A Morning

Rise and shine it’s time to get up! *yawn* it’s almost 7:00 and I’m headed out to the barn. Want to come along? [It’s a great way to start your day!]

I trot [metaphorically] into the kitchen. Mom is bustling around the kitchen getting the milking supplies ready and Papa is tying his shoes. They greet me with a smile and “hello princess”. My morning has officially begun!


milking supplies {milk pail-w/strainer- and mug full of
hot water and a tad of bleach- cloth}



I run up to the barn and am greeted by a “chorus of animal hellos”.

I turn on the barn lights and get a scoop of grain. -- Cocoa jumps up on the stand and I clean her udder with the cloth and water/bleach solution. Finally its time to milk!

Cocoa & I

Finished [w/Cocoa]



Once Cocoa is done, it’s time to milk Marshmallow! Mom was able to get a short video clip of me milking Marshmallow. Here it is; {I hope it works}



When all the milking is finished, it’s time to feed the other barn animals.  They are always so excited to see you! [Especially if you have some feed]



Feeding our 2 dry [not in milk] does

Noodles & Mocha...



Elaine + Eliza [and 11 other hens] = noise!

 I feed the chickens and watch them peck at their corn. [I wonder what it would be like not to have teeth?]
--- [a little later] I'm finished with all the barn chores.

 I walk down from the barn...The sun peeks out from behind the clouds and I hear the school bus go by. Geneva starts barking and runs to chase the cats. The wind rustles through the leaves and flows past me.  Meanwhile sleeping things begin to wake and birds chirp.
-This is why I love mornings!-

I walk into the house and Mom takes the milk pail from me. She puts the milk through another strainer...

and pours it into a pot- because- she’s decided to make Cottage Cheese!

Well, thanks for coming along with me this lovely morning! [Sorry this post was done hastily]
Anyways, have a wonderful rest of the day :)

You can see the last post I did about my morning here

Tue. Goat Show.

Last week was our Fair week! Tuesday was the goat show, this year we showed five (5) goats. The show started at 8:00 AM. So, we had to get up a little earlier :)


Mom woke us “sleepy” heads up, around 6’ish and got us moving. We rolled out of our cozy beds and slipped into our clothing. Thankfully we had already gotten our *show outfits* ready the night before!
Then Mom French braided my hair while Joanna (a friend who spent the night) braided Abigail’s.

After a few finishing touches, we were off to the fair!
We made sure our goats were clean and "sparkly" and then off to see what the line-up was.

First the Market classes started and then (in a separate ring) the Fiber and Dairy Classes.

The Market Classes went as follows:
Lightweight
Medium-weight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight

There were 49 Market goats there this year.

There were also:  Boer breeding does, Fiber goats, Pygmy, Nigerian Dwarf, Crossbreed, Nubian and Alpine classes. (Of the above there was around 50 or so)
Then to round it all up there were Showmanship classes for different age groups!

Abigail showed first in Lightweight. Champion placed second in his class!

Abigail showing! 

 

Noodles and I 

Blossom and I 

She placed first in her class! 

Abigail and Mocha (She got first)

--- 

Lincoln and Jake (He got second)

Waiting for Showmanship to start

When all the classes were finished, it was time to start showmanship. I was so nervous!

Lincoln and Jake got a first place ribbon in their class! 

Abigail got Intermediate Showman Reserve Champion. W/Mocha

Blossom and I got a 4th

It was all very exciting! We even had our own little cheering group : )

My thanks to everyone who came to wish us well! It was so nice having you there and it really made us feel special :) Thank you Papa and Mom for all your hard work, I know it wasn't easy!

Well, that was show day :) I still have at least one more post to do about the fair.... which should come later this week!

    TTNP,
          

  Zoë

My Day~

My day started this morning when I woke up at 5:30 AM. Papa and I were going to deliver Onyx and Skylar (2 of our bucks born this year) to their future home.


SIGHT AND SOUND!!!


*note*---I had posted both sets of twins on craigslist last Friday and that night they had all already been sold! Our two doeling’s (Carmel and Eloise) went to a nice Mennonite family and we sold our two buckling’s to Sight and Sound.---


Anyways…Back on track! Papa and I drove to Sight and Sound, to drop off the two buckling’s. -I was so excited!- Papa drove back behind the buildings and under a tunnel (where some props were being made) to the barns. Then we meet up with Sherwood; (who is the animal director for Sight and Sound) and handed over the goats.

Then he took us on a personalized tour to see all the animals.

"Come on!" -Papa and Sherwood-

Our greeting choir!

Jacob Sheep (see the 4 horns!)

Sheep 

Some of the dogs! 

Chester 

Am I a Zebra?   -No, I'm not! Fooled you- (A girl who works here is really good with hair dying so she painted me with black stripes...I'm really a all white pony) (cool, huh?)

Mr. Donkey 

"Well, Hello!" 

A camel named Jericho...made the funniest sounds!

2 pot bellied pigs

Miss Llama 

A white Zebu Cow 

and a black Zebu cow (they have humps on their backs!) 

I remember seeing this big guy in a show before! 

"Neigh" 

There were so many other animals there, sorry there is not more pictures!

-(the stunk's, cats, rodents and other small animals are kept up in  the theater)-

Papa and Sherwood! 

Sight and Sound! 

The main doors~ 

After that, Papa and I left for his work (at a hospital)… I had a fun time “shadowing” him, and seeing him work! *I cannot post about this, because it would violate rules* Then we came home ate supper, and then we took 5 of our goats over to the Fair (which starts tomorrow)!

I have so many things to post about, so come back soon :)

Thanks for stopping by!

       Zoë

Twins Again! {Skylark & Carmel}

Another set of twins has been born here on the family farmette. We are so excited!

This morning Marshmallow had her kids. They are still wobbling around getting used to life, but everything went well and Marshmallow is very proud!
There is a brown doeling and a white buckling. They are so cuddly and soft!


(I know you want to see pictures!) 

Carmel (doeling)



Skylark (buckling)



 
Don't you agree!!! Aren't they precious?
 
 
--We had company this week; from Quebec and New York...but unfortunately no pictures were taken :(
Suffice it to say that everyone had a wonderful time and forgot to take pictures! Sorry...--
 

P.S. Don't forget to go see my post on Onyx and Eloise (our other twins)