I am SOOO far behind I'm catching up!

I know, I know, I haven't posted since the end of January.  I know already!!  :)  My excuse is the same as always, busybusybusy...

We've been setting up the breeding pens and trying to decide who goes where.  That's when I discovered I have 12 breeding pens a 13 does all due around the same time....How the heck did I manage that?  Anyway, not all is lost.  I'll make room somehow.  Once the kids start coming won't have time for anything!!

We've got a sick one right now too.  RMT Hot Pants is not doing very well.  She is thin and weak and doesn't want to eat so I've been drenching her with water and molasses and hand feeding her Calf Manna and anything else I can get her to eat.  It's been a tough go and she's still not out of the woods.  Time will tell.

On a brighter note, all the does and the bucks are looking really good since I started giving them protein tubs.  Big round tubs full of molasses and vitamins and minerals.  They lick away at them and get the nutrients they need to keep them healthy all winter.  And, I have finally decided I've had enough of horns.  I've been banding the horns on all the goats, (not done yet), and they will eventually fall off.  No pain, no burning heads.  I still will not disbud little goats and I will not hack off horns as goats horns, unlike deer antlers, have nerves, blood vessels and feeling.  Banding is a very effective and humane way to remove horns.  I am tired of injuries, dead babies, goats caught in the fence, destroyed fences, you name it.  No more.  It'll take a month or more for the horn to fall off but once they do, healing is fast and painless.

Now, back down to the barn to check on Hot Pants...