Shots,Tags, and Weaning

Today was a bit of an ugly one here. After separating Ella and Tisa from their Mom at night this past week, today they did not get to join Vinegar at all.
The carrying on all day gave them laryngitis. Then it was past due for the April kids' CDT shots, so that got checked off the list. All the kids then needed to visit Mom for a bit of comfort, but not before watching the other two get their shot.

Zuri and Zahra nursed away their pain. Then the older twins needed to get tagged to leave the farm.
These are the required scrapie tags.While they were yelling, might as well give them one more thing to yell about, but the pain was quick, and they are all set to move to their new home.

Ella and Tisa have one more day to get all grown up.

CUTE VIDEO OF ELLA AND TISA IN THE BARN

I think Tisa is too mad to talk!

Steal Hay While the Ice Melts

Well, not exactly. In the past month, we have had cold weather and lots of snow.
Hence, no browse or even "gut fill" for the animals to get to, and with the cold, they need that much more energy to just keep warm. Its all been under snow. More snow then they can reasonably paw down to. Also, on the cold, windy days, staying in the shelter was the most reasonable thing to do. So we have gone through a lot more hay than anticipated by this date, and we had to get another truck load before it gets cold again.

The day had been filled with practical chores like giving the goats CDT inoculations, and trying to figure out a new ailment just discovered. Yet to be resolved. This is a work in progress.