We are advertising the wether kids (castrated bucks) this week in the local papers. I keep procrastinating because none of us can really picture someone coming and taking them away. Silly to think we could all get so attached to goats but boy are we!

The kids got their CDT shots a couple weeks ago. We give most routine vaccinations etc ourselves. This time Alannah helped.  For background we officially dropped 4H this spring. It was too much to meet those deadlines and requirements as well as do co-op and piano and our regular routine. Also we made a decision not to show the goats due to the possibility of contracting disease.  Goats can pass CAE – a type of uncurable arthritis that can be passed through the milk. They can also pick up all sorts of miscellaneous illnesses at shows so routine use of antibiotics after showing is necessary.  We felt this was stressful on the goats and was an unacceptable risk considering all the people who drink this milk. However we still want our children to get the full experience of animal husbandry and learn the types of things they would have covered in 4H. So this time Alannah jumped in.  After assisting with three of the goats she gave the last shot. We were so proud of her! She wrote narrated the procedure and defined the three types of injections that can be given here:

She may have won the debate over computer vs handwritten narrations however : o   Penmanship isnt our strong suit!