[AG-EQ] Goats have arrived!

Wed May 27 00:50:09 UTC 2020

Is Homer a whether?

            Jewel

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From: "Tracy Carcione via AG-EQ" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 1:55 AM
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
Subject: Re: [AG-EQ] Goats have arrived!

Hi Susan.
Does Homer like the new arrivals, or are they ignoring each other?  Or are
you keeping them apart until they get used to each other?

Did you get chickens, too?  What kind did you get?
Tracy

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From: AG-EQ [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of dogwood farm via
AG-EQ
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 8:18 PM
To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
Cc: dogwood farm
Subject: Re: [AG-EQ] Goats have arrived!

Tracy,

It is very exciting!  I can't wait to actually get my hands on them.
They are understandably skiddish being in new surroundings.  Matt was
unable to put them in their barn stall tonight.  I told him to just
leave them to explore their pasture space on their own and they will
venture into their stall when they want water and their feed.  It is
not going to rain or storm until later this week.  Homer says he
doesn't know what all the fuss is.  He went into his stall, got his
feed and brows, ate his apple slices from Matt and then the barn stall
door was shut.  Come on girls, get with the program!  lol

I vote for Jewel's beast to cause the most trouble!  lol  My luck, I
would have trouble times 3.

Since I have yet to tuch them, they are shorter than a Lab at the
shoulders.  The three of them are rather rolie polie.  Cloey is coffee
colored and white with no horns.  Blossom is solid light tan fading to
cream on her belly and legs with no horns.  Bloom is a slightly darker
tan with white spots and 4 inch horns.  Cloey and Blossom are about 3
years old and Bloom is younger.  All three of them have beards.

He has been outside 3 times since he has fed up at the barn.  In fact,
that is where he is right now, seeing if they have made it into their
stall yet.  I again told him to don't shut them in just yet, give them
a day to check things out in their own way.  Just go ahead in the
morning with his normal barn routine and they will soon catch on.  He
has always been this way with new animals.  You should have seen him
when we first got our 9 week old chickens.  They were peeking at each
other through the chicken wire almost nose to beek!

I was really surprised Homer took to his horse ball.  Now I am sorry
we didn't get one for him sooner.  He is just a grumpy, sweet, old
fart and he will be missed when it is his time.

Hugs, Susan

On 5/25/20, Tracy Carcione via AG-EQ <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Wow Susan, how exciting!  They sound so cute!  And smart!  You and Jewel
> will now see whose beast can cause the most trouble!
> How big are they?  I've met regular-size goats, but not dwarfs.  Are they
> like Labrador-sized?  But then my lab is only 60 pounds, so he's not a big
> guy.
> That's sweet your husband is so into the new girls.
>
> My friend's shepherd has one of those horse balls, with some of the air
let
> out.  I never thought of animals like horses and goats having toys, but
> it's
> nice they do.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AG-EQ [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of dogwood farm
via
> AG-EQ
> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 4:23 PM
> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> Cc: dogwood farm
> Subject: [AG-EQ] Goats have arrived!
>
> Tracy,
>
> Well, our goats have arrived, however, they came with a gift.  Cloey
> and Blossom came with a friend, a third female dwarf neubian named
> Bloom.  Yes, our two goats turned into three goats.  Thank goodness we
> made their area big enough for future additional goats if we wanted to
> expand later.
>
> They told my husband that if he didn't want the third goat, then they
> would just take her back.  Yeah right, once my husband took a look at
> those 3 rolie polie goats, there was no way he was going to let go of
> any of them.  To Matt, they were definitely a package deal!  Within no
> time, they were jumping and butting each other as if they were on an
> afternoon romp.  Matt was right in there with them, down at their
> level and they came right up to him.  Matt is going to have to watch
> them when he is with them so he is not taken by surprise when they are
> romping with each other.  Bloom has 4 inch horns while Cloey and
> Blossom do not.
>
> Right away Cloey had Matt scrambling.  We had put bungy cords at the
> top and bottom of their exterior gate.  Cloey reached up and was
> tugging at the bungy cord and snapping it back like a big rubber band.
> Well, that wouldn't be lasting very long before that would be fraid
> and snapped like a broken rubber band!
>
> Last week, Matt gave our larger goat Homer one of those balls for
> horses to play with.  Man, Homer really likes it.  He noses it around
> and moves it with his front legs.  I think we are going to get the
> same thing for the three girls.  We have something similar for them,
> but the ball is attached to a rope.
>
> So, now comes the learning process for us.  Books and articles are
> wonderful, but hands on is going to be the best learning curve for us
> at this point.  I will keep you up to date on the Dogwood Farm goat
> adventures.
>
> Hugs, Susan
>
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