Here's Djimon now. He's really grown since our first couple days! He's loose now, has been for some number of days. He's really really good with people, the only thing he still needs work with is halter training. Oh, and I actually had a chance to photograph the size of his horn. When we first got him, they were practically non-existent. In a matter of hours to a day, they were visible bumps. Now, they're getting shape, and starting to curve up and out of his fuzzy forehead.
Now, of course, there's two animals left that I have not spoken of since perhaps the day after we got them. They are the goats - Our LaMancha dairy girls. Zing, the black one, is due in less than 2 months, and Zest, the yellow-striped one, is due in June. Zing is still a sweety, and Zest isn't really as playful anymore but still quite distant. Sometimes it takes chasing her around until you catch her to actually put her to bed in the barn at night. One new thing that I have yet to catch on camera though is their almost daily "fights" now. Not sure if it is play or not, but during or after their breakfast, I have twice now caught the girls ramming their heads. Zest is always the one to pack the most punch, rearing into the air and coming straight down - But Zing is the one who resists the most. I just hope it doesn't hurt the babies inside them!
^ Zing and Zest approaching me, with all the chickens foraging behind. You can just see the bratty look on Zest's face! She always gives a sharp look at you. She's pretty bad right now - Her favorite thing to do is go up in the corner nearest the chicken coop and stand up on the fence. It tears down the chicken wire that lines the bottom of the fence, allowing the chickens to get loose from their pasture.
I love your blog! Love your photos! Love your animals! Love that you have a yak!!! That's so awesome. And I am cracking up at the image in my head of shooting naughty, standing goats with paintballs.
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