Today feels like a gross day at the farm. It started off with, having to separate two very in-heat male goats, that can't seem to stop mating with the females. If you know anything about bill goats, you know how disgusting this can be and dangerous. Both the billy goats were fighting, they had urine and sperm all over them. It has been raining and the ground was very slippery! My husband wrestled one down, then lost it in the transition of taking it, to it's new spot. My daughter was trying to catch one, I eventually caught the bigger male by the horns (with one hand) while I was standing up on a pallet. I did this so my husband could get the female away from him. Trying to hold onto big horns that are slimmed with goat products was not easy. I lost hold of him. This farm activity was way harder then chasing a greased pig, not to mention dangerous. We eventually got them put away into a lush spot and they are calming down. The older goat found some wild lettuce to eat, which, I was thankful for, wild lettuce is a calming herb. To keep things mellow I am going to feed them some relaxing herbs. I will also add some hops to their feed, because hops can slow down their libidos. After that it was time to take care of the little baby goat that had her face torn up by a coyote. I won't even go into details about what we have to do for that. You will notice in the picture she has half of her ear gone. This goat is a trooper and is doing really well. She has several more weeks of recovery, before her wounds will be healed. I think, we all came to a conclusion, that we were stuck smelling like the billy goats for a few hours, no matter how many times we scrubbed with soap...
Tomorrows adventures bring, taking the turkeys in to be processed....Life on the farm..
