Farmer Life 168

These pictures were before we moved Jasper to the buck pasture.  They are soooo filthy!!! I will NEVER use those molasses protein tubs again.  The buckets are so much cleaner.  Dottie was so cute flirting with Jasper, rubbing her face on his neck. I wish this wasn't blurry.  Taz was leaving the little feeding pen we have set up (so the goats can get in, but not the horses) and he stopped halfway through to look back over his shoulder.  So cute. I love how they still group up with their kids during nap time.  Topaz is on the left with Taz and Tanzanite and Garnet is on the right with Andesine and Champ.  They are all so adorable.  Since these were their first kids it makes me wonder how their relationships will change when they have their second set of kids next year... it will be interesting to see.  Coral is getting so much better about being near us and not running away!! In both the picture above and the one below hubby was crouched down t...

Disclaimers first.  The brown stuff on the goats' faces is molasses.  The red (and blue) on their bodies is paint from the marking harness.  There is no blood on any of the animals.  Also no animals were hurt during the showdown.  Hehe. Now I'll explain a bit on some of the pictures, but I'm going to mostly let them speak for themselves because there are a bunch of them so it's going to be a long post and it's late and I'm tired. Breeding season is over so Jasper moved with his sons Champ and Taz to the front pasture away from the does.  Jasper is so huge! So the main point of this post is that we turned Dottie, LeeAnn and Big Mama out into the big pasture with the other does, the horses and the donkey.  It was quite a showdown! LeeAnn reared up at Amethyst, but sweet Ammy was easily intimidated and ran away. Dottie was the dominant doe in her herd and Coral was the dominant doe in her herd.... so when they met the showdown started.  Dottie surpri...