I've grown up!

Howdy Folks!
Can you believe it has been 1 year that I have lived at Windsor Wool Farm??? On July 13th, 2011, I was brought home in a dog crate.

But.....

Now I am big and beautiful!

Ok, and VERY silly!

Happy 1 year to me!
~Pickles

I'm a little Gremlin

"Cute" gets me out of a lot of trouble!

Munchin' in the Sun

Hey Ya'll!

It has been 100 degrees here at Windsor Wool! The sheep are wimps when it comes to this time of year. When the sun comes up, they head to the sheep barn where they find blowing fans and fresh cold water. 

As for me, I remain grazing until dark. This so called "Horrible" weather doesn't really bother me. However, it does kind of bleach my hair. Which I don't think the "Nice Lady" likes.

Well it's back to munchin'!

-Pickles

I grew a beard!

Howdy!
As you can see, I am in the new spring pasture but also something else is different..... I GREW A BEARD!!!! I never thought in a million years that this would happen but I guess it just means I am growing up.

Well, off to munch some more grass!


~Pickles

Goat Facts 101

If you are interested in getting goats, no matter what kind, here are some basic terms you might want to study. Also, if you are ever around people with goats, it's a good way to show off your knowledge!

Bleat -A goat's vocal expression, talking

Browse - Broad-leafed woody plants, shrubs or brush.

Buck -A male goat..also referred to as a 'Billy'..but NEVER in the registered circle!

Buckling - Young male goat, typically of 1 year or less.

Butting - Sometimes playful, usually in aggression between goats by the use of the top of the head.

Creep or Creep Feeder -A feeding area which allows kids, but not adults to enter and safely eat grain like food and hay.
Cud -Soft mass of food regurgitated and rechewed by a ruminant.

Disbud -Removal of horn buds from young goats to keep horns from growing.
Doe -Female goat: also referred to as 'nanny'..but NEVER in the registered circles!
Doeling - Female goat 1 year or less.
Drylot - Method where goats do not have access to pasture or range, where daily feed and water is provided by the caretaker.
Forage -Fiber-containing feedstuffs such as silage, hay and pasture.

Guardian Dog (LGD) - A dog that stays with the goats without harming them and aggressively protects from predators. Not to be confused with a Herd Dog which is used typically for cattle and sheep, but sometimes for goats to herd pastured livestock where you want them to be.

Herd -more than one goat.
Kids -Baby goats
Polled - Naturally hornless goat. Polled goats have two "swirls" near the area where horns would be on a horned goat.
Rumen -First and largest chamber of a ruminant's stomach; found on the left side of the goat.
Wether -Castrated male goat.
Yearling - A baby goat between 6 and 12 months of age.

That's all, folks!
~Pickles

Congratulations Nancy!

More exciting news! "The Nice Lady" told me that my cousin Nancy, on another farm, had kids!  She didn't have just 1... or 2... or 3.... but 4 kids!

Since I know that Nancy's owners read this blog, I wanted to find a way to tell Nancy congratulations. So "The Nice Lady" made a sign for me (which was quite tasty)! 

~Pickles

New Friends!

There is good news here at Windsor Wool!  WE HAVE LAMBS!!!!!!  YAHOOOOOOO!  I like them very much and I can't wait till they grow up a little bit that way I can play with them!  I always wanted fun little friends to play with.  Some of them are black, like me, and others are white like their mommies.

This is Rosa and me.

~Pickles