Poor Carmel

Here's our first experience with a sick animal (other than the chicken with the crossover beak, but then she's not really sick per se), poor carmel has pink eye. :( She's the cutest little thing and I feel so bad for her - while worried about the rest of the herd at the same time. I got some salve for her eye, an antibiotic for the water supply to treat the whole herd and then I wormed them all this morning. Nothing like catching goats that don't want to be caught in 100' weather to make you appreciate some air conditioning! We'll treat her twice a day and hopefully it will clear up. Other than that, they seem to be doing really well and are living up to the reputation of goats as testing every inch of fence. Every. Freaking. Day. They rub against the fence pretending to be scratching themselves but I know, I just know they are doing this just to test the darn thing. In breaking news, Fifteen is pregnant! She is a beautiful white and brown boer goat and I haven't a clue how far along she is. All I know is that aint just a little blat because her tummy is definitely taking on the pointed oval shape of a mama. Looks like Ed has his motivation to get the stalls built in the next month or so which will allow us to separate her alone as she comes due.

I've been making a mud pit for Moo each morning and she seems pretty thankful. In the early afternoon she'll start laying in the mud, making sure to coat both her sides and her legs with it. I think we missed her season this time so I will check the calendar again because it will be another three weeks before we can take her to the vet.

I ran all the weekly errands this morning and have yet to pay the bills for week. Somehow I keep finding excuses to put it off. Bad me. Making salsa or a nice dinner just sounds so much better. :P And then I haven't yet practiced adding soap to the cart on the site page. Hmmmm, I may get out of paying bills today after all.