Goat Pervert

So people have been hassling me about updating the blog concerning the goats. Well many of them are due in the next week and we are pretty nervous. All but one are doelings (first year, first kids) and I have been reading books and stuff, we are having pens built with birthing stalls, and we have been checking on them regularly. So what exactly does "checking" mean? Here's where the term perv comes into play. It means you walk around behind them and look at their teats/bag....how big is it? are they swelling, are they blocked? So now instead of looking at womens breasts like the normal american male, I am checking out goats...hmmmmm? Next you are supposed to look at their vulva and check to see if it is getting "loose". So once again instead of looking for loose women, I am looking for loose goats. Now we get down to the touchy, feely part. You feel their backbone to see if the kids have dropped and you are supposed to feel just above where all those little dark pellets come falling out, but I am not doing that. If that is a necessary thing then I will leave goat herding to someone else. However, I firmly believe these kids will come out without our help, but just in case, we bought:
gloves
goat drench - High energy drink for mom and kid
iodine for cutting umbilical cords to stop infection
direction manuals (Books)

So I think we are set. By my calculations the first kid should be here Monday... By the way wife, did I mention I was going to LA on a 6am flight Monday for three days??? Yes its true, Judy will have the big test first unless one comes tomorrow.

So, you might ask how the water system is going since the first blog. It works great. Everything is as it is supposed to be. We have plenty of water, the tank overflows regularly (which is good), and the water is pure.

That is all for now. Peace, love and if you see me sneaking around behind the goats for a better view, now you know why.