Getting Close

I have a post it note on the calendar to remind me that the goats should start kidding on April 16th.  We sold the 2 billy goats last weekend so they will be out of the way. 

 It's inevitable that something always happened earlier than expected, so I have been trying to pay better attention to the goats.  J is always paying attention but mine sometimes wanders. 

 Otoelene and I checked on them earlier this week.

So far so good.  With all the wet weather we have a few with sore foot, but most are looking pretty good. 

On another sad note, we lost a second dog.  This time it was one of the "puppies".  Jett was 2 years old this month, full of energy and exuberance.  She didn't show up for supper one evening.  Not unusual at all.  Then she didn't show up the next day.  It's happened before but starting to get concerning.  Then the third day it was time to look a lot harder.  I finally found her where she had laid down in a little dip on the back side of a big hill.  I have no idea why she died, no signs of trauma, way away from any neighbor or the road, no previous illness, just dead.  We buried her where she died.  And just like that, we are down to two.