Almost kidding season

May 11th our goats are due to start kidding. I'm really hoping the weather is decent so they can kid outside. We raise percentage Boer goats. The does were all bred to a fantastic buck that looked as good in person as he does on paper. We're really looking forward to seeing what kind of kids he throws. He is a fullblood Boer buck. He was with us for only a short time. We drove for hours to meet and buy him. Then he bred mostly all of our does and I got a phone call asking if I had a buck for sale. After hesitating for a second I decided that yes, I guess I did have a buck for sale even though I didn't even know I did. So, a couple came, fell in love w/ him and away he went. Off to another farm to sire yet another group of kids.

Little guests help with chores

Friday night we had guests from New York that helped with chores. The littlest boy was the biggest helper! He filled water pail after water pail and carried them to the milking cows. The family enjoyed watching the cows come in and feeding them their grain for dinner. They helped feed the goats, pet the bunnies and get the eggs.

We have 4 batches of bunnies at the moment and 5 baby (kid) goats. We even had a calf born during the night when our guests from New York were here.

Tonight we are expecting visitors from MA. They are hoping to arrive on time to help w/ chores too!

Haunted Hayride

Benson Vol Fire Dept is holding their Haunted Hayride this weekend in Vermont. It runs again tonight, 7-10. The 8th grade is selling concessions. Chile, hotdogs, burgers, etc. Come get yourself frightened in the dark spooky woods!
Our oldest is here for the weekend! Love it when she comes. Also another friend from CT is here.
Poultney town wide tag sales are on our agenda for today.
The leaves are great. The weather has been trying to cooperate. Come on up for a visit!

The first kid of the season at a couple hours old.

We are now up to 14. We had twin does born this morning and have several more on the way but they're not coming for a while yet.

Today's mother is named Belle. I think she's going to name the twins Liberty and _______??

They're keeping us busy.

Bottle babies

Anyone have any spare time and care to bound with some really cute babies? Baby goats, that is. We have 6 bottle babies at the moment. They are sooooo cute and funny to watch too. If anyone was planning a visit and couldn't decide when to come? The time is now. Especially if you wanted to help with barn chores!

2 New Kids

Kidding season has begun! Yesterday we had one little buck and one little doe. They are both white with reddish brown heads with floppy ears. Kinda cute!
I started cleaning up the flower beds the other day and worked a bit more on that today.
The temp got up around 50ºF.

Another snow day!

Snow, sleet, freezing rain here in Vermont today. Kids just left to go up to their fort. Their fort is awesome! It's a tree fort. It's up in the woods. They brought their sleds and their calves. Yes, calves. They have a special corral for them up there. They made it themselves. They bring hay and the calves are happy all day. I wish my son's snowmobile wasn't in the shop. I don't like to go out alone. The roads haven't been touched by the road crew yet. That's the best riding.

Skating anyone?

I heard the ice is thick enough to skate. If only it wasn't so darn cold........yeah, I know, then the ice wouldn't be thick enough. But geezum crow yesterday it didn't get above 10ºF! And we're going to go outside and play?! I guess we'll have to find some wood for a fire. And you know what that means.......Marshmallows!!

Rain and crazy temps

Two days ago it didn't get out if the teens. Actually I don't think it got above 10º! Last night it was about 47º at 10pm. And now it is about 32º at 3:30 in the afternoon and it's been raining all day so we are in for a frozen mess. Girls called to say after school activities have been cancelled.
The goats are still outside. Since it was so warm this a.m., we let them out. It is breeding season, so 150 days from now we should have baby goats coming out of our ears! That is when you really want to visit even though it will be mud season. They are the cutest little things ever!