Bitti's Baby

 

After getting Thing 2 and her baby all situated yesterday morning I decided to walk back through the barn (just in case).  Well, as soon as I walked back into the barn, I heard the tell tale signs of labor.  A quick check confirmed that Bitti was in labor.  .......Now.......Bitti is just a wee bitt NUTS!  A quick hand a lot of luck and I was able to catch her and then spent the next 30 minutes coaxing her to the baby barn.  Got her all situated and then went and finished our morning chores.  She waited on me to finish and then she delivered the cutest little girl.  :)  I spent quite a bit of time with her trying to bond.  I would even rub the baby, getting her birthing fluids on my hand, and let Bitti lick me and clean my hand.  I actually thought that we made a lot of progress yesterday.  Today, well, today she is back to being crazy.  LOL

 

Here is a picture of her little girl.

 



Thing 2's Baby

 

Yesterday morning when we went out to do the morning chores, I did a quick walk through and to my delight Thing 2 had just delivered a beautiful little doeling.

 

Thing 2 is Airi's daughter.

 



BayB's boy

 

When she was two we let our grand daughter pick a baby goat for her very own.  She picked one of the best ones, in my opinion, and named her Baby (we spell it BayB).  Now, when you say her name, be sure to add quite a bit of that southern drawl and you will have the pronunciation just right.  LOL

 

Well, BayB had her first baby last night.  She delivered a boy and not only is he jet black, but he is drop dead gorgeous too! 

 

BayB is a daughter of Wings.

 



1st baby of the season!

Tiana (daughter of Taboo) delivered the first baby of the season this evening.  It's a boy and he is gorgeous!  Luckily, Tiana gave us plenty of notice with this cold weather and everything went like clockwork.  Mother and baby are both doing great!  :)



Winter Storm 2013

We have spent the last several days preparing for this winter storm and I know that most of you have heard me complain about the heat and the drought and the rain and so forth, but for the record, let me just say that I HATE snow and cold!  And I hate snow and cold most of all!

There was a time, as a child, that I remember loving the snow.  Even when we lived in town I loved the snow.  Looking back I realize that I loved it because I wasn’t really responsible for anything, at least we weren’t responsible for livestock.  Oh we had livestock when we were growing up and we helped with the chores, but we weren’t the ones who were “responsible” for “everything”.  Now, it is a whole different story.

All of the chores take at least twice as long.  You bundle up in layers and can hardly move and then you go back and forth and back forth in the snow and before long it feels as if you can hardly take another step.  We can prepare for many of the farm chores.  We button up the barns and get plenty of hay into the barns before the storms hit, but the most difficult chore (to me) is making certain that all of the animals have plenty of fresh warm water.  In temperatures like we are having (and we are fixing to have), plenty of fresh warm water is just as important as food and a warm house to the girls and let me tell you……..when you are carrying warm water in 5 gallon buckets, these girls drink a LOT of water!  LOL