Reed Ranch- Cute & Tasty

Asa is holding up the bag of bass he put in the pond yesterday. You can also see some of the goats in the background.

Woody, Woody, Woody! You were doing so well. Then you had to go and have two monsterous poops and pee in the hall way. Without even trying to let us know you had to go out. AR noticed her dolls feet were missing. She showed me this morning. I told her, that looks like it really hurts, she said "yeah it does." Woody you went two nights sleeping inside without being in your kennel and then you blew it. I woke up at 3am to the smell of poop I put Woody outside. We all woke up to garbage all over the yard. He made a royal mess of the trash not only inside but outside. He was then put in his other kennel which he urinated and pooped in. This was two kennels both messy. One with poop and urine, the other with vomit. Asa took them both to the car wash this evening and cleaned them. Woody is now in his kennel whining but he is still in trouble and after last night there is no way I am going to be suckered into letting him out tonight.

After breakfast the girls and I went to the state park and they played on the playground and I read the paper. It was chilli but they had lots of fun and the park is closed for the winter so there is absolutely no one there. We then went into town to go to Micheals but it was so busy the parking lot was full. We decided to skip it and go during the week and to go to lunch instead.

When we got home Asa was already home from work. We went to fix the electric fence for we saw in the dark sparks of where it was grounded. Some wires were touching the poles where they shouldnt have been which made the fence not work properly. It has been raining here the last few days so the fields are very muddy to work in. Today it did not rain but it was cool. Asa needed to test the fence so he touched it. It gave him a big jolt and he couldnt move his arm for a few seconds. Soon after he touched it the cat came through the barn and accidently ran into it. He cried so loud and jumped. I wonder if he is down a live. QT came over to where we were working and we to her not to touch the fence many times and while we turned our backs on her for a split second she reached out and grabbed the fence. She was stunned and started screaming. I felt so bad for her.

It was now time to transfer the does to their new pasture. The first few went very smooth. They followed the food bucket right into their new quarters. There were about six which followed. AR wanted to try next. She didnt quite follow instructions but she did well. They almost made it to the new area. Asa was able to get a hold of one and another followed. There was then three running loose. Grandma even joined us to help get them in the barn/pasture. It took a while but we were able to corral them into the field. The skidish goats were still left in the milk barn and had to be transferred. Two Asa caught and we each had a horn and walked each one to the field and then released them. Another one was small enough he carried it. The last two are the scardy goats. We got two dog leashes and collars which Grandma got off the porch while dragging Happy Birthday down to the pasture. We couldnt believe she actually touched HB let alone dragged her the whole way to the barn. Once we had the collars as was able to tackle/pin one goat and I held it by the horns while he did the same to the other goat. She was hard because she had no horns. We were able to get the collars and leashes on them to place them in their new home. At least for a while. All the goats seemed to be happy this evening.