This Goat's Life

The farmer is going to go ahead and start the kidding countdown because it is guesstimated that Betty and Hannah Belle will both kid on Satu...

We are getting pretty close to kidding time and since it is so devilishly muddy it has been decided that Hannah Belle and Boxcar Betty will ...

If you have a farm it is good to have a farm motto. This is our motto, we have it framed. It is a good motto to remember at this time of ye...

There have been a lot of stories lately about how goats develop accents . Woop, big news flash, I could have told you that two years ago whe...

The die is cast. Yesterday Pebbles was bred to the devilishly handsome Tiny Giant, a milk-loving Mama's Boy. Here is his baby picture. ...

Today is Valentine's Day and fyi I am still accepting small gifts of candy and pretzels and swedish fish and gingersnaps and so on. I ha...

Yesterday Mr. Jingles was rushed to the hospital. If you don't know, Mr. Jingles is the pen name of Wendell the pest, the boston terri...

I do not like to put too fine a point on it, but last night as they all do every year according to some secret schedule only they know, the ...

I decided to start a column for first fresheners because it is almost springtime and the kidding season is upon us and I have a lot of exper...

Someone sent the Facebook link.  Here it is. Someone else friended us. So now we have one friend. That is really all you need, if it i...

The farmer is planning what to make later this spring when everyone starts kidding and the milk is back in. There are going to be a lot of c...

From the amount of publicity received, you might think there is only one goat living here, the Bitter Pill. That is not the case. There ar...

Some people scoffed my hummingbird but it was a real hummingbird and if you don't believe in hummingbirds I want to tell you something e...

Well the upshot of the BP was that she was put on hold. But if she comes back in heat in two weeks she will be bred to our new gentleman c...

Dear Diary, Tomorrow is Groundhog Day. But today I saw a hummingbird. The winter is over. Do not tell anyone. BBJ

Well all roads lead to The Bitter Pill, and once again Pebbles has managed to get back in the news. It was decided that Pebbles would not be...

If a pig can do it, why not? On the other hand, this would never work with goats, especially not here. Betsy Bigoletto would just pick this ...

I have been visualized. And you can be, too.

What happened was there was a giant snowstorm followed by a mild windstorm followed by a deluge of rain, followed by a large windstorm. Tele...

Harrowing day yesterday. Ice storm in the morning, trees snapping all day long. Power went out and we thought it would be out for several da...