Our friends in Richmond raise Angora and Pygora fiber goats. This past week 3 of their goats had babies. Yesterday we went down to spend the day there. It is always an adventure at their farm. Two of the goat kid's have been rejected by their mothers so my friend is milking one of the goats to get milk to bottle feed them. Makenzie especially loved being able to feed one of them. Because my friend has had to feed them since shortly after birth, they follow her around the yard and "cry" after her when she walks away. It is pretty cute to watch. Two more of her goats are pregnant so we should be seeing a few more babies anytime.
As I have said before, I am glad that my children get to be close and see farm animals firsthand. Not just visiting them but actually taking care of them both the fun jobs as well as the not so fun jobs. I think they benefit from having to help care for something besides themselves. They have learned some interesting skills over the past few years in our visits. Some they may never use again but will hopefully give them some self-confidence when tackling novels tasks in their lives. Of course, I had to include some pictures especially the one with Makenzie proudly smiling as she bottle feeds one of the goats.
Our friends in Richmond raise Angora and Pygora fiber goats. This past week 3 of their goats had babies. Yesterday we went down to spend the day there. It is always an adventure at their farm. Two of the goat kid's have been rejected by their mothers so my friend is milking one of the goats to get milk to bottle feed them. Makenzie especially loved being able to feed one of them. Because my friend has had to feed them since shortly after birth, they follow her around the yard and "cry" after her when she walks away. It is pretty cute to watch. Two more of her goats are pregnant so we should be seeing a few more babies anytime. 
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