Waiting Game

Can you tell I am anxious for Yoko to kid? I definitely want her to have an easy labor and healthy kids, and to be there in the event something goes wrong! I guess it is always better to expect the best, but to prepare for the worst!

My camera has lived in my sweatshirt pocket these past few days, because if Yoko goes into labor, I won't have to run and grab it then. This translates to many pictures getting taken! Yoko is mostly the subject of the pictures, but the other goats have also gotten their time in the spotlight, too!

Bailey and SuzQ get very, very worried when Yoko isn't around. Yoko is the herd queen, so when she is gone, they don't know what to do! SuzieQ stares at the direction of the tractor shed (where the kidding stall is) and cries for Yoko, whenever I put Yoko up for the night. So during the day I've been making sure they get quality herd time together.

Artie is still shedding. Each time he comes up to me I take the opprotunity to pick some clumps of shedding fur off of him. He doesn't like it, but it is kinda fun! I leave them outside, in hopes that nesting birds might find the fluff useful. It is almost spring, after all!

Pretty boy George trotting after me, since he doesn't like getting left behind!

"I stole your glove. Pay attention to me now!"

George and the sunset, with a horse farm in the backdrop, too. He also looks so shaggy. He is starting to shed a bit, too, just not as dramatically as Artie.

Regal king of the snow drift!

Yoko's udder is looking much more full in just the past couple of days!

She just got a treat of fuji apple slices. I've been spoiling her more than usual!

And for a change of the usual goat related pictures, here are some deer! They were right across the road. They look to be in decent body condition. Apparently a DNR monitored herd in Rapid River, MI isn't doing so well, with the younger ones close to starvation.

Young ones!