May 12, 2009

We'll pick up Nick and Molly from the breeder in a couple of weeks They will be bottle fed for several months so we'll have to get used to the fact that we'll be getting up in the middle of the night to give them their every 4 hour feeding!

Here's some pics of Nick and Molly right after they were born!

 

4 days old, at the breeder's farm.

4 days old and already playing!

Just look at that cute face!

They do everything together.

Molly is a love!

While we waited a couple of weeks before the kids came home,we built our goat pen and house. Here's the house, built to provide shelter from the heat of the day and from wind and rain.

And here's the salad bar, a home built hay feeder, along with a feed dish, saltlick and self filling water dish. In the foreground, a pile of cindar blocks for them to climb on.

Since Sparrow will be doing the goat work from a wheelchair, a custom stanchion was required that was up higher so the wheelchair could get closer. We built this one ourselves, and the neck hold unit adjusts up and down depending on the size of the goat being worked on.

May 29, 2009

Kids are home, but not sure if they want to come out of the car carrier!

June 2, 2009

Nick and Molly have settled in to their new home and are seen here climbing all over their mommy (Like most kids do)

July 3, 2009

Everyone wants a cookie! One of our dogs gets in on the cookie action. They like 'em too!

August 4, 2009

Picked up 4 broom heads at Harbor Freight, and fastened them to a 2x4 for a scratching rail. Molly took right to it!

Nick and Molly love playing with this bucket. They push it all over the pen.

August 9, 2009

Sparrow built a simple clamping system so we can clamp an oak branch to the top rail of the fence. They love munching on oak leaves.

November 4, 2009

Nick is almost 95 pounds now! He's very strong and can easily knock me over if I'm not careful!

Nick mugs for the camera. He's always silly when I point a camera at him!

November 14, 2009

One of our new chicks found her way into the goat pen.She and the goats got along just fine.

August 14, 2010

Here's a snap of our ducks PJ and Penny, as they venture into our fish pond. We have about 400 very large goldfish in our front yard pond. They enjoyed eating the many snails in the pond.

October 12, 2010

Goats like to play. Here's a new tether-ball rig for them to play with. So far, Molly's won all the matches, but Nick's getting better at it!

March 10, 2011

Could these two get any cuter?

October 28, 2011

Nick and Molly getting a pedicure. We trim hooves every 6 weeks.

November 20, 2011

We are completely heartbroken over this, as we're sure many of you will be. Despite careful and constant care, working hard to keep our kids happy and healthy, Nick, our wether goat who was 2 1/2 years old was euthanized today.

Our mobile, large-animal vet was able to come to the farm Today and confirm our worst fears about Nick. None of the past weeks hard work we put into saving Nick was going to help him.

Our vet, A young lady named Dr. S. told us that no amount of money spent on surgery would help him, and that the type of surgery he needed failed within 6 months most of the time.

Nick was just born with a very narrow urethra, which allowed calculi to build up very quickly. She assured us that we had done everything possible to help him.

Our vet went over Nick and Mollly's diet, and said it was exactly what she fed her own goats. She even complimented us on our hoof trimming and how clean we kept the pen.

After all was said and done, Dr. S. recommended that we do the humane thing and put Nick to sleep.

She  took care of the deed, with Sparrow holding and petting NIck to the very end. It was very painless and quick for Nick. He did not suffer at all.

After Nick was gone, we completly lost our composure when Molly went over and licked his face one last time.

We buried Nick under an old oak tree on the property, and will make a marker for him in the coming weeks.

We will all miss Nick, laying on his bench swinging his leg in the afternoon sunshine. He was a good and faithful companion to our family and we've cried buckets over his passing.

We start the task now of finding Molly a new playmate. Goats must be in pairs to be happy and healthy.

Thank you for your continued viewing and support,

Sparrow and Debbie, GoatsLive.com

November 23, 2011 - Meet Joy-Joy!

We went back to the farm where we got Nick and Molly, and were able to take home one of their 1/2 sisters. Her hame is Joy-Joy! (She's the goat in the center)

Joy-Joy is 2 months older than Molly and they share the same father. She has Nick's same golden eyes, and has a tassel on her neck and another one under her right ear. That's her in the middle at the farm of Cheri and Walt, who actually gave us Joy-Joy so that Molly wouldn't be alone. Thank you so much guys!

Here's the first meeting of Molly and Joy-Joy. They're getting along just great! A new youtube video will be posted tonight of their first meeting.

We are sad that we lost Nick, but overjoyed to add Joy-Joy to our little family.

December 5, 2011 - Joy-Joy Settles In

Joy-Joy has settled in very nicely. She's getting along well with Molly and has become a real daddy's girl! We're overjoyed that she's fitting in so well with our weird family.

February 6, 2012 - Joy-Joy With Molly

Joy-Joy and Molly curl up together in their house on a rainy night. We've had Joy-Joy 10 weeks now and she's really calmed down and settled in to our family