What is This?

The neighbors came for a visit.
They are very nice neighbors.
They are nice neighbors even when they don't bring us treats but when they bring us treats they are the best neighbors in the world.

Do you know what is in that bucket?
Well maybe I will keep you in suspense for a while.
Maybe you will guess, maybe you will not.

I will maaa to you that the neighbors were using a press to make juice.
Can you guess now?
No, not apple pieces - PEAR PIECES!

And they brought them over for US!
Isn't that nice?

The publicist shared them around so we all could enjoy this very tasty treat.
Do you think the boys found the pears to be yummy?

I think they did!

Then she gave some to my studmuffin.
He gobbled them right down.
And then he burped in her face.
Bwamaaahahahaha!

Then it was our turn in the doe pen.
Somegoat couldn't even wait for the publicist to spread them around.
Any guesses as to which goat that might be?

Uh-huh.
AbbyGoat!
Of COURSE!
She at them right out of the bucket.
How RUDE!

The publicist put some pear pieces in different places so we could all enjoy some.
Thelma and Louise actually SHARED.
Shocking, I know!

I really enjoyed these pear pieces.
They were so sweet and delicious.

Oh, you are wondering about little Bernadette?
Well she had never seen pear before.
What did she think of it?

What do you think?

So all of us goats here on the Farm thank our very nice neighbors for the unexpected and yummy treat!
We really enjoyed it!

Get Out of the Way.....

I am warning you!
The publicist is letting loose the beasts!


If you cannot see the movie you can watch it on YouTube HERE

If you are anywhere near that stampede in the morning you will get TRAMPLED!
It is worse now because they are bigger.
The publicist took this video a MONTH ago.

Silly kids!

A Time to Wean, A Time to Whine

If you ask me the publicist should have put those boys in a pen by themselves a month ago.
But no one asked me.
She said she was busy.
She said she was getting enough milk.

Whatever.

She finally got around to it and those boys are all by themselves now and I have to listen to the noise.
"Maaa, maaaa, MAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" all day long.

And they poke their heads through to my pen.
What do they think they will gain by this behavior.
It isn't going to be a teat that's for sure!

One of them is going to get stuck.
Boy that is going to lead to some MAAAAAS.

Then there is this:

They get their hay in the old laundry basket.
But silly boys!
How can you eat your hay if you have turned it UPSIDE DOWN?

This does not help....
No wonder they maaaa. They are probably hungry because they are messy and spill their hay all over or they knock their feeder upside down.
Silly, silly, silly boys.

Well, it seems they can still find something to eat.
The publicist says they need to learn. She is not going to give them more hay.
She says they have horns. They can butt their feeder back over.
(I'm inclined to agree.)

So she left them to their silliness.
And she heard a noise!

I guess they are not so stupid after all.

On the Goatwalk

May I present to you today a little goat fashion show.
That's right.
Goat fashion!

The boys and little Bernadette all got new collars and they were strutting around showing them off....on the Goatwalk!

Of course Bernadette was the cutest goat model in the show.
How could she not be?

She was stylin' in her new blue and orange polka dotted collar. She knows how to STRUT!
I think, though, that she will soon grow out of her cute little collar and need a bigger size.

Continuing with the polka dot theme I now give you Rudy the goat sporting a bright blue with lime green. It just POPS against his fur.

His brother, Ricky the goat shows that toughbucks CAN wear pink. His collar is pink with green polka dots. (Ignore his erm, commentary there - he really LIKES his new collar.)

Next up are the argyle twins starting with Mick the goat. His collar is an updated classic argyle of purple and black. Just stunning on his cow-like fur.

 Last but not least is Keith the goat wearing a bold red argyle. But he can carry it off with aplomb! The pattern even matches his two tone horns.

We are nothing if not stylish here on the Happy Goats Farm!

I do hope you enjoyed our little fashion show today.
On the goatwalk, the goatwalk.
I will be there, I will be there....on the goatwalk.


ps:  the publicist got all of the new collars from Chewy.com! They are actually DOG collars but don't tell the kids. She paid for them with her own monies. She is very happy with them - she likes the bright colors!

AbbyDay - It's HOT

It's AbbyDay - the best day of the week. I want no discussion of my being a grandnanny again. I am not old enough to be a grandnanny.

RIGHT?

It is back to being hot again.
H.O.T.

So hot that all I want to do is sit.
Sit in the shade.

Little Rudy did some exploring but not much.

He soon settled down with his brother.
The dirt is so cool.

Even Thelma and her kids were trying to stay out of the sun.
I don't blame them.
Our temperatures are back up into the high 90ies.

It's too HOT.
I'm going to nap now.
Wake me up when it's cool, OK?

We Got Trouble. Right Here in Superior

We got trouble.
Right here in Superior City.
With a capital B

FOR BERNADETTE!
How can a cute little goat like this be TROUBLE?

Well I'm gonna maaa you!
SHE IS AN ESCAPE ARTIST.

All little goats learn to escape their pens.
It's part of growing up.
BUT THEY DON'T DO IT WHEN THEY ARE JUST THREE DAYS OLD.

You read that correctly
Little Bernadette has learned how to escape her pen.
At THREE DAYS OLD!

She did it THREE TIMES on Friday.

She met her cousins Mick and Keith the goats.

She met her cousins Ricky and Rudy the goats.

She met her grandmaaaa AbbyGoat.

SHE HAD SOME FUN DIDN'T SHE?

I think she is going to be TROUBLE.
What do you think?

The Kids Show AbbyGoat How it's Done

Those kids are SMART goats.
They want to eat pine and they don't want to work so hard to do so.
So those smart little ones figured out a way to have their pine.
AbbyGoat had to horn in on it too!

Of course they do some goat ballet in the process.
Enjoy the dance!


If you cannot see the movie you watch it on YouTube HERE

Aren't they clever?
I'll tell ya - the younger generation has it going for them.
Although little Keith almost bowled the publicist over.
Silly Keith!

The Male Person is a GREAT Guy

Can you guess why?
Because he brought us turnip greens.
The male person - not the publicist!
Wasn't that nice of him?

He came to ME first of course.

He knows how much I love my greens.
He left me a bunch and then he went to the greedy goats other pen.

Thelma and Louise had eaten tasty turnip greens before but Mick and Keith weren't quite sure about them.
They soon learned that if the male person is passing it out it's from the garden and if it's from the garden it's tasty!

The got down to munching.
Smart kids.
But you will note who is stealing them before he can give them to her.

Uh huh - the chief piggie goat!

Just look at her!
She has her snout right up in the greens.

Poor Thelma and Louise.
If they are not careful AbbyGoat will eat them all!

The male person TRIES to pass them out.
(Can you see me in the background enjoying my greens in PEACE?)

But somegoat is always there sneaking them out from the bottom of the pile.
Hey wait a minute!
Like nanny, like kid!

Abby is teaching little Rudy to steal the greens too!

Boing, Boing, Boing!

The kids are bouncy, bouncy, bouncy!
If they were not goat kids I would think they were related to a certain character who has a top made out of rubber and a bottom made out of springs!

They do make for fun watching and lots of laughs around the Farm.
In this movie you can see Thelma's twins, Mick and Keith doing what goat kids do best.
Beware the call of the rooster!



If you cannot see the movie you can view it on YouTube HERE
And what do they do best? BOUNCE!
Little Rory joins in at the end.


They never seem to stop!

I wish I had some of this energy. It would be a good thing for an old goat like me.

The Kids Have Names!

Farm Cat Friday is postponed this week as the publicist is behind on things due to her baaaaad headache.  She has let me pick the names for the kids (finally).

So without further ado, please meet:

Rudy

Rory

Ricky

Thanks to Robin Larkspur!

and....

Mick

Keith

Thanks to Sparkle's human!

I will have the publicist contact them later today to get their addresses so that she can mail them their prizes.

I thank everyone who entered to name the kids. There were a lot of them for our little Farm this year. The publicist was just plum out of imagination.....