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Showing posts with label Red Heart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Heart. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Shirley and Sassy

This is why I'm glad I didn't get a trade for Cash for Clunkers. Goat transport. You don't fret too much when your goat pees three times (at least), and poops once, as you are going down the road, driving a ten year old car. I just hope the smell is gone tomorrow.Today I picked up Trinity from her arranged marriage and honeymoon at my goat mentor, Shirley's place. I also got another lesson from Shirley. Today it was goat tattooing. I wish I had more hands to take pictures, but I was attempting to learn fast, so I could go solo on the next one. Trinity's brother needs his done also. Each ear has a set of letters and numbers to identify the farm of origin, and the birth year (X =2008) of the animal. I also got a few new kid pictures for those looking for their goat fix. I hope this is a preview for next month.
This lovely face belongs to Sassy. I took a liking to Sassy. She was actually quite mellow, considering...
...what the rest of her looks like.
Sassy had triplets last year, and Shirley thinks they are expecting triplets again, any time now. Sassy is quite impressively wide.
This is Red Heart. If you remember, he is Trinity's mate. We now mark the calendar and wait to see what the two of them come up with. I like his personality as well as his look. A friendly guy.
Red Heart gazing fondly as Trinity is leaving.
All the kids in these pictures are only 24 hours to a week old. They are small for such a short time.
And they grow up so quickly.
Eating hay already!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Trinity Is Dating

OK. Its a little more serious then that. Its an arranged marriage.
Sigh! Will it work out? What are these people thinking? She should be allowed to find her own true love.
Well, here on the farm, Trinity's choices are slim to neutral - I mean neutered. Its her twin brother(and he's willing!), or the three males that have been castrated, and can just be friends.
We visited my goat mentor Shirley yesterday, and she has three available bucks. The oldest, mature buck is close to three hundred pounds and I thought back to Twee last year as a young doe being overwhelmed by Bucky. Scratch that.
So I chose from the two younger and smaller bucks.
I liked this homegrown boy that Shirley has. Red Heart.
I like his look and his temperament, and his traditional coloring also.
I think Trini was playing it cool, but I think she is going to like this guy.
He is a bit forward, but that's what this is all about!I think they make a nice couple.