Well, I've learned a couple tricks with my camera, so - Here's our two new goats we got two days ago! The first is Zing, a black LaMancha. The second is Zest, a yellowy striped black LaMancha. They are earless, yes - It is a part of the breed. They are just a month shy of being a year old, and Zing is surely pregnant, due April. Zest may be due in June. Then, we're getting the milk!
These photos were taken just this morning - And as you can see, we got frost. For the first time in quite a while. But, the glorious and rare sun will melt it all down as the day moves on! In the second photo, Zest is standing on a 2x10" board that I nailed between one stump on a hill and another on the ground - And in Zing's photo it is another board nailed between two equally high stumps. Both of these are great fun for the goats - Especially Zest. I just knew all these extra stumps will come into handy! Pretty soon they'll get more used to me not being around them 24/7, and they'll go have fun on the (perhaps 100?) stumps sitting around the pasture!
In other pictorial news - The chickens are not liking the goats. The goats got into their coop countless times, tried eating a couple of the chickens, and constantly head-butt them if they're near their food. It is a bad competition - I have already lost 3 eggs because of the goats. And today, with the frost, the chickens aren't even going out to the pasture yet. It is really cold, so they're all huddled up behind their coop where it is safe. It was a good time for me to get photos of all the girls, though. Including the newly marked and leg-banded Wyandottes. Here's Yellow, one of the two moms to my almost hatching eggs! Isn't she beautiful?
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