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Today I started leash training Chippy. If anyone could’ve seen me, with a lab on one leash and a goat on another, their suspicions that this girl has lost her marbles would’ve been confirmed. So glad I live way off the road and don’t have neighbors. 🤣

I’ve been doing tons of planning, getting ready to finish the fencing on the goat enclosure & planning my chicken runs. Even got their paddock seeded and covered with straw to get get it growing before the need it. Taking full advantage of this social distancing. I’ll post a video and a couple...

I will try that! Thank you!

Ok..... he is flat refusing any milk from the bucket. Drinks water from the bucket no problem. I even dipped the very edge of his lips in the bucket (so as not to aspirate anything) and he is having none of it. Any tips???

Ok, he is flat refusing any milk from the bucket. Drinks water from the bucket no problem. I even dipped the very edge of his lips in the bucket (so as not to aspirate anything) and he is having none of it. Any tips???

Oh I didn’t think of that! Thanks!!!

The feeding chart that I was given said 4 bottles per day until 4 weeks, then down to three a day, the number of ounces to be fed was listed by weight, with more ounces per day as he gained weight, no more than 20% of his body weight to be fed to avoid over feeding? And to start introducing the...

I am currently under stay at home orders where I live, and his siblings live at a different farm. He is also recovering from pneumonia, so taking him over there for the night isn’t an option right now, but I might try that soon as he is healed up and we’re allowed togo out for non-essential...

I wondered about that. He’s taking more during his feedings now and was due to be cut down a bottle in the next few days anyway, according to the feeding chart that I have.

He will be 4 weeks in just a few days. I don’t have any other kids his age to put him with right now because we are all on stay at home orders. I was taking him over to hang out with his brother and sister for goat socializing (so he’s stop thinking he was a human-Labrador 🤣) before all this...

Thank you!!!

I had tried putting it in a bowl when I got him, but he wouldn’t have any parts of it. My dog did teach him to drink water from a bowl, so maybe I’ll give this another shot this week. He’s been with us since he was 2 weeks.

Chip is a Nigerian Dwarf buckling (rejected by Momma) and is about a month old. He nibbles at everything when he is outside, and I keep a selection of hay, cut grasses and grower pellets with loose minerals in his crate. He will mouth at everything, but doesn’t actually eat any of it. Just his 4...

THIS!!!!! I’ve got a few areas that I need the goats to help me clean up, and this was super helpful! Once Chippy gets back to rights we are going to start with the leash training. He might be my problem child though, as he gets MAD if I try and walk away from him. I have been working on...

Thank you! I’ve got awesome friends that have helped me clear & clean up some of the land, and build the goats enclosure. My best friends son is always eager to spend a day at “the farm” and helps with a lot of stuff. I don’t have much building knowledge so I’m learning as I go. I’ve followed...

I can hardly believe all the responses and encouragement I’ve received in just a few days. It really means a lot, as most people think I’m in over my head. Y’all are really great and I look forward to sharing this journey with you. 🥰❣️🐓🐐🐾

My crazy plan is listed above. I haven’t gotten any more detailed than that, and I just dove on in head first 🤣 The farm is about 67 acres. On 5 I have some old barns in need of repair, my tiny house, the first goat enclosure and chicken coop and the family cemetery. There’s about 20 of it...

Labs are such amazing dogs 🥰

Yep! Chip with the black face and Dale with the White...... and I can’t believe I forgot to mention my Smooshy Labrador, Angus. He’s my partner in crime, love of my life, protector of the farm, master ball fetcher and Daddy of Goats 🤣. He’s only met the ladies through the coop fencing, but I...

Pics of Chip & Dale, the farm, and the ladies. They are red comets and I love how they talk to me when I go outside. They didn’t stress out from the move at all and have been laying for me every day since the morning after I brought them home. This week, I plan on opening up their coop to let...