It' s a Jack!

Baby Jack's First Steps!  

Just after birth and trying to stand-up! 

"Just look at my little jack," says Mama, "isn't he the cutest?"   

I am trying, Mama, to get my legs!  

Melanie cleaning  her baby jack  right after birth.   It was
so sweet,  each lick made him unsteady on his feet and
he would stumble, but with each lick, came the fluff.

He is so darn fluffy, and cute... 
 Fluffy and cute, that's our little jack!  

I have to work so hard...
My legs are so long,  splayed, and spindly.
I have to do this on my own.
Mama can't help me do my stand up routine!  

Mama, I'm up!

Look at me...

I'm up...I did it!  

Got Milk?

This little girl is a bottle baby!  She was rejected at birth by her mother and I am now bottle feeding her on demand, or every four hours.  When she was first born, she drank two ounces every four hours, then three ounces, and now is at one half cup every four hours.  I am using a Pritchard Nipple from a goat supply store and a soda bottle.  

Mayor Bloomberg, I Like my Big Twenty, to the Last Sweet Drop!

Our  Big  Twenties  are 

safe here on the farm...

Slurp, slurp, slurp!

Oh the joy, the sun in my face,

 ears flappin' in the wind, 

 and a big twenty in my rumen. 

 It's good to be a goat!

B-U-R-P!  

Happy St. Patrick's Day from all your Friends at Shaky Tail Farm!

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, sure 'tis like a morn in spring.

In the lilt of Irish laughter, you can hear the angels sing.

When Irish hearts are happy, all the world seems bright and gay,

And When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, sure, they steal your heart away.

New Kids on the Farm!

You have to check out the new kids on the farm. They are SO cute!  

Click on Link:

http://www.carolinamediastar.com/ShakyTail/ShakyTail1/Shaky_Tail_Farm_-_Animals.html

Nigerian Dwarf Goat Kids Have Arrived at Shaky Tail Farm!

Darling Little Doeling...

Newborn kids basking in the glow of the heat lamp!  

 When this little doeling was born, she didn't move,  she just laid there in the shavings under the heat lamp.  Two days after she was born, I went to the barn nursery hoping she was still alive, and there she was, leaping like a lamb. I was beside myself with joy...I knew this  little girl was going to make it.  Ping!  There she goes again.

Brrrr...I just love the heat lamp!  

The Ultimate Girly-Girl Tractor!

Silly Boys,  Tractors are for Girls!