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| Um, no. Get off the table, Cream! |
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| Chillin' outside. Cream, is that really comfortable? |
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| Just mucked the goat stall. Aaah. Fresh and clean. (Do I have to let them back in?) |
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| This girl is cute. |
I got the kids (children-kids) off to school this morning and then I got sidetracked when I checked my email. Before I knew it, I looked up and the morning had gotten away from me. I was running late to get out to my barn chores. Not a huge deal since the chickens always have access to food and water, as do the goats. They always have plenty of hay and they rarely finish the goat feed I give them from the night before. So, like I said, it was not a big deal to run a little late. The only downside is that the goat's door leading to their outside pen remains closed until I get out to them.
Conveniently, we have surveillance cameras installed in the chicken coop and goat stall, so since I wasn't quite finished with my computer work, I decided to just peek in on the goats through my phone to make sure they were doing fine.
Hmmm, that's weird. Where the heck are the goats? I moved the camera's angle around to the different corners of the stall. Sometimes they lay under their hay rack, so it's hard to see them, but no, they definitely weren't there either. Very strange. I turned on the sound for the camera. I heard lots of baaah-ing, but could not see any goats. This did not bode well.
I threw on my barn boots and jacket and ran out to the barn. I pulled open the barn doors expecting Kit Kat and Cream to come running out at me. When they didn't, I was even more confused. I was relieved that they hadn't trashed the barn as I was imagining (it's a mess right now with lots of things that have been haphazardly thrown in the aisles for winter storage), but I was still confused as to where the goats were.
As I had feared, their stall was empty. But the doors were all still shut and locked. Hm.
Then I looked to my left at the next stall over, which is set up as our "baby chick stall" at the moment (no baby chicks quite yet, but all the gear is in there), and there staring up at me were my two troublemakers. These silly girls JUMPED OVER THE HALF WALL...into another stall. Which is just hilarious. That they jumped over the wall that landed them in another stall! (Instead of jumping the wall that would have set them free to trash the rest of the barn.) LOL!
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| Troublemakers! This is where I found them this morning. That is NOT the goat stall! |
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| Too smart for their own good. They moved the trampoline over to help them get over the wall. |
I remember doing research about goats before we got them and reading that "if water can get through your fence, then so can a goat." Meaning that goats are very hard to contain. If they want out of somewhere, they are smart enough and persistent enough to make it happen. I'm just relieved that aside from a straw broom I found them munching on, they didn't seem to get into or eat anything harmful.
Sigh. Obviously, Kit Kat and Cream lost their rights to have their trampoline toy in their stall unsupervised. So sad. But you know what the saddest thing about this is? That I didn't catch their escape on video! I would have loved to see them scheming and eventually succeeding in their efforts! I can only imagine their crazy combination of agility and clumsiness that helped them over the wall. And the fact that they BOTH jumped the wall? Hilarious. You know that old adage "Would you jump off a bridge just because your friends did?"... The answer for Kit Kat and Cream would definitely be "Yes."
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Chickens are doing well. Minerva Louise seems healthy and has given us a few beautiful eggs--And then this crazy one appeared. But another healthy egg from her followed the next day. She'll always keep me guessing!
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| Er, thanks, Minerva |
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| Reese peeking inside our house. |
Today is the 2 year anniversary of Cooper appearing on our farm as a stray!
Feels like much longer than 2 years ago. I really can't remember him not being a part of our crew.
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| This dog loves the sun. |
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Jonathan and I started our classes with the Norfolk County Beekeepers at Norfolk Aggie this week.
It's a 10 week course. Lots to learn!
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