Rewind

I just had to post this again:  Maverick and LuLu are now a year old and no more goat babies until next spring (fingers crossed) so I just had to have a fix of these adorable ones again

Sometimes you just have to butt heads with your mother

Eloise and her mother, CoCo

Sometimes kids just don't see eye to eye with their parents.  I think CoCo started this one but LuLu just isn't afraid to take her on.  None months in a goat's life must mean she's a teenager.

At the end of it all they go back to loving each other.

The art of the barbiche and pampilles

"Barbiche" is the French word meaning a growth of hair under the lower lip...in other words a "goatee".  Who best to have a goatee than a goat herself?  Sunny and CoCo got their beards at about 8 months.  Well the babies are now 9 months old and it was time to take a look at their chins.

Eloise

Look carefully LuLu's barbiche is starting to grow.  She is a beautiful doeling, isn't she?  She and Maverick both have "wattles" or extra skin baubles where the jaw ends and the neck begins.  En Francais= "pampilles"

Now here's a MOAB (mother of all barbiche)

Sunflower wins the prize for a fabulous Barbiche.  And Yes she likes to have it brushed along with the rest of her.

Maverick selfie with pampilles (wattles)

Well no goatee yet for this young man but he still likes to find my lap every afternoon to snuggle into for a nap.  I like it too...especially when the sun is shining in the barn on a really cold day like today.  Snuggling with a goat is the best.

Relax! Enjoy your day!

LuLu an Maverick- morning nap

soaking up the sun on Christmas Eve

Goat Olympics!!!

 Have you been watching the Rio Olympics?  Of course you have.  We learn that the athletes train for years to be fabulous at what they do.  But look at these babies!!! They are 13 days old and LuLu can jump three times her height!!

high jump

How does she do it?  Just like the Olympians.  Practice

Maverick has been practicing too:

balance beam
Maverick on Sunflower

Goat baby update

We love to watch these little guys grow

blue eyes

mastering the chair

a girl and a goat

Welcome CoCo's new babies!

Well we try to plan these things but nature knows best.  After watching CoCo closely for two weeks without babies I decided to give her a rest - we adults just didn't figure out the right daddy or the right due date.  But Wednesday when I arrived home from work there were two new kids JUST born.  After just a day and a half they are out exploring the barnyard

new family

Eloise

Maverick