Monday, April 18, 2011

Farm Happenings

Over the weekend, we had a new addition to our farm family.  Meet Iris:
Iris was born on Saturday to one of our older goats, Maggie.  Regular readers might remember Maggie as the goat that I had to nurse back to health last year.  She was extremely ill, could barely hold up her head and was temporarily blind due to a case of pinkeye.  However, with the help of two rounds of twice-daily antibiotic shots, hand feeding and watering, and just plain tender loving care, she pulled through.


Iris was named 1) in honor of tax day and 2) after a Goo Goo Dolls song (we tend to name our farm animals after songs or musicians).  Mother and kid seem to be doing fine.  We've had a number of kids born on the farm these past few months, but I haven't been documenting them.  Since I was there for the actual birth (and even gave an assist), I felt I needed to get Iris's photo out there.  She's a cutie, isn't she?

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5 comments:

  1. Shona~ LALA dex pressApril 18, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    she is too cute!

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  2. AdrienneApril 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    I WANT Iris. OMGosh! She is beyond cute. Is she a Nubian?

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  3. CherieApril 19, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    Shona, yes, she is. ;)

    Adrienne, Iris is a Boer goat and is totally sweet, as are all goat babies. I'll have to get better about posting pics when the babies are born.

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  4. AdrienneApril 19, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Ok - thanks. I'll to look that up.

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  5. AdrienneApril 19, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Let's try that again - I'll have to look up Boer goats...

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