Evening chores

The day light is long and I made it home by 5:30 with plenty of time to recheck all the sheep and goats before dark. Cut lots of sweet gum branches for the does with kids. These babies love those tender, star shaped leaves. They will eat them long before starting on grain. Goats are browsers like dear and smart too, these trees and vines have the same protein as alfalfa hay. A kid goat can get fat on does milk and forbes. This is Blazer's doe kid that was tube fed for a week before she caught on to the teat. She just couldn't figure out how to do it. She is not as big as her brother, any animal or plant that doesn't get a good start or is stressed just doesn't grow and produce as well as those that do.