Baby goats

The duration of a goat pregnancy is roughly four months. The experience of seeing the two male boys come into the world here on Pine Haven was amazing. I watched momma like a hawk waiting and expecting something to happen each and every day. The day they finally arrived was a cool day. Lady needed no assistance, and Max and Tyler, as they were affectionately named by the children grew strong and healthy on their momma milk. Romeo was a Dad and once he conquered the girls, the hormones in his body would not rest, and so began the mischief. We have dog wire around the large paddock and Romeo quickly figured out that his head would fit through the squares it had. The problem was that goats are pretty stupid and so his horns would get stuck and end up there for a few hours. Now this won’t do much harm if its winter and a short while but middle of summer and I am out for the day! You can see how tiresome this becomes. This began to happen day after day and slowly but surely the girls would copy Romeo even though the grass on the other side of the fences was trimmed and kept short. I learnt about having the right fences for the goats in those days. With all the pushing through the fences, the girls quickly discovered holes they were making and started to escape. Iris to the left of my house, has prized gardens. The goats never got near her gardens but she was so quick to see them get out, quicker than me and so the pain began. Goats can and will destroy relations with neighbours if not properly supervised. A fact to this day I don’t think she has forgiven me for. I learnt a lot through the goats and quickly realised that their time on Pine Haven was running out.