No more Mondays!This is my new statement. The past two Mondays have been stressful, to say the least. Last Monday was a disaster filled day. This Monday was quite stressful at school. It was one of those days that you wonder what you are doing, and why.
But then I have the drive home, and as I leave the city and ease into the countryside, the stress just melts away. By the time I get home, I am a different person. Each day requires and inspection of all critters to see if they are alive and well. Right now that includes the thirty baby chicks and the just born kids. The very first order of business is to feed my bottle baby. As I am feeding him, I make a visual inspection of the other goats, trying to get a quick head count. Oops, one is missing. Time to take a further look. As I am working my way around the pen, I hear a very faint baa, and lo and behold, a new kid. Okay, I should be on top of this by now but we weren’t sure this particular goat was pregnant. We had checked stats on Sunday night, because we have one that is so immense, we can’t believe she is still walking. It appeared she will be about a month yet, really? So as we go down the list of bred goats we observe that, oh yeah, Oreo may be pregnant and due in the next day or two. I guess Oreo was pregnant and we now have the spitting image of Oreo, or Oreo Part 2. This little one is cleaned, dry, up and feeding, wow!
That took a whole lot longer than expected, so off to baby chicks. Oh no, security breech, we have several chicks that have escaped the cage and are running in the large coop with the others. This can be bad as small as they are. One of my escapees is the one we affectionately call road runner. She has a top knot, long legs,and a wiry body. She is running around the cage and can’t seem to figure out what the deal is. Why are all the others inside and she is on the outside. Easy fix, open the door and she runs in with all her friends, wow scary out there!
Well all babies are happy, and now off to the grown critters. The rest of chores go off without a hitch. By 7:00 we are all finished and heading for the house. Dinner and off to bed.