Coyote in the goat yard!
I have a handgun, but I now see why my hubby keeps bringing up our lack of shotguns. We just had a coyote in the goat pen. Luckily we...


Babies coming soon?! Â YES!!!
Valentine's Day UPDATE: Our baby is here! Winnie and Val had a blue-eyed buck tonight. He is healthy and happy, as is mama. His barn...


Our new (amazing) hoop house
We've been working off and on for a couple weeks building a hoop house for the goats, and it is almost done. I spent the last few months...
Babies coming soon?! Nope.
UPDATE: After a month of going back and forth..."Will she?!? Won't she?!?" I decided to take Winnie to the vet for a pregnancy test. ...
Rut 2.0: Val meets the new girls
Val was THRILLED when I brought home 2 new girls last month. Check out the video to see what I mean. (He really gets going about 30...


Welcome to our new LGD, Kacha!
We got back from our 13 hour drive to pick up Kacha, a Karakachan puppy we got from Dr. Sponenberg. She was living with her siblings,...


Chickens!
We found a really solid coop for $50 on Craigslist. I already had bedding and chick feed left over from the ducks. We will be building...
Ivomec Dosage for Goats
My standard disclaimer: I am not a vet. Anything I say here is based on my hours of research reading other people's posts online,...
Checkers HATES shots UPDATED
UPDATE: We gave everyone their second round of shots, and - much to the chagrin of my husband, who was going to video tape the meltdown...
Rut?
Yesterday I had the goats out of their paddock while I was cleaning up our patio area. They were loving the fresh weeds, trees that...