Happy Memorial Day

All of us here on the Farm wish our US readers a very Happy Memorial Day.  We hope that everyone remembers the sacrifices made so that we can all have the freedom to live how we choose and to share our meals with friends....both old and new.

I hope you all have a nice day today with friends.

Wordless Wednesday - Pretty Boy

A New Nemesis for the Publicist

Things have been very calm for the publicist lately on the rooster front.
You will recall Blue Guy - formerly rooster, then stew.
Then they decided to attack EACH OTHER instead of the publicist.


But now there is one very old Rhode Island Red Rooster.

He hangs out around close to his chicken house and keeps a watch over his hens.
But he has lately taken to attacking the publicist.

He has SPURS OF DEATH!
(at least according to her)

Hey, she says, "Just look at them! They are close to two inches long!"
She says the last time he attacked her she was left with bruises and there was BLOOD!

Don't let his innocent looks fool you.
She says he is MEAN.

She says he will soon have nothing to crow about.
She is back to muttering about stew and fricassee.

If I were that rooster I would be worried!
But I am not.


Enjoy the view while you can bird.
Enjoy the view while you can.

The Publicist Made a Mistake!

Stupid publicist!
You will recall when I introduced you to our exotic chicken, the Dark Brahma.

I told you how pretty SHE was.
How much the publicist liked her lovely blue and purple feathers.
It is still a very pretty chicken - as chickens go.

BUT IT IS A ROOSTER!
Silly publicist.
She discovered this when she saw it doing the rhumba with a Rhode Island Red hen.
And the crowing might have been another clue.

So this is our exotic ROOSTER. A dark brahma.
Isn't he handsome!

The publicist claims she was thrown off by his small comb.
She also claims it is a good thing she is not a chicken farmer.
She would be in biiiiiiiiiiiig trouble.

I am very glad she knows I am a girl goat.
Silly publicist.

The Chickens Have Their Day

It's only fair that I talk about the chickens of the Farm every now and then. After all they are part of what goes on around here. Of course it is the Happy Goats Farm but I can be a gracious goat and share the spotlight.You see a fair bit of Blue Guy because he always muscles in on whatever is going on but you don't see much of the Rhode Island Reds.

The roosters have grown quite big and are turning out to be rather good looking birds.

Although they are ALWAYS crowing. WHAT is up with that?

Oftentimes one will take a hen for a little snack and then they will dance the lambada. 

They dance the lambada A LOT! I am thinking these chickens are a little erm, relentless.
But this is a family blog and that is all I am going to say. I know the publicist likes having the eggs to eat but she doesn't like being attacked by the roosters.

Would you like this to attack you? 

Wait a minute! THAT's not a rooster! That's Stinky the Farm cat. She wouldn't hurt the publicist....silly Stinky. She must have snuck in the goat pen. THIS is the rooster.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how the chickens of the Farm have grown.

Tomorrow:  Jillian Sits Down on the Job 

Wordless Wednesday - Will it Never End?

Now a ROOSTER?!
 I can't even show my face I am so embarrassed.

This is just not fair. What's a goat to do?



(The publicist messed up my schedule again. It's Wordless Wednesday today. 
Tomorrow will be Goats in the Garden - WHAT?! 
Silly publicist. Someone needs to buy her a calendar.)

Here Chick, Chick, Chick!

I have had several people ask me about the Farm chickens. They haven't disappeared; they are still living in the basement of the publicist's house. She has been known to mumble things about the chickens getting to live in her house before she does. I am not quite sure what this means. It must be some strange human thing....

But anyway the chickens are growing and growing and growing. They will soon have enough feathers to go outside into their chicken tractors. The male person is going to build them this weekend. I have heard rumors of these chicken tractors coming into our goat pens. I am not sure of what I think about this. I do know that Michael the buck is going to butt the heck out them. I mean, he butts the plywood stack so why wouldn't he butt the chicken tractor?



Right now the publicist says the chicks all look like they have the mange. I am not sure what this mange is but after having seen the chickens I never want to have it! Oooooh are they bad looking. Half down and half feathers. They are scary looking. But if you look closely you can now start to tell the hens from the roosters. The roosters' combs are bigger and spikier than the hens'.

The publicist has also figured out the mystery of the little blue mystery chick! Turns out he is a Blue Andalusian. The male person is happy about this because his tail feathers are good for use in flies for the fly fishing that he likes to do in the spare time he doesn't have. It looks like he is going to be a very pretty rooster.

The chickens are still hard to photograph as they are inside under their warming light. And Mr. Andalusian kept running away from the camera. Hopefully when they get outside the publicist will be able to get some better photos. Not to mention the fact that they will be in full feather instead of this mangy current state. They sure do peep up a storm. I was amazed at how much noise they made. Silly chickens!

I hope you have enjoyed this update on the feathered members of the Farm. Now we just have to keep the felines off of the feathers and we will be fine.....

Today is the Day!

Today I am in official spokesgoat mode.


I am pleased to announce that today is the day that our two new soaps will be available in the Happy Goat Soap Shop! If you will recall from this post we are introducing two new shapes into the shop;



The Rooster in the Goat Pen Soap and

The Chicks All Right by Pricilla Soap











The Rooster soap weighs 5.5oz and will cost $5.50. The Chicks soap weighs 4oz and will cost $4.00 but as a special blog offering if you wish to purchase these BRAND NEW SOAPS just mention that Pricilla sent you in the "notes to seller" and you will get a 15% discount. Aren't I a wonderful spokesgoat? So be sure to check them out or I might lose my job - not that this is my ONLY job. I do provide the good, rich milk that goes into every bar of Happy Goat Soap.