So What can you get at a bird Swap?

ZIP TIES..

Meet Zip Tie.. our week old nubian buck.. I am concidering him a rescue.. I just spent the evening teaching him how to suckle.. I am not sure he is a week old, his cord is still hanging, it's pretty dry but nowhere near ready to fall off.. as for skinny.. I can see about all bones in his body.

He is so small he looks like a toy.. I hope I can keep him alive.. he looks healthy just very under nurished.

We also came home with 2 lambs and an alpaca.. with post picturs of them tomorrow.

Zip Tie meets cole the lab

You are my hero!

Oh how cute is that!!?? The lab has the kindest eyes.. just toooo cool. Good luck.. I hope you can save lil Zip Tie..

What a very special that is of Zip Tie and his Lab friend. They are going to be friends for life. How great that lil fellar has a good home. Haystack

He looks like a little stuffed animal!!! How sweet! His colors are awesome. What a wonderful thing you did. He needed someone who really knows how to care for them. :D Keep us updated on his progress Please.

frans, you get the "awww..." crown for the month! (Okay, you have to share it with everybody else, but it's on your head first!) How very sweet he looks! And I love his little jammies. How is he doing?

I didnt know there was an awww... crown! Cool something to work towards! hehehe Congrats frans!!

WOW a reward.. and I just fell in googoo love with a fuzzy skinny guy! He is doing very well. I was so worried yesterday.. he kind of had the watery runs all day and it kept getting worse.. I just kept praying it was because of suddenly having food on a regular basis. Fist thing this morning we had a solid poop. YIPEE!! Oh the joys..

So a really cute story:
We also bought 2 young sheep (Claireese & Jodie) and an alpaca (Jester), well Claireese is a crier.. which is where she got her name, she screamed all the way home.. (have the lambs stopped screaming claireese) So today while I am out in the pasture with Jester I have the lambs & ZipTye in a large Xpen in the garage.. of course Claireese is screaming.. now along comes Cole the lab, who is running around the pasture fence terrorizing poor Jester.. I yell at him to go pick on a different farm creature.. he dissapears. I finish up and head back to the garage.. and realize I left the door open... not knowing how Cole would react to the lambs my heart sinks.. I walk in and there in the Xpen are all 3 and Cole curled up sleeping together.. Life on the farm.. never fails to amaze me. Oh... Claireese finally stopped screaming..

How many awww crowns are there?....awwwww....good dog Cole.

How did I miss this thread?! That is fabulous Fran! Ziptie is adorable! And you complained about not keeping up with the babies! Silly you! You're right in there with me! I can't wait to see the lambs and the alpaca! What a mix! And all from a BIRD swap?!?!

yep, my 86 yo aunt says.. "they aint even got wings.. whadaya think of that?" LOL

How sweet is that dog?? Yes, we need pics of the other new additions :)

Other additions

Black girl is Jodi
White girl is Claireese

and Jester

Oh my word. They are BEAUTIFUL! Those lambs are just too much! Like Yin and Yang laying there together. What breed are they? Jester is sweet. What a cute tail. When is his next shearing. Do you want to sell me his fiber?!

"Tina come get some ham"! Sorry, the pic of Jester reminded me of Napoleon Dinamite, lol!

Note....

You can give goats Pepto Bismol for the runs :)



Ginger

Oh yeah... that's a funny lookin' bird.

Ginger

He's adorable... get the runs under control and keep him warm.

Seven years ago this week we picked up Snicker's (spotted) & Cody (brown) at an auction that we went to ..to get a lamb.. They came out and wobbled around with cords still hanging and we were were toast......

I remember my husband saying over the phone "Well I don't have to worry that you got anything because you didn't tell me to bring the trailer.." **SNICKER***

Ginger

Here's what they look like now.....

They go on home visits to the Alzheimer's Facility...



Ginger

And we (our donkey club) take donkeys too....

Ginger

What a cool spotted donkey! Awesome!

Ginger, we must have ALL come from the same mold.. and our spouses were all given the same hypnoisis spell... LOL.. didn't say the word trailer... LMBO!!! yep me neither, I picked up Jester the next day..

If he were mine he'd be wearin a diaper and snuggled up with me on the couch if the dog hadn't already stolen him to raise.....he's adorable...

Opps FINALLY a hand I can play...BRB

Ginger

Kind of snuggled next to you and your grandson??? yea leaves ya feeling all warm and cozy doesn't it?
With the mamma/dad dog at your feet?? all thats missing is the soft music and hot cocoa.

How wonderful to see you visiting that facility with the animals. That really warms my heart. Kudos to you for what you do!

I think we get as much out of it as they do...

This is my favorite picture