Volunteers

Well, it has been a long time since my last post. Molly went home because she got home sick.

Melissa from Quebec came the first week of July and stayed until the end of August. We had a great time. I miss eating ice cream with Melissa.

Lindsay from Ontario came for 1 week in September. She got the job of putting the flowers to bed for the winter. Lindsay helped Katie make a scarecrow to enter in the fall fun day.

Sara from Quebec and Mark from Ontario came for one week in October. They rushed around putting everything away since a hurricane was coming.

A big THANK YOU to all the volunteers who came this year to spend their time with us and help us with the farm.

Dianna Had Triplets

May 11th in the late afternoon on the hill in the pasture Dianna had two boys and one girl. It was a difficult birth since the legs were not coming out straight.

All the does have had their kids. We now have 14 kid goats. I'm glad all the kids are on the ground but now all the work starts.

Molly has come to spend the summer with us and help with the goats. She will be posting and keeping you up to date.

Early Arivals

Friday evening we went to the barn and there was Hana with three big beautiful kids two boys and a girl. She is a first time mom and to deliver three kids with no help is amazing. Since Hana is a little low on milk to feed all three, we will bottle feed the girl, Rose.

Snow Again

I put my snowshoes away thinking spring was here but the weather has a way of surprising us. We now have as much snow as we did in February.

It will not last very long. The April sun is hot and the days are longer then in February.

Four more weeks and we should have goat kids running around.

April Fools Day

Oh summer is coming too soon for my mom . My mom seems to really like winter so I guess she is a winter

Mom . All the stuff she really likes is sledding making ice hills and much more . I can not believe

how different my beach looks with no snow . It feels like a million years since I have last seen it with no snow .

Katie






The top picture was taken today, April 1st, the bottom the beginning of March. We are slowly tilting back towards the sun and our friends in Australia are slowly tilting away from the sun.
It is amazing to see the difference a month can make. It is still cold here and I really can't feel any difference in temperature compared to last month but comparing these pictures there is a big difference.

Feeding Time

Feeding time is the time to get together and drink some warm goat's milk. The race is on to finish first. Usually the bigger kids' stomach's gets fuller faster leaving the littler ones finishing the last drops of milk.

Adam is now home and I no longer have to get up before the sun rises. All the animals co-operated with me and the week flew by.

Hats off to all the diary farmers out there who milk twice or three times a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, and 40 years until retirement. It is a lot of work and commitment to bring milk to the masses.

Mia, A Doe With No Ears

Mia is the rough tough goat around Adam's herd. She bosses every goat and many seem to be scared of her. But when Mia jumps on the milk stand she is a really sweety. She nuzzles her head between my shoulder and cheek and stands quietly while I milk her.

Ladies Pedicure

Today 8 ladies from the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) Veterinarian College came out to give "my" 9 ladies a pedicure. I appreciate it so much. My hands hurt after trimming only one hoof and to have them all done is fantastic. They were a wonderful group of young ladies all studying to be vets.

I wish them all the best in their studies. They are all welcome to come back in May for kidding (this is proper term used when goats have babies).

Adam's Farm

This morning was the first morning we did Adam's chores. He is at a conference for a few day's and we are looking after his animals.
I milked 5 does and I was soaked in milk. Someone would think I have never milked a goat before. I had milk running down my arm to my elbow, I sprayed my face and I even sprayed David who was walking by. I was wearing snow pants and they are soaked thru to my skin.
Hopefully my milking will get better when I start to get used to the different udder styles.

Where is all the snow?

That is what it was like after two good days of rain. It has been so long since the goats have seen bare ground and us too! It snowed tonight but that is OK because we made a snow fort like an igloo. One day we played in the snow and the next day in the mud. That is what the days are like here.

BY KATIE

Little Gardener

Katie has decided that we can not wait any longer to get the seeds started. Of course, she has planted mostly flowers. The middle of February we normally plant petunias but I have been enjoying winter so much I forgot about starting the plants. They are all in now. It will be interesting to see what comes up.

Thief at the bird feeder

If you look closely you can see a squirrel having his or her lunch. When the squirrel feels threatened it retreats into the big horse chestnut tree and throws sunflower shells at us.
The last few days have been above 0c and the snow is disappearing quickly. The mud season is now upon us.


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Missing Ears

This is MasterCard, a LaManchas goat, one of Adam's bucks. He has ears that are so small that it looks like he has no ears at all. LaManchas can be any colour. Adam has two LaManchas, a buck and a doe. They are both a creamy colour. MasterCard looked different when we first saw him but we are getting use to a no eared goat. LaManchas are a calm and gentle breed. They were developed in the U.S. from crossing a short-eared goat of Spanish origin with the purebreds of the Swiss breeds.

Adam's Kids

Last week we went over to visit Adam and his goats. He has three new cute and cuddly kids. Katie’s cheeks are quite rosy. The temperature outside was –32 with wind chill and it was cold in the barn. We filled up water pails and the droplets froze on our pants. These three little kids are surviving great in the extreme cold temperatures.

Prince of the House

Cloud likes to think he is the Prince of the house. He lies around bathing in the sun and then when he gets tired of that he turns on cat TV and watches the bird feeder for activity.
When his subjects (the barn cats) from the barn come to beg for his presence, we open the door with a bow and out he goes. House cats certainly have a life of leisure.