We had twin goats born today, a boy and a girl!  We didn’t weigh these but they say they normally weigh about 7lbs at birth.  They’re able to walk too.  So far, the kids are doing well.   We’re so green at this that we just keep our fingers crossed from one day to the next hoping we do everything right. Oh, one more little fact about mama goats.  They eat the afterbirth shortly after it’s expelled.  I found that to be interesting and thought you might too  Homeschoolers are interested in all kinds of weird things, right?

Things have changed around here the last week; we are becoming a real bona-fide farm.  We now have 2 milking goats (purebred Nubians), which Zachary milks morning and evening.  He is our early bird and loves being outside so he’s really enjoying this job.  He has a garden planted that he tends to every day, keeping his plot weed free and checking to see what seeds have sprouted.  I’m counting his gardening and goat keeping as part of his science for homeschool.   Nubian kid. We have eight Boer meat goats. And of couse there’s our puppies. "Heeelp!  I’m stuck!"  (the sound of howling) Playing a little ‘follow the leader’. "Squawk!  Cluck, cluck,…