I looked out about 2:30am to see snow on the ground. When The Farmer got up to go to work, I got dressed in layers of warm clothes and went out to take pictures. I’ve got a bunch I’ll put up later, but right now I want to feature our goat kids kicking up their heels and having fun.
The cold weather doesn’t seem to bother these little guys. They’re jumping and playing and running as fast as their little legs will carry them. Just check out the little video below:
The twin goat kids will be 1 week old tomorrow. It doesn’t take them long, however, to start jumping and skipping around all over the place. This morning when I put some hay in the pen for their Mama, they decided it would be fun to crawl all over it.Making a mountain out of a molehill…. uh, hay pile.
Goat mothers must be very long-suffering, because their kids are full of antics!
Most of the time Cinnamon just keeps on eating and ignores her youngsters shenanigans.
Kids! They get into everything!
Every once in a while, they do stop long enough for a scratch or to take a nap.
Hold on a second! I’ve got an itch.
Whew, I’m tired. How about a little nap?
They’re mighty cute little guys, and at least while they’re little, they don’t cause much real trouble. That comes later, when they hit the goat equivalent of teenager and adulthood. Then it’s find every hole in the fence you can – or make one! Find ways to open gates at every opportunity! See if you can break into the feed room or hay storage!
That’s when cute becomes incorrigible. And I’m not kidding!
In the mornings when I go out to do chores, the chickens always come running because they love me so much. Okay, maybe it has more to do with the fact I always throw some cracked corn out first thing.
The guineas aren’t far behind, and rush in to get their share. It seems every critter on the place loves to munch on cracked corn. Even wonder dog Toby will lick some up now and then.
However, the top of the food chain here is the goats, and when I let them out, they chase everyone else away.
And just what do you think you’re doing, trying to eat MY corn????
For that reason, the goats are always the last critters I let out of the night pens, but I always make sure there’s some left for them to have a morning treat also!
It seems the only critter outside that never wants their share is the cat, Spot. I guess he figures that corn isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
