February 1st and -4 C at Gullringstorp

A morning with sunshine and frost, rock hard ground and -4 c. It was a beautiful morning, crisp and clear. A perfect day for all our goats to go out:

My boys were the first to come out and were so happy

This is our alpha buck Balder

The boys know there is a doe in heat so they are at each other

Little Man, Winston and Baby Boy

This is the first time in the boy’s enclosure for Pip, no so for Toby

Once the boys have settled in , we brought out the girls:

Petunia and Alika

Time for fun

Iris having fun with Rose

Nanna, Pumpkin, her daughter Rose and Iris

Pumpkin, our lead doe

Time to run…

Peanut, hilda’s daughter with Keriana and her daughter Fiona enjoy the rocks and snow

Pumpkin will be in my Maternity watch reports soon

Fiona

Pansy and her sister Poppy will be on maternity watch soon also

Poppy, Petunia and Ivy

Nanna tries to stay near the bucks because she is in heat today

Iris will be on Maternity watch also

Petunia

Our girls having fun

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More fun!

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Fun in the pasture

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The girls in the enclosure

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It was the first time in the boy’s enclosure for 3 of our little bucklings, Phillip, Winston and Pip. Leif always puts the tiny noses to the electric fence. I just can’t do it although I know it’s a real necessity. Every new buckling or doeling must go through this in order to stay safe inside the fenced enclosure. This way we can leave and be assured that no one will be wandering around one of the adjacent fields. They stay put because they have experienced an unpleasant shock, at least once.

Here Leif makes sure that Phillip, Winston and Pip learn as all the others have before them:

Little Pip

My little boys are getting bucky!

My babies Winston and Phillip are no longer babies

Little bucks always challenge each other

Winston and Phillip

Look at Little Man’s horns, beautiful. Little Man is Phillip’s brother.

It was a great day for the hens and roosters come out and play. They were so happy :

The hens and roosters were happy to come out

Happy fluffy Henny Penny

Mr. Bojangels was happy to be out of the hen house

Eugene was happy with his ladies around him

It was a great day for all the animals here at Gullringstorp. Our goats were able to be out till 4 pm when it started to get dark. Some goat owners leave their goats out overnight , even during the winter months. It is supposed to be healthy for them. I have West African goats and the cold is not so fun for them, even with their thick winter coats. Maybe I am a bit protective also; I worry about animals getting to them in the enclosure  or in their outdoor shelter. As the sun goes down, they are all ready to come in to their warm (relatively warm) stable and their cozy beds of straw. I can make my walk back to the house knowing all my goats and hens and roosters are safe inside their homes. I could have it no other way.