Howdy - Something a little different for todays Animal Crackers post - I went out the other afternoon and just sat and watched the baby goats with their normal activity. I could sit and watch them forever. While sitting there I took out my phone and shot a little video for you -
Now hold back the doggies and kitties... cuz there is sound with this :0) So you will hear the babies talking to each other, but so it doesn't freak you out of your chair... the donkeys are screaming in the background. It was really close to dinner time and they were trying very hard to get our attention away from the goats. And before you ask... the loud scream among the donkey hee haws... that is a donkey. That is Ellie Mae and that was one of her lame screams, they are usually much longer and louder. OH and excuse the beep during the video... my phone was dying.
Totally loved Tuco coming over to the fence and sniffing two of the babies. Such a cutie! The head butting just cracks me up. The littlest ones get in there and take on them all!
Hope you enjoy... and don't worry I am out there taking more photos of them at play. Yesterday we enlarged the goat pen by more than double the size. So they are having a blast running and playing. :0) And most importantly... we separated the bucks more! I so hope it helps with the fighting between the fences.
Now I this week I thought I would share some video's I have taken with my phone the last week. I apologize for those that have any problems with videos... I'll be back to regular photos next week -
But for today how about some videos and some cute sounds?
I call this... "Hello... IT IS Dinner Time???" You see "Dad" was getting things together for Dinner, and then his phone rang. He answers.. walks around and then walks away (probably so he could hear!) ... and he is totally ignoring all the "children" calling to him....
Now here you see all the "keeper" girl kids. On the rock is Crissy, Little white one is my bottle baby Sandy, tan her brother Danny. The big black and white talking is Gidget... she is always talking. Then the grey and white standing at the gate with Gidget that is Vera. Very cautious that girl. Then the Black and white coming to me is Alice, and the White with black next to her is Gracie. These two are really starting to be more friendly. Then of course my little one is Olive in the front with her ending cry... she still has that high pitch little scream. And yes she is still very tiny. So tiny we won't sell her for breeding or breed her ourselves unless she gets much bigger... she just is not growing much at all. She is like Hank - You can see Autie pouting in the corner on the outside of the pen... yes... we have had to put up a temporary fix in that area... Dogs want in, and Goats want out... so they pulled the fence apart ... ALWAYS fixing something around here.
You can hear to the side of me Donkey asking for dinner as well and then behind me.. Peso and Cleatus banging and yelling at each other. For those that do no know... Buck Goats or Breeding Male Goats, they have LOTS of issues. I think the first issue.. is the WORST! The smell. Yes they smell HORRIBLE, and in the hot summer it is a toxic bomb that can knock you off your feet. We just won't go into why they smell... Google it or if you just have to know email me. LOL Then they are just nasty.. sticky and very dirty... won't go there either, but it has to do with the smell. And then their attitude - They can be sweet, Frank is proof of that. But many Bucks get attitudes and are protective and territorial of their girls. Because we have not sold Cleatus yet we have decided to give him is own little pen and his own girl friends. He is so strikingly handsome and has Franks blue eyes so why not share the genes? He and Peso lived in one pen before we divided things and added girls... but add girls to the mix and the guys can no longer be friends. And they do LOTS of talking and banging. It would be great if Cleatus would be sold and went bye bye. I am sure he will soon. Then we will be back to just two bucks, Peso and Frank.. well until Hankie is old enough :0)
This is a short little video... no worries about little Hankie and his size ok? He stands up to everyone, and takes them on!! I think he may even have a little advantage as he is so close to the ground that sometimes it helps him with keeping his stance and not moving... LOL
He is a cutie isn't He? Jack and Hutch are the only two little boys we have left to sell. I hope we can sell them this next week, as they are getting older and needs to have homes and decide whether to have them as little pets or save them for breeding and keep them as Bucks. Danny will soon be added to the boy pen then he can be sold. Another 3 weeks I think -
Now I finally did something I have not be able to do in years... it wasn't the best of her screams, but I did get part of Ellie Mae calling out
I do hope you enjoyed the "moving pictures" with sound - I know it isn't the cute face photos we all love, but sometimes you just have to hear what I hear....
Have a wonderful Saturday and I'll see you tomorrow for the first of the Month Whimsy Digital Release Blog Hop!
