I was in a conversation with a long time friend, and she informed me that my masthead was a bit confusing the first time she saw it. And I come to find out that some find it disturbing. I will admit that I find that a bit funny. The reason being that every time I have tried to change the picture I get emails and comments (no matter what the post is about) to put the "does this goat make my butt look big" photo back up.
I always cave.
But I have realized (I am slow sometimes) that there are many new readers here since the last time I explained my masthead. Which a big WELCOME to all of you, has been tardy.
I have placed a link on the sidebar, that explains the picture. Here it is for those that read via various feed readers >>> How to Sheer a Goat.
Yes Delilah is a goat, not a sheep.
And I leave the picture up as a reminder
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Farm Stay USA
I probably wouldn't have found this site, if they hadn't of mentioned me. But it is similar to what I hope to do on the farmstead someday.
Farm Stay USA is where you can find farms that let out rooms or cottages for your vacation. Go check it out.
Homestead news, even though I am giving back most of the sheep, I sheared the one wooly. I knew she would never be sheared by the neighbor across the way, so yesterday in 114F heat index, I spent an hour shearing. She isn't the prettiest looking thing right now, but will be cooler and alive. Sweat really burns when it drips into your eyes. Maybe sweatbands should make a comeback.
Going Green in Illinois is having a Choose Your Homesteaders Adventure contest. She's giving away homemade soap and bath salts!
Ok off to process cucumbers, peaches, and tomatoes.
Farm Stay USA is where you can find farms that let out rooms or cottages for your vacation. Go check it out.
Homestead news, even though I am giving back most of the sheep, I sheared the one wooly. I knew she would never be sheared by the neighbor across the way, so yesterday in 114F heat index, I spent an hour shearing. She isn't the prettiest looking thing right now, but will be cooler and alive. Sweat really burns when it drips into your eyes. Maybe sweatbands should make a comeback.
Going Green in Illinois is having a Choose Your Homesteaders Adventure contest. She's giving away homemade soap and bath salts!
Ok off to process cucumbers, peaches, and tomatoes.
Friday, May 07, 2010
Extracting Lanolin
With Donkey now sheared, I decided to take on another task I have been meaning to do the extraction of lanolin from the wool.
Lanolin is that thick ear wax looking stuff that is stuck to the wool and the skin of your sheep. You can feel it all greasy over your hands. Why yes, that is sheep sweat you are using. Makes you really want to put that chap stick on doesn't it?
First step is to build a fire outside and stuff the freshly shown wool into a large pot along with water and 1 -2 tablespoons salt. Simmer this for several hours, adding water as needed.
Here comes a problem, the Kansas wind. It has been a busy bee as of late, and a fire isn't prudent. We couldn't keep the water boiling. So I scoured the internet and through my books, all they say is to boil the water and if you have a large amount of wool, you might think about doing it outside with a large kettle. ok. . . good advice.
However. . . you knew this was coming didn't you?
I brought the pot inside and place it on the stove. Brought it to a boil and let it go. After awhile I could smell the wool, it wasn't awful, just smelled like a dirty wet sweater. I left it boiling and went outside to deal with the new sheep which we are trying to break a little of their wild streak in them. They are big over-reactors, never been handled in their life, and don't trust people at all.
I came back in and...oh my. . . gag. . .what. . .gag. . I can't. . . gag. . .
I stepped back out the door to get some fresh air. It was almost like boiling cabbage, where you have this disagreeable smell, yet an underlying order that makes you hungry, but 10x worse.
The house was open, but that didn't alleviate the smell. I opened the doors wide, putting up baby gates to keep the goats and turkeys out. I stayed out of the house, only entering to check the level of water.
For some reason the smell was tolerable to Medium who was playing on the computer when I came back into the house to strain the wool. As I poured, and gagged to the brink of vomiting, he asked me what was wrong.
uckgagwoogagukool (gasp) stiukgagukinksgag (gasp) was my reply.
So no matter what the books tell you, Never do it in the house.
Once it has drained and the wool will no longer burn you, squeeze it out into another pot. Take said (not as stinking) pot, and simmer it until it reduces. This is where I am at right now. It doesn't smell so bad, and is in the oven reducing. We will touch back on this subject soon.
Lanolin is that thick ear wax looking stuff that is stuck to the wool and the skin of your sheep. You can feel it all greasy over your hands. Why yes, that is sheep sweat you are using. Makes you really want to put that chap stick on doesn't it?
First step is to build a fire outside and stuff the freshly shown wool into a large pot along with water and 1 -2 tablespoons salt. Simmer this for several hours, adding water as needed.
Here comes a problem, the Kansas wind. It has been a busy bee as of late, and a fire isn't prudent. We couldn't keep the water boiling. So I scoured the internet and through my books, all they say is to boil the water and if you have a large amount of wool, you might think about doing it outside with a large kettle. ok. . . good advice.
However. . . you knew this was coming didn't you?
I brought the pot inside and place it on the stove. Brought it to a boil and let it go. After awhile I could smell the wool, it wasn't awful, just smelled like a dirty wet sweater. I left it boiling and went outside to deal with the new sheep which we are trying to break a little of their wild streak in them. They are big over-reactors, never been handled in their life, and don't trust people at all.
I came back in and...oh my. . . gag. . .what. . .gag. . I can't. . . gag. . .
I stepped back out the door to get some fresh air. It was almost like boiling cabbage, where you have this disagreeable smell, yet an underlying order that makes you hungry, but 10x worse.
The house was open, but that didn't alleviate the smell. I opened the doors wide, putting up baby gates to keep the goats and turkeys out. I stayed out of the house, only entering to check the level of water.
For some reason the smell was tolerable to Medium who was playing on the computer when I came back into the house to strain the wool. As I poured, and gagged to the brink of vomiting, he asked me what was wrong.
uckgagwoogagukool (gasp) stiukgagukinksgag (gasp) was my reply.
So no matter what the books tell you, Never do it in the house.
Once it has drained and the wool will no longer burn you, squeeze it out into another pot. Take said (not as stinking) pot, and simmer it until it reduces. This is where I am at right now. It doesn't smell so bad, and is in the oven reducing. We will touch back on this subject soon.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Easy as tearing the wings off Butterflies
The crowd gathered around. Necks strained to see what the screaming was about. They prodded and pushed, and when they could see that they could do nothing to help, they milled around until it was decided that there was nothing more to do. He was left to his attacker, alone to fend for himself.
But I guess a good story really needs to start at the beginning. It is quite simple really. It began as any attack would, the victim was stalked. He was watched carefully. The attacker learning his movements and his habits. The attacker paid great attention to the details of how alert his victim was, who he hung out with, where he ate and even how often he had to defecate. With enough amassed knowledge the attacker determined it was time. He employed a lovely distraction. The woman slowly, and seductively approached him. Lulling him into a sense of safety. She held his favorite dish of food out to him, willing him with her mind to pay attention only to her, and what she was carrying. The attacker approached slowly. The crowd that stood looking on did nothing to help, and witnessed the entire episode. They merely watched in detached interest. Suddenly the attacker jumped and grabbed the victim. A split second later the woman had dropped the food and started pushing the victim as the attacker pulled. Quickly, and with little noise, the two were able to get the victim to the blanket laid out under the tree and threw him down on his side. The woman straddled him to hold him down as the man removed a pair of long, shinny, and sharp scissors.
The first cut wasn't as simple as they had hoped. Slowly the man clipped up the side of the victim's leg. Once accomplished, getting the wool of Donkey was simple. The tangles this year weren't as bad as last. The shears slipped easily between the wool and cut cleanly. It took us 3 hours to shear him completely, a record. For those of us that aren't a practiced hand at hand shearing, it is a grueling process. Your back, knees, shoulders and wrists begin to burn, and your cuts become jumpy. It is always a good idea to have a tag team going.
Zombie and Ni took vigilance on the blanket beside us. Ni, acting cocky and cool.
He had the lone honor, as he takes no heed of Zombie unless feeling frisky, of sitting next to us cool people. Zombie even decided to get into the act, and helped us shear by eating the wool.
The group of cows that had gathered, quickly dispersed when it was shown that Donkey was overreacting. My ladies won't stand for the overly dramatic types. The bulls had to be shooed off as they wanted to play hook the sheep in my horns.
Husband and I had done our best, but I missed one mutton chop on him. He has an awful haircut. Husband even posed for you all.
While you have your sheep down, hoof work is important. Takes a few minutes to finish them up.
It is also wise to check the health of your animal at this time. Fix what needs to be fixed, clean what needs to be cleaned.
But I guess a good story really needs to start at the beginning. It is quite simple really. It began as any attack would, the victim was stalked. He was watched carefully. The attacker learning his movements and his habits. The attacker paid great attention to the details of how alert his victim was, who he hung out with, where he ate and even how often he had to defecate. With enough amassed knowledge the attacker determined it was time. He employed a lovely distraction. The woman slowly, and seductively approached him. Lulling him into a sense of safety. She held his favorite dish of food out to him, willing him with her mind to pay attention only to her, and what she was carrying. The attacker approached slowly. The crowd that stood looking on did nothing to help, and witnessed the entire episode. They merely watched in detached interest. Suddenly the attacker jumped and grabbed the victim. A split second later the woman had dropped the food and started pushing the victim as the attacker pulled. Quickly, and with little noise, the two were able to get the victim to the blanket laid out under the tree and threw him down on his side. The woman straddled him to hold him down as the man removed a pair of long, shinny, and sharp scissors.
The first cut wasn't as simple as they had hoped. Slowly the man clipped up the side of the victim's leg. Once accomplished, getting the wool of Donkey was simple. The tangles this year weren't as bad as last. The shears slipped easily between the wool and cut cleanly. It took us 3 hours to shear him completely, a record. For those of us that aren't a practiced hand at hand shearing, it is a grueling process. Your back, knees, shoulders and wrists begin to burn, and your cuts become jumpy. It is always a good idea to have a tag team going.
Zombie and Ni took vigilance on the blanket beside us. Ni, acting cocky and cool.
He had the lone honor, as he takes no heed of Zombie unless feeling frisky, of sitting next to us cool people. Zombie even decided to get into the act, and helped us shear by eating the wool.
The group of cows that had gathered, quickly dispersed when it was shown that Donkey was overreacting. My ladies won't stand for the overly dramatic types. The bulls had to be shooed off as they wanted to play hook the sheep in my horns.
Husband and I had done our best, but I missed one mutton chop on him. He has an awful haircut. Husband even posed for you all.
While you have your sheep down, hoof work is important. Takes a few minutes to finish them up.
It is also wise to check the health of your animal at this time. Fix what needs to be fixed, clean what needs to be cleaned.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Shearing Donkey
I went over to my mother's Saturday night and watched the movie M. An incredible film. I have always thought Peter Lorre was a great actor, and this just re-enforced the idea. I can't do youtube on my computer, but if you can, here is a fantastic scene from the movie. If you get a chance to see the entire movie, go for it. M was smuggled out of Germany in the 1930's, it also contains a bit a cursing, much more than what we were doing at the time. Cursing in American films didn't begin until the 1970's. The movie is in German, but has subtitles.
When I got to mom's, she was watching the Angel 2 Network. I have never seen it before, but then again I don't have satellite. It was the Art of Breadmaking. The hosts where Hannah and Ceecee. It was on a homestead, so I found it fascinating. We watched for a bit. Personally I didn't care for some of their recipes, but I am sure they were good, just a bit more complicated then I would do. It could have been my on the show, the only difference was they didn't have Korn, or Death blaring in the background. It was produced by Franklin Springs.
I have noticed a huge upswing in people coming by. They seem to be all looking for info on How to Water Bath Can Green beans. I forgot about the little argument I had with a commenter.
Yesterday husband and I sheared Donkey. Those of you that don't know, Donkey is our sheep. You can read about how we came about getting and naming Donkey in a series of posts called The Quest for the Demon Donkey.
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
As I was saying, we sheared him for the late summer. Usually it gets so hot here in August that we just melt, but we broke record lows here yesterday. Didn't I mention something about summer not coming to certain parts of the US this year? I digress, husband broke out his mad lassoing skills. Donkey just wasn't cooperating yesterday. Most of the time he will come right up to you for a little scratch and a treat, but he is a smart one, and knew from the look in our eyes that we were up to something. Husband got him lassoed, and he pulled while I pushed. He isn't a small little lamb ya know.
Once in the barn, it was a matter of flipping him. Once on his back, he is very passive. He definitely gets tense when you shear the wool around his neck, but do you blame him? I know I would freak. He must have got caught up on a fence at some point, the wound is now healed, but he lost a chunk of skin on his belly, now has a scar where no hair will grow.
It took us 4 hours to hand shear him. We have not gotten any faster. But Medium got to try his hand at it. If we can get him to practice maybe he will be as fast as those Aussies on TV get. They do it in what, 10 seconds? I know you have seen the shows, where they have the contests. Even when you aren't a homesteader, it sure is fascinating stuff.
Right now I can hear husband and medium talking in the bedroom. Husband is telling Medium how blood vessels work. Medium is an interesting little guy, his interest are varied. He will grow up to be a snake breeding, homesteading Doctor if he keeps this up.
Looks like on the name game, Winston is in the lead. 4 days left to vote.
When I got to mom's, she was watching the Angel 2 Network. I have never seen it before, but then again I don't have satellite. It was the Art of Breadmaking. The hosts where Hannah and Ceecee. It was on a homestead, so I found it fascinating. We watched for a bit. Personally I didn't care for some of their recipes, but I am sure they were good, just a bit more complicated then I would do. It could have been my on the show, the only difference was they didn't have Korn, or Death blaring in the background. It was produced by Franklin Springs.
I have noticed a huge upswing in people coming by. They seem to be all looking for info on How to Water Bath Can Green beans. I forgot about the little argument I had with a commenter.
Yesterday husband and I sheared Donkey. Those of you that don't know, Donkey is our sheep. You can read about how we came about getting and naming Donkey in a series of posts called The Quest for the Demon Donkey.
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
As I was saying, we sheared him for the late summer. Usually it gets so hot here in August that we just melt, but we broke record lows here yesterday. Didn't I mention something about summer not coming to certain parts of the US this year? I digress, husband broke out his mad lassoing skills. Donkey just wasn't cooperating yesterday. Most of the time he will come right up to you for a little scratch and a treat, but he is a smart one, and knew from the look in our eyes that we were up to something. Husband got him lassoed, and he pulled while I pushed. He isn't a small little lamb ya know.
Once in the barn, it was a matter of flipping him. Once on his back, he is very passive. He definitely gets tense when you shear the wool around his neck, but do you blame him? I know I would freak. He must have got caught up on a fence at some point, the wound is now healed, but he lost a chunk of skin on his belly, now has a scar where no hair will grow.
It took us 4 hours to hand shear him. We have not gotten any faster. But Medium got to try his hand at it. If we can get him to practice maybe he will be as fast as those Aussies on TV get. They do it in what, 10 seconds? I know you have seen the shows, where they have the contests. Even when you aren't a homesteader, it sure is fascinating stuff.
Right now I can hear husband and medium talking in the bedroom. Husband is telling Medium how blood vessels work. Medium is an interesting little guy, his interest are varied. He will grow up to be a snake breeding, homesteading Doctor if he keeps this up.
Looks like on the name game, Winston is in the lead. 4 days left to vote.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
And they'll never, be the same
We worked long and hard yesterday and almost got the garden completely finished. The drainage system is taking the longest, but hopefully will be worth it, and I won't lose over half my produce to flooding this year.
My mother wants to come out and help me shear Donkey today. Really? I don't think she realizes how long it takes for amateurs to shear a sheep. It took us 4 hours to shear the angora, I have no idea how long Donkey would take. I think I would rather have the men around to do it. Probably this weekend, when my husband and little brother around. If I didn't have hand shears, I would be up for it. But I don't, so I don't wanna.
Saturday night or Sunday morning, however you look at it, at 145 am. Husband and I were watching a movie when our dog, Link, sounded the alarm. Something was here that shouldn't be here. I looked out the door and something was out in the field across the way. Husband grabbed the gun in case it was something that wanted to eat us, or the sheep that lived in the fenced in part of said field. We got over there and it was the sheep on the loose. Turns out that the donkey (an actually donkey, not a sheep named donkey) had figured out how to open the gate, and let every one out. We got them back in, and husband walked the open fields to see if any one was left out. I told the owners what had happen. Yesterday afternoon, I got home and heard a lamb bleating. I looked across the way and it was out of the fence. Not a surprise because those little ones are slippery and can get through field fencing. As I walked up the drive to my house, I just happened to look over at the horse neighbor's to discover 20 sheep, 2 goat, and a donkey in his front yard. Wonderful! I yelled for husband, went in the house to call the neighbor that now lives in the city to tell him that his animals were on the loose again. Then we rounded every one back up. I was given $20 from now city neighbor for my shepardressing.
Now they really need to secure that gate.
Melissa's Ramblings has graciously donated 2 Longaberger baskets for the Blogathon raffle. Very cool. I am trying to get her to post photo's so I can link to it. Thank you Melissa's Ramblings!
My mother wants to come out and help me shear Donkey today. Really? I don't think she realizes how long it takes for amateurs to shear a sheep. It took us 4 hours to shear the angora, I have no idea how long Donkey would take. I think I would rather have the men around to do it. Probably this weekend, when my husband and little brother around. If I didn't have hand shears, I would be up for it. But I don't, so I don't wanna.
Saturday night or Sunday morning, however you look at it, at 145 am. Husband and I were watching a movie when our dog, Link, sounded the alarm. Something was here that shouldn't be here. I looked out the door and something was out in the field across the way. Husband grabbed the gun in case it was something that wanted to eat us, or the sheep that lived in the fenced in part of said field. We got over there and it was the sheep on the loose. Turns out that the donkey (an actually donkey, not a sheep named donkey) had figured out how to open the gate, and let every one out. We got them back in, and husband walked the open fields to see if any one was left out. I told the owners what had happen. Yesterday afternoon, I got home and heard a lamb bleating. I looked across the way and it was out of the fence. Not a surprise because those little ones are slippery and can get through field fencing. As I walked up the drive to my house, I just happened to look over at the horse neighbor's to discover 20 sheep, 2 goat, and a donkey in his front yard. Wonderful! I yelled for husband, went in the house to call the neighbor that now lives in the city to tell him that his animals were on the loose again. Then we rounded every one back up. I was given $20 from now city neighbor for my shepardressing.
Now they really need to secure that gate.
Melissa's Ramblings has graciously donated 2 Longaberger baskets for the Blogathon raffle. Very cool. I am trying to get her to post photo's so I can link to it. Thank you Melissa's Ramblings!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Repost: How to Shear a Goat
I was asked about my masthead, so I thought now would be a good time to post about shearing. This post first appeared on my blog on 5/13/08.
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Meet Delilah
Many people and books tell you the once they are on their backs, they are passive. This is not true. Goats will spit and buck while on their backs. Just a gentle holding down of the horns to keep their heads from moving seems to be much better then some of the other techniques I have read and seen.
Starting on the front right shoulder, you cut as close as is comfortable for you. The book I have said to flip the animals back and forth, going from right to left and back again. This however, boys and girls, doesn't seem to work for these goats, for as soon as you attempt to roll them, they attempt to get up on their feet and run away.
Just curious. But, does this goat make my butt look big?
Sometimes your Angora wrangler is done for the day, even if the job isn't. It then falls on you to do the rest of the shearing. Not to worry boys and girls. The goat isn't being sat on, merely straddled into compliance. (I wonder what kind of google hits I will get from that statement)
When your goat is down, now is the time to trim hooves and look for any problems. This goat shows signs of neglect from previous owners. We are in the process of fixing that.
This goat is also pregnant, that or she has an alien about ready to burst from her stomach.
I know, I know, this was horrible. We did a bad job with the shearing, but it is our first time. We will hopefully get better as time goes on.
NO goats were hurt in the making of this post. just our pride.
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Meet Delilah
She is an Angora goat, and our host for today. You will need a goat for today's experiment. You will also need to wonder through your local farm store purchasing items such as bleed stop, sprayable iodine and bandages. Try not to look frighten as you give these items to the cashier, she/he might think you are up to something. And a nervous giggle is something you should avoid as well boys and girls. Cashier's are able to give you the evil eye without lifting their heads, it's spooky.
Now that you have your wound care, and your goat, you need a pair of shears. For educational purposes only, we have gone the route of manual shears.
Purchasing a goat wrangler comes in handy as well. Look around, it is worth it to find one to your specific likings.
The floor of your barn should be clean, no mud of straw to get into the wool. But for this experiment, we will forgo the sterile room.
Many people and books tell you the once they are on their backs, they are passive. This is not true. Goats will spit and buck while on their backs. Just a gentle holding down of the horns to keep their heads from moving seems to be much better then some of the other techniques I have read and seen.
Starting on the front right shoulder, you cut as close as is comfortable for you. The book I have said to flip the animals back and forth, going from right to left and back again. This however, boys and girls, doesn't seem to work for these goats, for as soon as you attempt to roll them, they attempt to get up on their feet and run away.
Just curious. But, does this goat make my butt look big?
Sometimes your Angora wrangler is done for the day, even if the job isn't. It then falls on you to do the rest of the shearing. Not to worry boys and girls. The goat isn't being sat on, merely straddled into compliance. (I wonder what kind of google hits I will get from that statement)
When your goat is down, now is the time to trim hooves and look for any problems. This goat shows signs of neglect from previous owners. We are in the process of fixing that.
This goat is also pregnant, that or she has an alien about ready to burst from her stomach.
I know, I know, this was horrible. We did a bad job with the shearing, but it is our first time. We will hopefully get better as time goes on.
NO goats were hurt in the making of this post. just our pride.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
How to Shear a Goat
Meet Delilah
Many people and books tell you the once they are on their backs, they are passive. This is not true. Goats will spit and buck while on their backs. Just a gentle holding down of the horns to keep their heads from moving seems to be much better then some of the other techniques I have read and seen.
Starting on the front right shoulder, you cut as close as is comfortable for you. The book I have said to flip the animals back and forth, going from right to left and back again. This however, boys and girls, doesn't seem to work for these goats, for as soon as you attempt to roll them, they attempt to get up on their feet and run away.
Just curious. But, does this goat make my butt look big?
Sometimes your Angora wrangler is done for the day, even if the job isn't. It then falls on you to do the rest of the shearing. Not to worry boys and girls. The goat isn't being sat on, merely straddled into compliance. (I wonder what kind of google hits I will get from that statement)
When your goat is down, now is the time to trim hooves and look for any problems. This goat shows signs of neglect from previous owners. We are in the process of fixing that.
This goat is also pregnant, that or she has an alien about ready to burst from her stomach.
I know, I know, this was horrible. We did a bad job with the shearing, but it is our first time. We will hopefully get better as time goes on.
NO goats were hurt in the making of this post. just our pride.
She is an Angora goat, and our host for today. You will need a goat for today's experiment. You will also need to wonder through your local farm store purchasing items such as bleed stop, sprayable iodine and bandages. Try not to look frighten as you give these items to the cashier, she/he might think you are up to something. And a nervous giggle is something you should avoid as well boys and girls. Cashier's are able to give you the evil eye without lifting their heads, it's spooky.
Now that you have your wound care, and your goat, you need a pair of shears. For educational purposes only, we have gone the route of manual shears.
Purchasing a goat wrangler comes in handy as well. Look around, it is worth it to find one to your specific likings.
The floor of your barn should be clean, no mud of straw to get into the wool. But for this experiment, we will forgo the sterile room.
Many people and books tell you the once they are on their backs, they are passive. This is not true. Goats will spit and buck while on their backs. Just a gentle holding down of the horns to keep their heads from moving seems to be much better then some of the other techniques I have read and seen.
Starting on the front right shoulder, you cut as close as is comfortable for you. The book I have said to flip the animals back and forth, going from right to left and back again. This however, boys and girls, doesn't seem to work for these goats, for as soon as you attempt to roll them, they attempt to get up on their feet and run away.
Just curious. But, does this goat make my butt look big?
Sometimes your Angora wrangler is done for the day, even if the job isn't. It then falls on you to do the rest of the shearing. Not to worry boys and girls. The goat isn't being sat on, merely straddled into compliance. (I wonder what kind of google hits I will get from that statement)
When your goat is down, now is the time to trim hooves and look for any problems. This goat shows signs of neglect from previous owners. We are in the process of fixing that.
This goat is also pregnant, that or she has an alien about ready to burst from her stomach.
I know, I know, this was horrible. We did a bad job with the shearing, but it is our first time. We will hopefully get better as time goes on.
NO goats were hurt in the making of this post. just our pride.
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