HankTheTank and Ownedby3alpacas Journal

[HankTheTank]

Second day of Spring Break!
So far, it seems that I'm going to spend my entire break painting my room. Which is just fine by me, because I love to paint :bun AND, bringing out my inner dork here, I am doing one entire wall in chalkboard paint. I will now be able to write on my walls WITHOUT being yelled at

I think I'll have to bring Hank in to see it....maybe I can teach him to hold chalk in his mouth and draw? Or tie it to his tail

 

[HankTheTank]

I got to bottle feed kids at 4-H today And my favorite doe at work, Carmel, had her kids at mignight last night. Not a fun experience for anyone involved....lots of screaming and two VERY large kids. But everyones ok now, and Carmel is taking a well deserved rest, the poor girl. The kids are adorable, a little black doeling with white ears and nose, and a brown buckling who looks just like his mom

I'm officially looking for another goat now, too. I've decided Bonnie might do better with a friend, as Hank and Elf are best buds and Bonnie is left with Colin, who doesn't really get the whole "let's be pals" idea.

 

[HankTheTank]

I got a spool for the goats today!! They seem to like it, though I don't know if Bonnie is tall enough to get up there. Either me or Ownedby3alpacas should be getting some pictures up soon

I'm going to take a guess and say that Bonnie is pregnant, though what I originally thought her due date was must be waaay off. She is looking quite plump lately, her udder may be getting a little bigger (hard to tell with her, but when I shave her I should be able to tell better), though there hasn't been any discharge or anything. *sigh* waiting, waiting.....

Hounds are so gross I just had to pull a piece of paper out of Freddie's mouth, and he was DROOLING. It was SOGGY. And it was part of one of my CD covers....horrible animal (I'm kidding! I like that guy) He also likes to eat socks, though I don't see how they could taste very good. It's not easy retrieving things from his mouth, either. The big baby just goes limp, and you have to wrestle him around like a giant rag doll with jaws of steel. Yuck

 

[Ownedby3alpacas]

At Hank's request, a spool was delivered to their home for the enjoyment of the herd

Bonnie supervised as HankTheTank put duct tape over the hole in the top

HankTheTank was the first to try it out

Hank and Elf inspect the new toy carefully

Elf is hesitant about the spool and runs back to her trusty tire

not finding it satisfactory as usual, she tries her stairs

not finding her usual enjoyment in the stairs, she tries out the spool

She calls Colin over, but he is not impressed

so she calls Hank to take a look

Elf hops off, Hank hops on and declares the duct tape the best he's ever tasted

Best Friends Forever

you may have wondered what Bonnie was doing during all of this.....

Hank rushes over to HankTheTank and shows his gratitude by chewing on her vest

:bun

 

[HankTheTank]

I think Bonnie was too short to jump up there either that or too fat. She watched the others fooling around on it with me, that second to last picture is me finding out if she would hold the duct tape on her nose....she wouldn't

 

[Ownedby3alpacas]

We were told Bonnie was bred.....anyone think she looks pregnant? When do you think she'll kid?

these are pictures from a week or so ago, i think (HankTheTank, do you remember when?)

these are from yesterday

(sorry, she was chewing )

 

[HankTheTank]

Just got a call from someone I know, said she got two goats and now she couldn't keep them. Wanted to know if I would like them, so I told her to bring them by and I'd take a look at them (they were Nigerians too!). They were ADORABLE!! They were wethered brothers, who had just turned a year old. They also had horns They were so cute though! One was red and white, my absolute FAVORITE color of ALL TIME for ND's. The other was brown and white with spots all over his face. I am looking into another goat, but these two were bonded (I can only get one more) and had horns, so I had to say no I really liked them though....

 

[HankTheTank]

I found a home for Bonnie's kids already! My friend Emily lives on a farm that has a farm market, and there's a petting zoo in it. They were thinking about getting goats for it, so everything should work out very nicely. This way, I know that they're going to a good home and I can visit them if I want Also, I'm thinking about getting a full size dairy doe, though I'm still thinking....

 

[HankTheTank]

Happy Easter everyone!

 

[HankTheTank]

Hope everyone had a great day! I shaved Bonnie's udder today, I think I did a pretty good job....I'll try to get some pics up sometime. She kicked quite a bit but she's so tiny I could just hold up her whole back end with one hand and clip her And I've come to a conclusion: she's either pregnant or she's swallowed a beach ball, she is ROUND! And I think she's started to get a bit of an udder Hoping for kids soon