Well I'm just plum confused today. Cassidy has had absolutely no babies. NONE. Not even one. This just puzzles me to the core. Something tells me maybe she was just tricking all of us to get attention - we goats do that sometimes you know. But Cassidy just doesn't seem like that type. I was talking with her yesterday...here's our conversation.
"SOOOOO, Cassidy, how do you feel today?" (That's me talking)
"I feel perfectly fine." (Now this is Cassidy speaking)
"Perfectly fine? Just fine? Then what was wrong with you yesterday?" (this is me)
"Nothing was wrong with me yesterday, I was just tired." (that's her)
"Just tired? Ahhh, so I was right that you didn't get any sleep the other night." (me)
"Who said I didn't get any sleep the other night? I'M PREGNANT. Some days, we just don't feel like being cheery...you should know." (her)
"Oooooookay. I won't ask any more questions then. Because it appears you ARE perfectly fine. You sure are hard to figure out, Cassidy. " (and I walked away as she waltzed off in rage as her emotions took a hold of her.)
Oki dokie. I've got no clue what's wrong or right with her. All I know is that she's very sensitive - and she STILL has no udder.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Officially For Sale and Cassidy's Big News by Charlotte!
Charlotte here! Well it's official. I will soon be a motherless doe. Yes, they're selling my little Bradley!!! He's still little and young! Only 4 months old! Ohhhhhhhh the pain!!!
Gennavieve, Annie, Starlene, Hosea, and Brownie were all put in the city's paper a couple days ago. And THEN those five PLUS the additions of Bradley and Cocoa were sent out in an e-mail as goats for sale! to a yahoo group my goat mothers' family takes part. This is soooooo depressing. How could they? I mean yes, they do own 20 goats...but we can't be that much trouble! Seven of us are being sold....that leaves only 13 left. As hard as it is for me to admit this...I will miss every single one of them with my whole heart!! (especially my Bradley!! (sniff, sniff) ). Oh well. What has to be done, has to be done.
On a more serious note, Cassidy is looking very ill today. All she does is go around moping with sagging eyes and weak legs saying, "Uhhhhh! I feel so aweful for some odd reason!". She lays down all the time, paws the ground, and then gives BIG yawns - I mean, did she get any sleep last night? When the goat mother came out this morning to let us out of our pen, she inspected Cassidy quite a bit. She felt her back end, looked at her udder, felt her stomach - and then she said...."Cassidy, it looks like you're going to kid today!". WHAMMMMM!!!! You have got to be kidding me?! She barely has a stomach and doesn't even have an udder yet. Well, see I figured out that's the problem. By over hearing my goat mother talking to herself, I have now come to understand what is wrong. Cassidy is pregnant. Her ligaments are gone, she's pawing the ground, yawning all the time, laying down and getting up - all the signs are there except that she just doesn't have a full udder yet. THAT'S WHAT'S WORRYING THE GOAT MOTHER. Something is not right. Although she did say that sometimes the udder doesn't form until RIGHT before she kids or even afterwards. Apparently she's worried that they baby inside could be premature. Never the less, Cassidy should kid sometime today - we will all see what happens....can't wait!
Gennavieve, Annie, Starlene, Hosea, and Brownie were all put in the city's paper a couple days ago. And THEN those five PLUS the additions of Bradley and Cocoa were sent out in an e-mail as goats for sale! to a yahoo group my goat mothers' family takes part. This is soooooo depressing. How could they? I mean yes, they do own 20 goats...but we can't be that much trouble! Seven of us are being sold....that leaves only 13 left. As hard as it is for me to admit this...I will miss every single one of them with my whole heart!! (especially my Bradley!! (sniff, sniff) ). Oh well. What has to be done, has to be done.
On a more serious note, Cassidy is looking very ill today. All she does is go around moping with sagging eyes and weak legs saying, "Uhhhhh! I feel so aweful for some odd reason!". She lays down all the time, paws the ground, and then gives BIG yawns - I mean, did she get any sleep last night? When the goat mother came out this morning to let us out of our pen, she inspected Cassidy quite a bit. She felt her back end, looked at her udder, felt her stomach - and then she said...."Cassidy, it looks like you're going to kid today!". WHAMMMMM!!!! You have got to be kidding me?! She barely has a stomach and doesn't even have an udder yet. Well, see I figured out that's the problem. By over hearing my goat mother talking to herself, I have now come to understand what is wrong. Cassidy is pregnant. Her ligaments are gone, she's pawing the ground, yawning all the time, laying down and getting up - all the signs are there except that she just doesn't have a full udder yet. THAT'S WHAT'S WORRYING THE GOAT MOTHER. Something is not right. Although she did say that sometimes the udder doesn't form until RIGHT before she kids or even afterwards. Apparently she's worried that they baby inside could be premature. Never the less, Cassidy should kid sometime today - we will all see what happens....can't wait!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Picture Day! By Charlotte
This is the beautiful Charlotte! Yesterday was a lovely day, not weather wise...definitely MUCH too hot! But our goat mother came and took pictures of all of us!! Yes, my favorite thing! Only yesterday I really wasn't in the mood to have any of my gorgeous pics taken because I was eating! And let me tell you, when a momma goat is eating, you DON'T bother her. I have to feed my Bradley - do you know how much milk that takes? So, I was eating and not in the mood for any photos yesterday. Never the less, she took some anyway. I personally don't think they were very good ones since I wasn't even looking at the camera. But who knows, maybe they were. Comet and my little brother, Spencer, were sure enjoying their pictures being taken though. They both are pretty close I suppose because you always see them together. I wouldn't know why though, Comet is normally mean to EVERYBODY. But not usually Spencer. I guess he's a special guy. He is my brother after all.
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