newton's the goats journal

[newton the goat]

Here's hoping a couple of babies calms her down!

Im hoping if she does have triplets to try and convince josie to take one since im betting she is going to drop singles like her mother plus she tried to steal saras daughter earlier this year lol

 

[Bruce]

Lol she is such a goof and works herself into such a frenzy if i even so much as look in her direction.

Sounds like Teddy and Laddie. About the only reason they will stay in their barn alley if I approach is if they think I've got their alpaca maintenance pellets with added sweet feed. They do SOMETIMES stay if I say "Hay" and slowly open the gate then the stall door where the hay is stored.

 

[newton the goat]

Omg stud alert guys! I managed to get some gorgeous photos of romeo

He was nice and docile today so i even managed to braid his mane!

And take a look at the curls on his wnter coat

Lets compare his old stud shot to his new one!!!!!
From when we first got him

Today!

Look how hes grown up!!!!

 

[Baymule]

He sure is handsome!

 

[newton the goat]

He sure is handsome!

Im so happy with how he has filled out!

 

[Bruce]

Cleans up good!

Is the hair on the front of a ram's neck really called the mane? I thought that was the hair on the back of the neck on horses, etc.

 

[Baymule]

A male lion's ruff around their neck is also called a mane.

 

[newton the goat]

A male lion's ruff around their neck is also called a mane.

Exactly what i was going to say! @Bruce barbedos and katadhins have a mane almost like a lion. It tends to bush out more ag the front and seems different compared to a lion but truly its quite similar

 

[newton the goat]

So after desperate attempts to get litters pf kits from my girls i finally gave up and sold ginger and sable. I was tired and frustrated and decided to look for another pure bred flemish. Preferably one with color besides fawn or brown. I oreferably wanted blue but that seemed to be more difficult to find than others. As i was starting to give up on my search i decided to venture into my near by auction since it was poultry and bunnies every friday. Somehow i came across this gorgeous girl. Awesome body structure nice and plump with an obvious winter coat meaning she was in a barn or outside and was used to the cold and amazing coloring though it may not be blue like i hoped she is still beautiful. I grabbed her right out from under a russian womans nose out bidding her sucessfully resulting in a good glare and an annoyed remark under her breath "I hope you know how lucky you and and have enough of a brain to realise what you have". The only real problem this poor girl has is a serious case of ear mites that i am working on treating.

Excuse the mess behind her that is really the only place that had good enough lighting to catch her coat pattern. So far she is nameless so suggestions are welcome.

 

[Baymule]

She looks like a chinchilla color pattern. Pretty girl.