and Dolly will be a bit distraught tonight. They are used to snuggling up tight against their warm mama, and Isabella (Snowball's kid from 2021) and Dillinger (Isabella's almost-yearling kid) are usually snuggled with them as well. As I said, it's a tight-knit family! I think Snowball will appreciate the privacy though. She seemed a bit worried about the lack of anywhere to lay down by herself. Now she has her own private palace with grass in one feeder and alfalfa in the other. 

Can't wait to see what the stork brings us! Snowball makes the most gorgeous and colorful babies. Fingers crossed for boys!]]>
We scaled back this year, but we're kicking things off early! We didn't sell enough of last year's babies so we only bred three does. Snowball was accidentally bred by Clyde in late September and it looks like she'll be bringing her little ones into the world sometime in the next 15 hours or so. I secluded her in one of the sheds. We have 13 goats in the doe pen right now and Snowball hasn't done anything to alert her close-knit family that they may not be welcome to hang around during the delivery. Most does kick their older kids out a few weeks or months before the new ones are due, but Snowball loves all her kids to hang around. My concern is that she will suddenly stop loving them during delivery, and her confused family may not leave her alone easily. New kids could accidentally get trampled or ignored if mama is distracted by nosey interlopers. Molly and Dolly will be a bit distraught tonight. They are used to snuggling up tight against their warm mama, and Isabella (Snowball's kid from 2021) and Dillinger (Isabella's almost-yearling kid) are usually snuggled with them as well. As I said, it's a tight-knit family! I think Snowball will appreciate the privacy though. She seemed a bit worried about the lack of anywhere to lay down by herself. Now she has her own private palace with grass in one feeder and alfalfa in the other. 

Can't wait to see what the stork brings us! Snowball makes the most gorgeous and colorful babies. Fingers crossed for boys!]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4852 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 21:17:49 -0600 Nanno]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4852
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So far Mocha and Skeeter are looking the ripest. Skeeter started revving up a huge udder about two weeks ago, but it's subsided a bit in the last few days. I think she may have triplets but of course it's always hard to tell. I hope she's just exaggerating and has twins. 

Mocha is also looking quite ready and was feeling a little gooshy in the hindquarters this morning. Guessing twins for this one.  

Sadie looks nowhere near ready even though she's technically due tomorrow. As usual, she hardly looks pregnant, but she's such a tall, deep-bodied doe that she conceals her condition very well. I hope she's deceiving me and carrying twins. 

Snowball looks like she'll have twins, but she looks like she could hang onto them for another month from the looks of her body and udder. I hope she doesn't take after her mother, Tigerlily, and go a week past her due date! Tigerlily was nearly always overdue and it drove me nuts. 

Little Isabella is our sweet child bride. She wasn't supposed to get bred but we had a Romeo and Juliet situation. I'd put Buda in the pen with Mocha and left them together for an hour or so. When I came back, Mocha had beat the snot out of Buda and he'd jumped through the fence to get away. Isabella was out with the herd and I suspected she was in heat, but she was so young her cycles weren't very strong yet. Also, I didn't think our bucks could breed anything when they were out with the herd because my four big wethers were intent on defending their ladies' honor. Well, I guess the two of them managed to elope because Isabella never came back into heat and now she's making a cute little udder. She doesn't look anywhere near due, but she's due the same day as Mocha. I suspect she has just one little kid.  

Ziggy will finish out the season on her own. Her kids aren't due until May 11. I think she'll probably have just one, but she may blow up a bit more in the next few weeks and prove me wrong.  

I'm impressed with Buda and Pest. These little guys really proved themselves. Buda's first kids hit the ground a week ago. I'd taken him over to breed Zelda, who I sold last fall to a lady in Rye. I told her this was Buda's first time and that it probably wouldn't take because of his small size and inexperience. But she got bred on the first try. When all of my does came into heat at the same time, I put Pest in a pen with Skeeter and Sadie thinking that maybe one of them would get bred if I was lucky. I honestly didn't think he was big enough to reach either of them, but I figured it would be good practice for next time. 

Mocha was downright hostile toward Buda. The year before, I'd tried three times to breed her to Scout and she rejected him each time and pined for Sonic. I finally had to put her with Sonic. Mocha was pining for Sonic again this year, but that romance wasn't going anywhere. Mocha immediately beat up Buda and chased him away when I put him in a pen with her, so I naturally expected no kids from that first date. Imagine my shock when she never came back into heat! Buda must've been sneaky, determined, and just plain fast to get the job done on that big, mean girl! He did his job and then beat a hasty retreat and busted down the electric fence to get away. That's when he met Isabella. 

Snowball's date was a fiasco. She's also a big, strong girl and I had her with little Pest on a day with very bad weather. I couldn't lock them in a pen together because all the goats needed their shelters. I took the two of them out of their pens but didn't have much hope that magic would happen in that biting cold wind and driving snow. I gave them about five minutes together and I'm not sure how babies got made because first Buda tried from the downhill side and couldn't reach. I turned Snowball around so he could try from the uphill side, and somehow he slipped and fell off part way through. He landed on his back, legs flailing in the air. Snowball turned to look at him, and before I could reposition her, Buda went for it again. But this time Snowball was backed up almost into the electric fence! Buda tried to breed, touched his butt to the hotwire, then leaped off and fell on his back again. There were no more attempts after that, but somehow a miracle occurred because Snowball never came back into heat. Those little bucks must be potent! I was hoping to spread the breedings out like I usually do, but because the boys were a lot more efficient than I realized, we have five does due in one weekend! The only one they didn't get to that week was Ziggy. I was determined that she would get bred on a later cycle because she was so small, and I was sure she would get bred on the first try. I did not expect that more than one or two of the big girls would get bred on the first try!     

I can't wait to see what the stork brings in the next few days! Keeping my fingers crossed for lots of boys!]]>
So far Mocha and Skeeter are looking the ripest. Skeeter started revving up a huge udder about two weeks ago, but it's subsided a bit in the last few days. I think she may have triplets but of course it's always hard to tell. I hope she's just exaggerating and has twins. 

Mocha is also looking quite ready and was feeling a little gooshy in the hindquarters this morning. Guessing twins for this one.  

Sadie looks nowhere near ready even though she's technically due tomorrow. As usual, she hardly looks pregnant, but she's such a tall, deep-bodied doe that she conceals her condition very well. I hope she's deceiving me and carrying twins. 

Snowball looks like she'll have twins, but she looks like she could hang onto them for another month from the looks of her body and udder. I hope she doesn't take after her mother, Tigerlily, and go a week past her due date! Tigerlily was nearly always overdue and it drove me nuts. 

Little Isabella is our sweet child bride. She wasn't supposed to get bred but we had a Romeo and Juliet situation. I'd put Buda in the pen with Mocha and left them together for an hour or so. When I came back, Mocha had beat the snot out of Buda and he'd jumped through the fence to get away. Isabella was out with the herd and I suspected she was in heat, but she was so young her cycles weren't very strong yet. Also, I didn't think our bucks could breed anything when they were out with the herd because my four big wethers were intent on defending their ladies' honor. Well, I guess the two of them managed to elope because Isabella never came back into heat and now she's making a cute little udder. She doesn't look anywhere near due, but she's due the same day as Mocha. I suspect she has just one little kid.  

Ziggy will finish out the season on her own. Her kids aren't due until May 11. I think she'll probably have just one, but she may blow up a bit more in the next few weeks and prove me wrong.  

I'm impressed with Buda and Pest. These little guys really proved themselves. Buda's first kids hit the ground a week ago. I'd taken him over to breed Zelda, who I sold last fall to a lady in Rye. I told her this was Buda's first time and that it probably wouldn't take because of his small size and inexperience. But she got bred on the first try. When all of my does came into heat at the same time, I put Pest in a pen with Skeeter and Sadie thinking that maybe one of them would get bred if I was lucky. I honestly didn't think he was big enough to reach either of them, but I figured it would be good practice for next time. 

Mocha was downright hostile toward Buda. The year before, I'd tried three times to breed her to Scout and she rejected him each time and pined for Sonic. I finally had to put her with Sonic. Mocha was pining for Sonic again this year, but that romance wasn't going anywhere. Mocha immediately beat up Buda and chased him away when I put him in a pen with her, so I naturally expected no kids from that first date. Imagine my shock when she never came back into heat! Buda must've been sneaky, determined, and just plain fast to get the job done on that big, mean girl! He did his job and then beat a hasty retreat and busted down the electric fence to get away. That's when he met Isabella. 

Snowball's date was a fiasco. She's also a big, strong girl and I had her with little Pest on a day with very bad weather. I couldn't lock them in a pen together because all the goats needed their shelters. I took the two of them out of their pens but didn't have much hope that magic would happen in that biting cold wind and driving snow. I gave them about five minutes together and I'm not sure how babies got made because first Buda tried from the downhill side and couldn't reach. I turned Snowball around so he could try from the uphill side, and somehow he slipped and fell off part way through. He landed on his back, legs flailing in the air. Snowball turned to look at him, and before I could reposition her, Buda went for it again. But this time Snowball was backed up almost into the electric fence! Buda tried to breed, touched his butt to the hotwire, then leaped off and fell on his back again. There were no more attempts after that, but somehow a miracle occurred because Snowball never came back into heat. Those little bucks must be potent! I was hoping to spread the breedings out like I usually do, but because the boys were a lot more efficient than I realized, we have five does due in one weekend! The only one they didn't get to that week was Ziggy. I was determined that she would get bred on a later cycle because she was so small, and I was sure she would get bred on the first try. I did not expect that more than one or two of the big girls would get bred on the first try!     

I can't wait to see what the stork brings in the next few days! Keeping my fingers crossed for lots of boys!]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4693 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:19:03 -0700 Taffy]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4693 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9_YXGVmco..._t3ee8_u9u]]> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9_YXGVmco..._t3ee8_u9u]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4485 Sun, 30 May 2021 10:50:58 -0600 Taffy]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4485
It'll be interesting to see how they do today.  Will Leif still pout?  Will Lex just lay down and chill right away?  Goats are always so entertaining!


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It'll be interesting to see how they do today.  Will Leif still pout?  Will Lex just lay down and chill right away?  Goats are always so entertaining!


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I just got the pregnancy and CAE/CL/Johne's tests back, and everyone is pregnant including Mocha!! I tried breeding Mocha 3 different times and I was sure she didn't take. She was with Scout twice and Sonic once, but she never seemed interested in either of them and I eventually had to give up. She seemed to come into heat again after I'd already wethered the boys so I was sure we'd just have to wait until next year for her. But now I find out she's pregnant after all! YAY!!! I'm not sure which breeding took though so I'm going to have to really keep an eye on her. I wrote down three different dates and which buck she saw on each, so once she kids I should know which buck was the father. 

The CAE/CL/Johnes tests all came back negative. (WOOHOO!) I know my goats are healthy, but it's always nice to see confirmation in writing. 

Sadie is the first gal due around April 15th. She's only barely starting to show and I hope she's not carrying another single. I really want her to have TWO babies this time (two bucks hopefully!). She has an abundant udder and she's such a long, tall, leggy goat that I'd love to see some packgoat babies from her. 

Skeeter is the next one due (late April) and she already looks like she swallowed a watermelon. She didn't look pregnant at all, and then suddenly in the last two weeks she blew up like a balloon. She's definitely acting pregnant now too. She suddenly got very bossy and everything for her revolves around food now. (That may partly explain the sudden expansion--it's not ALL baby weight!)  

Snowball has been quietly but noticeably getting larger lately. She's not due until late May, but she looks like she's been working on a secret project for which she is very protective. She's taken the opposite attitude from Skeeter. She's gotten more demure and cautious, particularly around feeding time. She doesn't engage in head-butting fights or get too close to anyone who might hit her. She's shy and gentle and quiet--the complete opposite of her mother Tigerlily. 

Mocha, as I stated earlier, is our wild card. I have no idea when she is due or who is the father, but I'll certainly keep everyone posted when I find out more!]]>
I just got the pregnancy and CAE/CL/Johne's tests back, and everyone is pregnant including Mocha!! I tried breeding Mocha 3 different times and I was sure she didn't take. She was with Scout twice and Sonic once, but she never seemed interested in either of them and I eventually had to give up. She seemed to come into heat again after I'd already wethered the boys so I was sure we'd just have to wait until next year for her. But now I find out she's pregnant after all! YAY!!! I'm not sure which breeding took though so I'm going to have to really keep an eye on her. I wrote down three different dates and which buck she saw on each, so once she kids I should know which buck was the father. 

The CAE/CL/Johnes tests all came back negative. (WOOHOO!) I know my goats are healthy, but it's always nice to see confirmation in writing. 

Sadie is the first gal due around April 15th. She's only barely starting to show and I hope she's not carrying another single. I really want her to have TWO babies this time (two bucks hopefully!). She has an abundant udder and she's such a long, tall, leggy goat that I'd love to see some packgoat babies from her. 

Skeeter is the next one due (late April) and she already looks like she swallowed a watermelon. She didn't look pregnant at all, and then suddenly in the last two weeks she blew up like a balloon. She's definitely acting pregnant now too. She suddenly got very bossy and everything for her revolves around food now. (That may partly explain the sudden expansion--it's not ALL baby weight!)  

Snowball has been quietly but noticeably getting larger lately. She's not due until late May, but she looks like she's been working on a secret project for which she is very protective. She's taken the opposite attitude from Skeeter. She's gotten more demure and cautious, particularly around feeding time. She doesn't engage in head-butting fights or get too close to anyone who might hit her. She's shy and gentle and quiet--the complete opposite of her mother Tigerlily. 

Mocha, as I stated earlier, is our wild card. I have no idea when she is due or who is the father, but I'll certainly keep everyone posted when I find out more!]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4337 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:20:16 -0700 Taffy]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4337
Today I saddled him up for the grandkids to ride.  Three year old Jasper and Hunter didn't want to get off!  Three year old Noah said being on Bourbon was too high.  Plus he was playing with a remote control car which took precedence.  We have a 1/4 acre area for the 4 grandkids to play on with a big hill and figure 8 track.  Bourbon made a lot of laps around the track today and up and down the hill.

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Haven is 5 now and too big to ride Bourbon.  However, she is all about leading him, going on walks with the goats and me and filling Bourbon's panniers with rocks she finds.  She is really into rocks and I gave her a rock tumbler for Christmas.  It's a gift all of us are enjoying.  I have a feeling Bourbon will be carrying a lot of rocks when Haven and I go hiking this summer!


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Today I saddled him up for the grandkids to ride.  Three year old Jasper and Hunter didn't want to get off!  Three year old Noah said being on Bourbon was too high.  Plus he was playing with a remote control car which took precedence.  We have a 1/4 acre area for the 4 grandkids to play on with a big hill and figure 8 track.  Bourbon made a lot of laps around the track today and up and down the hill.

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Haven is 5 now and too big to ride Bourbon.  However, she is all about leading him, going on walks with the goats and me and filling Bourbon's panniers with rocks she finds.  She is really into rocks and I gave her a rock tumbler for Christmas.  It's a gift all of us are enjoying.  I have a feeling Bourbon will be carrying a lot of rocks when Haven and I go hiking this summer!


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Bourbon is #1 so I can just picture him eating hay out of the feeder and quickly swinging his head to the side to warn off another goat - catching his teeth on the feeder bars.

Today I finally got a decent photo of his teeth when he was eating grass on our walk.

He's getting quite the "new look" with the scar on his nose and his crooked teeth!


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Bourbon is #1 so I can just picture him eating hay out of the feeder and quickly swinging his head to the side to warn off another goat - catching his teeth on the feeder bars.

Today I finally got a decent photo of his teeth when he was eating grass on our walk.

He's getting quite the "new look" with the scar on his nose and his crooked teeth!


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Today he was dressed up as Santa with his packs filled with toys.  He was such a good sport about it!


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My son and his family wanted to take family photos with Santa Bourbon.  All Bourbon wanted to do was love on Hunter!  He was rubbing his head on Hunter and giving him kisses!  It was adorable!


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I'm SO in love with Bourbon!

(yeah, I know the britching isn't fitted and the pannier has hanging parts)]]>  

Today he was dressed up as Santa with his packs filled with toys.  He was such a good sport about it!


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My son and his family wanted to take family photos with Santa Bourbon.  All Bourbon wanted to do was love on Hunter!  He was rubbing his head on Hunter and giving him kisses!  It was adorable!


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I'm SO in love with Bourbon!

(yeah, I know the britching isn't fitted and the pannier has hanging parts)]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4288 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:09:25 -0700 Nanno]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4288
Mocha came into heat today and I put her with Scout, thinking they'd make a nice little pair. Unfortunately Mocha was not impressed by our smaller buck. She kept running from him and trying to get with Sonic on the other side of the fence. Scout did his level best but I'm not sure he was ever quite able to get the job done. When I finally let Mocha out of the pen she seemed more enamoured with Finn and Skeeter than with the bucks. I sure hope these "breedings" actually took in spite of my doubts and I hope our other does are a little more friendly with the bucks. If Skeeter would settle down and quit teasing the other girls maybe they'd give the boys a chance!]]>
Mocha came into heat today and I put her with Scout, thinking they'd make a nice little pair. Unfortunately Mocha was not impressed by our smaller buck. She kept running from him and trying to get with Sonic on the other side of the fence. Scout did his level best but I'm not sure he was ever quite able to get the job done. When I finally let Mocha out of the pen she seemed more enamoured with Finn and Skeeter than with the bucks. I sure hope these "breedings" actually took in spite of my doubts and I hope our other does are a little more friendly with the bucks. If Skeeter would settle down and quit teasing the other girls maybe they'd give the boys a chance!]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4208 Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:10:57 -0600 Taffy]]> https://www.packgoatcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4208

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