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Button, Button, Who has
the button? : A game that was played when I was a kid.
Well some of the Does and I played something yesterday that reminds me of that
game. It started this way: A dear friend that would never have me do anything
that might harm a goat had given me some advice for a problem I was having
with a goat. Told me to take the "Cud" from one goat and give it to the one
with the problem. If this information had of come from anyone else, Well!
It went something like this: After getting home I approached the does with the
situation at hand, that I needed a cud from one of them to give to the one
with the problem. Some of the younger animals had no interest in this project
at all and just walked away. The Bucks looking over the fence are always alert
to what is going on where the does are. Some of the older does are always into
anything that has a chance to make me look foolish. So I had a group of does
that were all working on a "Cud" off and on. Grabbed first doe, got her around
the neck right after she swallowed, "Cud" gone. Repeated this several times
before catching "Big Mama" working on "Cud". None of this seemed to bother any
of the does. Seems as if all of them wanted to participate in what was going
on. Some, I think, were curious as to what the others were chewing and were
really in the way trying to see what was in the others mouth. Well back to
"Big Mama": Had Big Mama caught and she had not swallowed, yet. Got Big Mamas'
mouth opened to get Cud and found that she was chewing on my handherchief, not
a "Cud" at all. Looked around and saw a couple of does rolling around on the
ground. Said they were just scratching their backs but I know they were
laughing at me. Enough for one day. Started back for the house and noticed the
doe with the problem was chewing a Cud of her own and I am almost sure that I
saw her smile as I walked away.
Fencing : Goats think that fences are just an inconvenience in getting back to the barn from an evening walk.
Y2K GOATS : 11/17/1999 - After hearing all this about the "New Millennium" and the "Y2K" Bug". I had become curious about the effect of the new millennium on my goats. So I thought I would try and find out if my goats might be Y2K compliant. Here is what I have done and the results that I have noticed so far. Last month, Oct. I changed the calender at the barn to Nov., that way I would know a month ahead of time if I was going to have trouble with my goats at the turn of the century. We had Thanksgiving last month (Oct.) at the barn, which seemed to cause no problem. Next Saturday we will have Christmas. I don't foresee any problem with this as there was no problems with Thanksgiving. Did have some problems with a few of the Kids about missing Halloween, but I guess that's to be expected with Kids. Have had some confusion with most of the adults about going from Sept., which starts our breeding season here, to the month of Nov. They seem to think that they have missed a month of breeding. I'm still trying to convince them that they have not missed anything, that it's kind of like Daylight Savings Time. I'm still working on that. Will keep you posted on Y2K Project.
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