i did a LOT of this. tying fencing to the metal Tposts with baling wire. A LOT. i shored up all the weak spots on the Buck fence. and yes. that IS Goat POOP, the little balls in that little green feeder that i put their minerals in. Somehow Goats manage to poop in everything. it's a phenomenon.
Gideon and Nogal were particularly interested.
i opened the little door into the right side of the Albatros. ( The Albatros being what i call the barn shed which is now just for Goats. it was originally built for Auto Repair but never used for that. Never really had Purpose. hence, Albatros...just a huge thing with no purpose hanging around my neck out there. Now, however, very purposefull.) anyway i opened that right side that has been empty since Buckwheat was over on that side and then gone to Los Cruces. just unused.
this is the cattle panel that divides the Albatros in half with entrys on both sides. Gates on both sides now.
this is the side that Lucky Star, Caroline, Karma and Celia have been using.
Caroline and her daughter Karma particularly interested.
So...ok. The Decision has been made. Tomorrow morning i will open the back Coridoor and let Those 4 Goats run back and forth for a while. Then.....................................................
I'll open the gate that is at the far back of this pic. All the doe Goats will BURST through, burst through where you see the dog Chinche here....
whiz around the salt cedar
and into this gate that will be OPEN with me inside with their bucket of pellets to cheer them on.
THEN. for a few days all of Them can get used to eachother again. All the does can get used to the two young ones smell, sound. Lucky Star can Think about how it is. and MAYBE after a few days, i can open the Corridor and they can all be one herd again. THEN, i can run them ALL back and forth from this Front to the Way Back . Maybe even every day. But during those hard days of January when it gets SO cold and snows or rains, everyone will have a dry place to be.
The Truth is.....and this is for the part of this Blog that is my own personal Journal of my Life, the Truth is that i have a really really hard time with this. People i can manage. the Old Cowboy, Alz B, even the thought of mySelf, but animals....they are my Weakness. i am Responsible for them. and the Truth is, i have been very anxious, nervous about all this now for months. i have put it off. put it off. put it off. There is no point. it will go how it will go. i have done every single thing i can think of to make it ok. Time now to just Go. o Kay.
so. Tomorrow.
and maybe then i can really get back to Cloth.
