too long a story. But since moving Sunny Ray to his Elder forest, we have been working on his health that was compromised in a few ways, the primary being he is just an OLD buck Goat. We have been giving him supplements...B 12, an Iron Mineral supplement for livestock mixed with molasses. Zinc gummy bears. Brushing through a couple unsuccessful topical skin/coat products that had kind of caked on and was causing hair loss. That combined with the turn of events of his Wether Friend taking on dominant status, the stress of that....He was a mess. Today Jenny and i gave him a bath.....to see the fruits of our Caring.....I kept him in one ish place....a collar....holding his tail forward, firmly, knees into his rear end while dribbling Alfalfa pellets into a bowl. Jenny soaked him with the hose and scrubbed him with No More Tears Baby Shampoo...being sure to get his balls...which ironically, he enjoyed . We scrubbed between and around his horns with an old tooth brush. Rinsed him off and drenched with another product for Goats. Turned him loose and he took off for the imagined safety of the tarp house as you see above. The only thing i know of that Goats DO NOT LIKE is being wet. He was WET. He however, didn't hold on to it...bygones were by and he accepted all manner of hand fed treats of atonement immediately and within just a short while was Spiffy. As we looked at him, on his hill, he was all so WHITE and Shining....and yes!...all new hair WAS growing/grown in, eyes bright and an expectant posture...i said we should change his name to Lancelot.
Any where you look, there is nothing about caring for and keeping on with Old Buck Goats. It's not done.
He has been just your average Buck. Has sired for Jan in New Mexico, broke out twice since we've been here on this Hill with the hope and intention of that again. But he is also Gideon's son. Unlike his father, he is not an attractive Goat. His scur horns adding to that, his whiteness and mottled nose pigment. All the time he was with Jack he played the game of No Touch. For Evacuations, we had to rodeo him and Alyssia would carry him to the trailer struggling. These days now....he is Emrie's favorite. She hand feeds him. one green bean at a time. He follows her anywhere.
