Sunset Creek

After weaning the kids, Jill, our retained yearling, got a promotion to one of the 'big' goats.
She got a big goat collar and modeled it so well that i just had to get pictures. 😁

Weaning day success!

The kids remained fairly calm while weighing, then off to the nursery pen for their breakfast!

Very thankful for my 3 teen helpers who walked the goats to their new digs.

And the moms got to go out for a much needed rest and relaxing time out in the pasture.

And we set a new record by weaning a 75!!! Yes, 75lb single!
Very closely followed by a 73lb twin!

The goats devoured some Christmas trees after the Christmas season!

How many do you think they ate?!
Count if you dare!

When it rains so much and mom takes pity on you and feeds a bale of hay INSIDE the barn (an activity normally reserved for sub-zero temps).
There were a couple brave enough to get their fill from the big bale outside.

And of course a hand dug drainage ditch to drain the front of the barnyard.

8 weeks already! And growing like weeds is an understatement.

We are extremely grateful for all the families that reached out to us to pick out their goats already!
And we are excited to say we have NONE left (a first for us!)

Here are a couple of kids and how they have shaped up in just 2 months. This is a first try at standing nicely for most of them.

When the bellies are full the kids come out to play.
Not sure anyone was crowned 'king of the igloo' today. Better luck next time.

Did you know...

Empty feed sacks make great sleds for children!!

Now you do 😁

When the temps dropped, these kids hit the creep feed HARD!

Guess what time it is!!..Fort Knox time!...
One of the mamas decided to jump in the creep area and eat all the creep feed... so Fort Knox came back for the second year.
Now the creep feed is *Marked Safe* from the moms!! 🤣