Rural Gardening: LaMancha Milk Goats, 1 by TamaraFaye

TamaraFaye wrote:
seh is doing so much better now. DH helped twice yesterday, and when she goes to kicking he can hold on better than the boys... so i milked her by myself last night. she was a bit of a porblme, but manageable. she got mad when she spilled her grain bucket. Sam came out this morning and held her head and her grain bucket, and she did really well. she still doesn't graze, barely munches on the sudan and the alfalfa. and really wants to be with the other goats.

i took a few pictures. except for biting me once last night after spilling her grain, she is a sweety who really wants affection. so we give her frequesnt breaks during milking, let her stand and rest and be petted. as long as she doens't try to get out of the milking stall till we are done. she is doing well enough now we will add brushing her to the routine.

this afternoon i will be clearing the garden strip for corn. nothing has been planted there for two years, since the neighbor was contesting the property line, and it is a mess. i hope Brandywine enjoys a little outing over there...

that cold wind really zapped me, so i'll rest till it warms up...

how can you not love this face?