The 2021 Goat-O-Rama kidding season is off to a rip-roaring good start with Sadie delivering twins this afternoon in glorious textbook fashion. She waited until the sun was shining and it was the warmest part of the afternoon, she gave us plenty of warning so we could be there, and she plopped them out with minimal effort and no help needed. She gave us a lovely tri-colored doeling who looks almost exactly like Finn (no relation however), and then a flashy chestnut and white buckling. Both are exceptionally beautiful kids and they were up and running around in no time at all. Yay for a great start to the 2021 kidding season!!

More photos will no doubt be forthcoming tomorrow. But here is one to get you started:

Baby goat season is almost upon us!  Sadie is due this coming Monday!  Here’s a picture of her with her kid from last year, Sunflower. I’m doing the stream today at 5pm MST (usual time).
https://youtu.be/md3e1_9CM-8

Hope to see you there!
-Phil

Easter was a subdued event this year compared to pre-panpanic days, but at least we were able to do anything at all. Last year all festivities were canceled so we were happy to be able to participate in a slimmed-down Easter celebration. 

The kids always look forward to meeting our goats at the community Easter egg hunt, but this year the hunt was called off and replaced by a drive-thru distribution of Easter goodie bags. We filled Finn and Sputnik’s panniers with goodie bags and walked up to the cars to deliver them to the kids. We had fun decorating them for the occasion.    

Sputnik and Finn were very generous about reaching up to the car windows so the kids could lean out and pet their noses and feed them some treats that we brought. 

The other day on our walk I found a stray balloon in our pasture. I brought it home and showed it to the goats to see what they thought of it. Since I was handing out treats they didn’t pay much attention, but I soon realized I’d accidentally “fed” the string to Finn when I was giving him a cookie. He was chomping on the string and kind of eyeing the balloon suspiciously and I facetiously prodded the balloon with my toe to see what would happen. I was not prepared for the explosion which followed! 

I hope you are doing well today!  For this week’s stream I’ve got some classic Cuzco moments from 2008 to share with you!  See Cuzco eat things & defend his honor against a small cat!
https://youtu.be/4T0ziwdrV6o

Hope to see you there!
-Phil

Some fun fiddle tunes coming your way today!  Hope to see you there!
https://youtu.be/d6EUsw7AmGw

-Phil

This week I’m going all the way back to 2011, when we only had one goat: Cuzco The Goat!  I’ve also got a special guest this week, Kimberly Hope, my violin teacher.  We’ll be playing a duet of an Irish waltz for you!

https://youtu.be/rcKvT51NDIY

Hope to see you there!
-Phil

This week I’ve got a couple videos of Nibbles!  She was our first doe, and I might have a few stories to tell about her!  (Remind me!)
https://youtu.be/MZjHTddM6SA

Catch you there!
-Phil

When I got her she was an ethereal beauty and so I named her “Stardust”.

Turns out she is more “earthy” than ethereal so now I call her “Dusty”.

Also, she’s half Arabian, half Paint Horse. The first photo is of the Arabian half and the second photo is of the Paint Horse half.

In other news, our Christmas tree was demolished in short order. The goats thoroughly enjoyed every bite. This is what it looked like a day or so after we gave it to them:

Believe it or not, it is even MORE bare now!

This week I’ve dug up some of Nubbin and Petunia’s baby videos from 2013!
https://youtu.be/R8pgPRr9IJw

Hope to see you!
-Phil