Karen, WAKE UP!!!!!!!:D:D:D Inquiring minds want to know!:) What a precious little goat!:D
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Karen, WAKE UP!!!!!!!:D:D:D Inquiring minds want to know!:) What a precious little goat!:D
What a doll!!! I'm waiting in breathless anticipation!!!
I just saw her online too! How dare her.:p
No, he didn't come home with us, his momma needed him back. That baby goat is just one week old today! His fur was ssooooo soft, and he snuggled right into my arms. There was a teenaged volunteer letting children hold him, each one for a few seconds, and she seemed a little startled when someone taller than she asked for a turn!
I also got to hold a nice black Rex rabbit - about twice Miss Hoppy's size.
We started the visit with a pancake breakfast - in March Heifer Project holds "Sugaring Days" events, so it was real maple syrup of course.
We then wandered outside, where we got to see:
A donkey and a llama snacking on hay together
Sheep of several types
Draft horses waiting for passengers for the hay ride
A big brown camel
A yak and a dzo
Chickens everywhere
Ducks of many kinds wandering about
Cows
Then into the barn we went and saw:
A fat, long-haired barn cat, inexplicably sitting in a mostly empty hay bin
Baby lambies and their moms
Kids and their goat mommas
Bunnies
More sheep and cattle and goats
Even more chickens and ducks and even guinea fowl
and, stalking one particular duck,
Katie, a very busy Border Collie, who, once she had chased him out of the barn, continued just zipping through, checking on everything.
Outside of the other side of the barn were more cages with more bunnies, more cows outside on the other side of the barn, and Zoe, the second, younger Border Collie, who convinced a boy in our group to throw snowballs for her to catch.
Went down to the sugaring shed, which was of course warm and fragrant and busy.
There - that enough explanation for you?
Stephanie, a high-school senior, was fascinated by the goats and kept saying "Plleeeaaze Dad, can I get a goat?" To which he wisely replied, "Of course, as soon as you buy your own house."
The baby goat was soooo sweet! The Heifer Project has only three farm sites in the U.S. and it's fun that two of the three have recently been visited by Pet Talkers!
(Tonya's California visit )
1 week old?!?! Awwww so little.........so cute. I *love* goats, and would love to have a pet goat. Come to think of it, if I had the choice between getting a goat or a cat, I would probably go for a goat. That is how much I love those critters! You're SO lucky to have held that precious little baby. You should have told that teenaged girl, that if a whole bunch of PT'ers where there, there would have been a LOT of *tall ones* in line to hold the goats! :p
What a fun day!!!
I don't kowif I am the only one here that didn't know, but I had to look up what a Dzo was!
In case there is anyone else...
A Dzo - progeny of mating between cow and yak
Heterosis in an interspecific hybrid of the yak and the domesticated cow. This female hybrid exceeded its larger parent species (cattle) by over 20% in body weight. On the other hand, the hybrid shows a dominant cattle behavioral trait in the inability to "know" that forage grass can be found underneath a covering snow using hooves for snow removal. Yaks are able to forage when the ground is snow covered. From J. Heredity: 29,31 (1938).
A Dzo is a male hybrid of a yak and a domesticated cow. They are larger and stronger than cattle, and are bread for agricultuaral work in Nepal.
Ahh, thanks Amy, I, too wondered what a Dzo was but was too lazy to try adn find out. Looks like a fun day visiting all the animals, Karen and Paul!
We took more photos, I've just gone through them, will put some up later.
I was waiting for someone to ask what a dzo was! Besides a good crossword puzzle/Scrabble word ... good for you to look it up! I didn't know before today, either.
Awwww what a cute goatie!!! :D makes me want one!
It sure sounds like you had the perfect day.:) That baby goat is adorable. I look forward to seeing more of your pictures.:)
You're so lucky! That little goat was so cute. And, I would have loved to have seen the draft horses and gone for a hay ride. The border collie sounds cute. We'll look forward to seeing lots of pics!
Cute!
Looks like you had a great day. I love the comment about the girl who has to get her own house before she gets her own goat! :)
Wow! PT is so educational. Is Dzo pronounced Duh'zoe?
I, too, am looking forward to more photos. Yippee!
Baby goats make the best pets. My granddaughter got her a baby goat yesterday. She is so happy with it.
It certainly sounds like you had a wonderful day! I would love to see more pictures too.
Willie:)
Dzo is just pronounced - Zo - but one guy spelled it out for us so we would know!
I'll try to get the pictures online this afternoon.