newton's the goats journal

[newton the goat]

Oh that face, the 2 pictures must be seen in series, I wonder if the picture of the week could be 2 pictures.

"What ARE you doing"
"Sigh"

And the last picture - bride in her gown in the background. Sure hope your sister wasn't wearing her "wedding clothes"!

If I can be inquisitive, who are the wedding couple (No I don't mean names!)

The couple is actually my dad and his girlfriend (well now wife) and my sister had already changed out Of her Wedding clothes thankfully, because I handed her a bucket of corn and my flock went insane! She had hoof prints all the way up her back !!

And if those ended up picture of the week my sides would hurt from laughing ! It would be amazing lol

 

[Bruce]

I think you have to submit them for consideration.

Congrats to Dad and new wife!
Now we know why he took the tractor into the muck, his mind is temporarily a mess from this getting married thing and he isn't thinking straight

 

[newton the goat]

I think you have to submit them for consideration.

Congrats to Dad and new wife!
Now we know why he took the tractor into the muck, his mind is temporarily a mess from this getting married thing and he isn't thinking straight

How do I submit them?

And ya lmfao that would explain it

 

[newton the goat]

I think the calfs recognize me now.

If one of them spots me or smell me, they will start yelling and won't stop until I come into the calf pen.... even if its just one of them. once one of them starts yelling all of them start lol. The farmer has me in charge of 6 calfs altogether soon to be seven once the new calf is off of mom.
Here are a few of my girls I care for:
532 was yelling at me so this is her face after I told her to stop

This girl will soon be weaned off milk and she knows it, she is not very happy and has recently been showing her dislike by chewing on my fingers when I stop her from drinking the other calfs milk....

each calf has a big personality and you can definitly tell when something isn't right, one heifer I've been told to keep an eye on... she's been having difficulty eating and I may need to bottle feed her tonight, the past couple mornings she's been showing a loss of appetite and has been acting weird, if she doesn't finish her food tonight I need to bottle feed her again and then reteach her to drink from a bucket... it's kind of scary being put in charge of creatures that farmers make profit off of, because if i screw up there is 70,000 to 80,000 gallons of milk down the drain (if that, idk how much they produce in their lifetime)
This is the little girl, I hope everything turns out well with her, I'm making sure to keep the farm hands updated on her condition so they can watch her too.

I hope she's alright.. I've been told calfs are fickle things....

Switching topics here, newton has been introduced to the sheep in the pasture. It's really quite funny to see them interact, Ramsey and newton playfully sized up then both decided it wasn't worth it, and after a couple of little playful movements and a few times of launching themselves off of the cement tube they went their seperate ways. She took her kids to one side of the pasture, and he and the flock to the other. So far we have only let the goats and sheep be together under supervision but I am hoping soon that they will be ok together not that they aren't already. There has been no conflits between the two so far, so hopefully there are none in the future.

 

[Bruce]

How do I submit them?

For the caption contest:
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/caption-contest-submissions-pictures-needed.29236/

For POW:
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/picture-of-the-week-pow-information-submissions.10826/

 

[newton the goat]

For the caption contest:
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/caption-contest-submissions-pictures-needed.29236/

For POW:
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/picture-of-the-week-pow-information-submissions.10826/

Thanks, I sent in a few photos lol let's see how they do

 

[newton the goat]

So with a bit of instruction from the farmer... I attempted to teach this little boy how to walk on a halter.. let's just say it wasn't the most productive.... I needed to keep reminding myself he's only like 5 days old... dang i think all my patience got lost during newton's pregnancy... gonna need to work on that lol.

when I tried getting him to lead like the farmer showed me .. he flopped down .. like legs straight out to the side like one of those plastic model cows.... and just laying there... I had to physically roll him back on his stomach.... this is going to be fun

So besides his stubborn streak... he is really affectionate and cute lol

Sadly we can't take the other little one home as well....
Well anyways, I need name choices and lots of them (topic : nature based or just goofy names or sweet names) any ideas? Because I'm stumped...

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sprinkles....he looks like vanilla Ice Cream with chocolate Sprinles....

 

[Baymule]

Shoofly
Juju
Barney
Jackson
Pickles
Kazoo
Tater Tot
Oreo
Fergie
Halo
Hershey
Panda
Sir Loin
T-Bone
Rib Eye
Hamburgler

 

[newton the goat]

Shoofly
Juju
Barney
Jackson
Pickles
Kazoo
Tater Tot
Oreo
Fergie
Halo
Hershey
Panda
Sir Loin
T-Bone
Rib Eye
Hamburgler

Omg I can imagine it now... just shouting out something like sir lion (hamburger, t-bone, ribeye) come!! And my neighboors thinking I'm more of a whack job than they already do I saw my neighboors kids the other day so I said hi... according to the daughter they have been told they aren't sopposed to talk to me (or my family ) mean while she's the crazy lady that kept her pig in the chicken coop with the chickens.. (there is a story behind that, that I would be willing to later tell if anyone is interested ) she has a tiny little shed with chickens in it that only see the light of day through a tiny window.. poor birds... well who cares if she thinks I'm a I'm a little crazy/weird since I talk to my animals to be honest everyone in the neighborhood knows she's even more so in different ways So let's see if we can find the awesomely best and weirdest name out there lol.
Btw @Baymule I Love All The Names You Came Up With And @CntryBoy777 sprinkles is really cute thanks