Queen Mum's Dancing in the Rain

[Queen Mum]

Awww Queen Mum, you wouldn't know what to do with yourself if you didn't have Houdini driving you to frustrations. You just got to love that little stinker. Give him a cart. Get him a job to help you. Maybe it will keep him out of trouble. "Idle hands....."

Sorry to hear you have a bully in with your Mamma and Brownie. Hope this bully doesn't hurt your little girls.

K

Wild Thing is not Wild, she is misunderstood. Today, I found out her achilles heel. Dried banana peels. She will actually come to the gate and beg for them. She's not bullying Mama and Brownie. She's just finding her place in the 'herd'. She's only three years old.

She just needs a home where she will find someone who will take the time to get to know her. Apparently she will go to the milkbarn to be milked. And she stands on the milkstand just fine. She's just not a bottle fed girl so she's a bit out of her element here, where all the does are handraised and a bit more easy going.

She is for sale. Cheap. Purebred Saanen doe. Bred. Nice papers.

 

[Queen Mum]

Donnabelle,

Houdini shall look forward to meeting you too. AS will those two little babies, and Mama and Brownie and Ian and Trump Card and Jelly Bean and Wild Thing and all the other Nubians on the Farm.

Hopefully, Houdini will see fit to give you a tour of his enclosure.

 

[Ms. Research]

Awww Queen Mum, you wouldn't know what to do with yourself if you didn't have Houdini driving you to frustrations. You just got to love that little stinker. Give him a cart. Get him a job to help you. Maybe it will keep him out of trouble. "Idle hands....."

Sorry to hear you have a bully in with your Mamma and Brownie. Hope this bully doesn't hurt your little girls.

K

Wild Thing is not Wild, she is misunderstood. Today, I found out her achilles heel. Dried banana peels. She will actually come to the gate and beg for them. She's not bullying Mama and Brownie. She's just finding her place in the 'herd'. She's only three years old.

She just needs a home where she will find someone who will take the time to get to know her. Apparently she will go to the milkbarn to be milked. And she stands on the milkstand just fine. She's just not a bottle fed girl so she's a bit out of her element here, where all the does are handraised and a bit more easy going.

She is for sale. Cheap. Purebred Saanen doe. Bred. Nice papers.

Glad you found her achilles heel. It's always a good thing to find out what can attract a misunderstood animal. Hoping you find her a forever home with people who will understand her.

K

 

[Queen Mum]

Wild Thing is going to need it. She is so hormonal right now. She is a shy thing. And she is HUGE! As in she is a very big goat. If she can be tamed a bit, she will make one very nice family milk goat. She does great on the milk stand and gives tons of milk.

Anyway, Houdini ate out of my hand today! WOW! And so did Jelly Bean. AND they got their copper bolus. So they will both be having pretty tails to show off soon.

Houdini's coat looks great! Jelly Bean's finally getting a nice coat. She looks really plump and is now almost three months pregnant!

 

[Queen Mum]

Houdini came right up to the fence to eat out of my hand. I am so PROUD of him. He is getting really brave about eating from my hands. Now if he would do that when I am IN the pen! Pretty soon I will be able to give him treats! Then I will have him in my clutches. He won't be able to resist me.

Jelly Bean is a bit more tentative, but in the bigger picture she is more trusting.

YAY!

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Houdini came right up to the fence to eat out of my hand. I am so PROUD of him. He is getting really brave about eating from my hands. Now if he would do that when I am IN the pen! Pretty soon I will be able to give him treats! Then I will have him in my clutches. He won't be able to resist me.

Jelly Bean is a bit more tentative, but in the bigger picture she is more trusting.

YAY!

YAH HOUDINI !!! I'm excited to hear about all the adventures of Houdini and his cart !!!

 

[Queen Mum]

Jelly Bean is looking better and better. Her hair is coming in very nicely. I can hardly wait until she has a full coat instead of that ratty woolly undercoat from being so undernourished from before I got her. I want to brush it all out of her, but I'm afraid she still needs it. It is very cold here. Houdini is soft and silky and jet black now.

Both of them stand at the fence and holler for their daily alfalfa now.

Mama and Brownie are unhappy that they aren't getting all the attention. But Brownie is going to the milk room now for her daily grain. (In preparation for babies.) She RUNS to the milk room, all excited. She's so CUTE. She LEAPS on to the milk stand and is very good about being "prepped" for milking.

Mama wants to go to the milk room too, but she already knows all about it.

Trump Card and Ian need more attention.

 

[Ms. Research]

Jelly Bean is looking better and better. Her hair is coming in very nicely. I can hardly wait until she has a full coat instead of that ratty woolly undercoat from being so undernourished from before I got her. I want to brush it all out of her, but I'm afraid she still needs it. It is very cold here. Houdini is soft and silky and jet black now.

Both of them stand at the fence and holler for their daily alfalfa now.

Mama and Brownie are unhappy that they aren't getting all the attention. But Brownie is going to the milk room now for her daily grain. (In preparation for babies.) She RUNS to the milk room, all excited. She's so CUTE. She LEAPS on to the milk stand and is very good about being "prepped" for milking.

Mama wants to go to the milk room too, but she already knows all about it.

Trump Card and Ian need more attention.

Aw with your loving care Queen Mum, Jelly Bean will have that soft and silky hair like Houdini.

Love to hear that they holler for you. And love to hear that they are vying for your attention. They truly love you.

So excited you are where you are and that all your sweeties are settling in.

K

 

[Queen Mum]

Jelly Bean came up to me IN the pen today and took food out of my hand... She was ever so gentle and tentative. It gives her the 'food advantage' over Houdini. And he knows it, but he still doesn't want to trust me not to 'grab him'.

I know that's the issue and I am going to have to be extra patient with both of them. I need them to completely trust me so I can handle them when I really need to. I've got to get them to comply with trust and not force, now that they are in a safe place.

In the meantime, I'm working with two does that are needing to be milked daily and they are a HUGE challenge. Both of them came from another farm and they have to be forced to go to the milk room every day. I hate doing that. But it has to be done.

There is Sitting Sally. (because she likes to sit down on the milkstand). She's getting better about it. Now she only sits down on the milk bucket for a few seconds, and then stands up because it is uncomfortable. I give her raisins as reinforcement. And an udder massage at the end of it all. She's pretty good about going to the milk room. But she hates the LGD's. They scare her. If they come around she stops dead in her tracks and waits till they go away.

And there is Shakin' Shandy. Because she shakes like a leaf on the milk stand. Right now she is my biggest problem. She refuses to walk to the milk room at all. Last night I had to pick her up about 50 feet from the door and carry her the rest of the way to the milk room. She weighs 150 pounds. She was quite surprised when I picked her up. This morning she just laid down in her paddock. So I put a halter and a harness on her a slung a rope around behind her tail. She did not like that at all, but was more cooperative about going. I gave her a treat every time she took a step. But by the time we got there, she was mad at me so she wouldn't put her head in the stanchion so she calmly stood on the milkstand BACKWARDS while I milked her and she stomped back to the barn where I gave her a treat.

The PILL! I'm going to change her nickname to Polly the Pill.

 

[Queen Mum]

We moved the milk stand to the place right outside of the girls pen. Tonight they jumped right up on the stand to be milked. Not a problem. Well that solves the problem for now. Until it gets really cold or rains.

Houdini and Jelly Bean are all happy about eating out of my hand today. As long as it is yummy stuff.