They are still very cute, growing nicely, and have learned something already! At night they get a bottle of milk last thing. They only get it once they are 'in bed', in the out building. Now when I say 'go to bed', they make a bee-line for it, where as before they did typical goat baby stuff and twined in an out of my knees, making walking slow, and at times dangerous.
I have plans to do lots of goat training once they are a bit bigger. Food rewarded, natural behaviours. I hope to teach them to climb, jump, race, all on command, and if I can manage I will be holding goat races with teddy jockeys next summer.
I have seen sheep jockeys and think it is just so funny.
Enjoy some more photos. You can see the little horns starting to grow through, one has dark horns, the other is lighter.
Yes there is a HUGE snail, they are called Burgundy snails helix pomatia
and apparently good to eat - not my thing though!
The goats will be named officially this weekend , thanks to all who participated in offering suggestions.
9th September 2013 was a special day for at least two reasons.
No.1 My birthday.
No.2 our goat kids were born.
I had 'pre-ordered' the kids from a local farmer, I said I didn't mind what colour or size, I just wanted two females.
On the 11th September I went to collect them from the goat farm. It produces milk for the goat cheese business. There are about 200 nanny goats there and most of had birthed their kids.
I was handed two wriggling bundles and popped them into a moving carton.
Dear Mr Farmer gave me 5ltr of milk which was all first milk, rich in colostrum and said I could go back for more as I needed it over the next two weeks.
So first night was spent in the box, in the kitchen (well where else!) and then I moved them to the outbuilding.
So I have a question still - what to call them?
Both females, one pink nose, one brown nose. Pink nose is smaller and shorter than brown nose.
Give me your best, polite and child friendly names please.
