Wednesday, April 17

the talk...


the time has come to start weaning the kids..
miss gretel is quite frankly taking the mickey when it comes to feeding...
i have spied her outside nibbling happily on hay, drinking from a bowl and even eating bark and moss so i know full well that she certainly does not need five milk feeds from a bottle each and everyday...
and to be honest she is starting to look less like a nimble goat and more like a heavy set german wrestler...



so, i have had a chat with her, she of course thinks i am being unreasonable and has taken to screaming at me if i dare to walk past her outdoors pen..
i watch her from the window as she skips merrily with her smaller, less chunky playmates..
i step in to her line of sight and she starts.. first the ears go back, the bellowing begins and then she does the wall of death leap around the barn walls..
if i respond in any way she then becomes all feeble, swearing blind that she is exhausted and near to starvation...


and so we go through this all day, and each evening i pop her and tiny harry in to their cosy indoor crate with a nice pile of hay..
she looks at it each and every time with total shock, swearing blind that she has never, not ever seen anything like it in all of her days...

and then the yelling for milk starts...
 
its going to be a long few weeks and then we will go through it all again with tiny harry...

raising kids ain't easy...



3 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! Cute as she is, I do not envy you this task :) Stay strong!

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  2. Oh, sweet little thing..
    Good luck!

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  3. i'm gonna come and steal your kids!

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