Yesterday I decided to trim Paige's hoofs.  Everything I read said this was VERY  important.  So we brought her down to the stanchion and was going to give it a try.  As she stepped up into the stanchion, so slipped and fell.  She became stuck and nothing she nor I could do moved her.  To get a picture, imagine being pregnant with twins and falling into the space between the back seats of your mini-van.  You would need an act of God or a crane to move you. 

I finally had to remove the side rail (screwed on wood).  The screws made that awful screeching noise and scared her even more.  The side finally came off and she had room to get down.  Sort of like if your dh removed the middle seat so you could get out of the mini-van.

She and I decided that those hoofs will wait until after the kids arrive.  Today she won't eat and is leaking fluid, and the temperature is dropping with a high expected tomorrow of 0 F. 

Edited - It is getting cold.  The sun is still up and it is 6F.  I decided to not risk it and moved the goats into the basement garage.  The children helped me to make two stalls and fit them out. 

Now we have heat lamps set up, food water and 8-12 inches of straw so they won't be cold on the cement floor.  I am hoping they will be nice and toasty warm.  I do need to send the children out at dusk to see if they can convince the geese and the goat chicken that tonight there won't be warm bed partners and they need to go to the hen house.  For the last several months the  three geese and the goat chicken have stayed with the goats at night.  :D

I am going out now to check.  I have been fooled before, I am hoping I am not again!

Joyfully,

Cheryl

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Posted by KristenS

I'm "Random Blog"-ing today, and yours came up! Sounds like you had an exciting day. :)

Skimming down, I read the entry about being home with only two kids. I've only got two, and I can tell you that's NOT how I feel all the time, LOL. I remember with just one, wondering how I'd get everything done and lamenting my lost free time. Now with two, I scramble even harder. On the rare occasions I have just one child, I too sit down with a book and sigh and wonder if that's what it's like to have an only. My sister who has three and often babysits extras, feels like that even when she has two or three kids. It's kind of funny. I guess we adjust to the extra load every time we add a child, and anything less suddenly feels easy!

Glad you had time to relax!

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Posted by Tia

goat chicken??? :-)

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