well, i have quite the dilemma having lost my camera cord (which of course i put in a place that i would never lose it, guess what?) to upload pictures of our newest additions. Chloe and Gloria.
So i guess I will just have to tell you about them and hope I find my cord lately.
Chloe and Gloria are 4 month old Boer goats. This simply means that they are meat goats. They were born around Memorial day and arrived at our house on August 20th. Chloe has a black head and is the smaller of the two, so it's only fitting that she would be my goat. Gloria is way bigger with a brown head, so of course she is grace's. I can't even pick up gloria anymore.
Now, how did you get goats? you may ask. Well, i told my dad that i wanted goats at the beginning of the summer just because I thought it would be fun. He told me to ask the vet. After having that conversation I sorta decided that I didn't really need them because I just wanted to play with them.
Well, we went to my cousin's wedding on August 20th, and we arrived home from the wedding and what were those funny looking things taking up my calf hutch but 2 goats!!
Since we got them, I have tried to walk them at least once every 2 weeks. It basically resulted in Grace and I thinking we were going to kill them so we just picked them up and walked them to the barn to show our mom that we could walk them that far. Grace has since not walked them. I learned that I need to let the goat think that it's in charge when walking her, so I put on her dog collar and leash and stand behind her. She then runs around the hutch trying to get back in with her friend, and of course there's me, super slow and out of shape, chasing after a goat that has ten times more energy than me. I'm sweating by the end of this excercise and the goat just seems very upset with me.
I will continue to see how good I can get them trained and keep you posted. Maybe grace will have to try again.
I have more to update on but for now that's all. Have a terrific week!
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