We Rescued a Mama Goat & 3 Babies… Here’s What Happened

We are able to capture this rare moment where the kid goats are grazing and the mini panthers stalk them around their enclosure. And here is the new family. Good morning kids. Good morning. Hi Dale and Chip. So Tara got up this morning and fed the babies like all good mamas do. And now we've got the hay. So Tara's not even quite awake yet. I've had a shower. Hi. And the babies come first, right? So they've been doing really good. Probably not while I'm recording them. Let's move over here. They've been doing very good on their hay. So Tara just puts them down and Dale here is very interested in me. Go eat. Go eat. Yes. Yeah, I know. But the cute thing is they go through this hay. There we go. Chip's doing it. They grab it and it falls out of their mouth. And you can just sit here and watch them. But they went through a lot yesterday. Like for them, like they're now on hay. Yeah, pretty much. Oh, that one fell right out of your mouth, Chip. Okay, Dale, go. Your brother's going to eat it all. They listen. And it's funny because when they cry for me or want me, then I throw a little bit of hay over. Yeah. And they go and get the hay. So that'll be, they'll work on that for a while. Well, Chip will anyway. No, yesterday morning it was gone in 20 minutes. Well, yeah, I know. But it might take a little longer because Dale's not paying attention. He's like, I want to play with the guy with the camera. But they have free hay. So they get as much hay as they want. Oh, there you go. Good stuff, right, Chip? Okay. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to stop recording now. So you can go and eat. And maybe I'll go grab my coffee. All right. Silly boys. All right. So Tara and I are just heading outside. Beautiful day. It's supposed to be 10 degrees. Tara thinks it's going to be 16 degrees. She's always upping the level on that. So yeah. We have a lot of warmth here on the farm. Well, yeah, exactly. And I didn't know what to wear, what jacket to wear. I'm like, what do I... You can always take layers off, right? Okay. So an update on the... The lighting's horrible because the sun's right behind me. Sorry about that. I should turn this way. There we go. The maple tree here. So two weeks ago we put, we tapped the maple tree. First time we've done that. And we put a bottle on here. I know it's probably not the right thing. You're supposed to use a tin, like a bucket, tin bucket. But it hasn't expanded and frozen, broke. So that's good. This is our second bottle. So here we go. I replaced... Well, we replaced it about two days ago. So we're, we're processing. You can see you've got some dribbling happening down here. This is in there pretty secure. So this is our first time with the tapping of the maple tree. So we did a little taste test and you have to render it down by boiling it for... It's a 40 to 1 reduction. So there's quite a bit of work involved. It has a little nice, a little sweet taste to it, but you got to boil it down quite a bit. So we'll collect a bunch here and then we'll try, try boiling it down. See how much we get. Oh, what is it, Levi? What is it? It is breakfast. Do I have my knife? I don't have my, my new Leatherman that I got, but I do have that Swiss army knife that I've been carrying around since I was 16 years old. So thank you to my brother, Kevin, for giving me that for my 16th birthday. I, I always have it on me. And so it comes in, it comes in handy. So I engraved with a laser engraver, the 10 acre woods on there. And if you look closely, you can kind of see my initials that have faded over the decades. M A M. So yeah, no, that's, that's been put to good use. All right. So we have some newbies coming in today. And so what it was is there was an old guy. What was he? 90, 90 years old. And he had some animals and he passed away, unfortunately, and had these animals on his property. So there are, what is it, a mama goat and three kids, I understand. Yeah. And what breed are they? Nigerian. Nigerian. Yeah. They're small like the pygmy. Stockier, but small like the pygmy. Yeah. So they are set to come in, in about 45 minutes, half an hour. Well, and tonight we're meeting with the family to go over bottle feeding of the two kids in the house. So, yeah, so they'll be leaving. See when they'll be ready. Yeah. But, and it's people I know and see weekly, so. So we got somebody pulling in here. I noticed there was a car. We got our garbage cans. Oh, that's why. I saw a car parked out on the road and I'm like, who's stalking us? Who's stalking us? And it's like, oh, it's Marlene. It's Marlene. She's been stalking us for eight years. She's, she's got her garbage can in the car. Okay. So anyway, about 45, well, about half an hour now, they're coming in. So that'd be exciting. We have a lot of animals to move around or thinking about moving around. Tara's been racking her brain on stresses of my life. Yeah. How she's going to move the animals. So, um, we, we, well, we're sure we're going to take out the, the two kids, the yearlings, the yearlings that are inside the barn. Oh, sorry for the four. Yeah. Um, I'm thinking of the two kids inside the house. Our discussions about the kids in the house was we weren't sure if we wanted to introduce them to our yard and then move them again, which is why we're kind of doing a, from in-house to their house kind of thing, because we want what's best for the animals. And I think switching that routine originally, oh, you got goat yoga, keep the kids for goat yoga, but that's what the humans want. Not what's best for the animals. So Tara's dragging this hay out and, um, before I started recording, she said, you know, I have a tractor. I don't know why so, but she's just getting back to old school. I guess not, uh, not, not, not bothering, uh, pulling out the tractor just for a couple of days. I was putting some hay out here. Good morning, kids. Morning, Sheldon. Go on the birds. The birds are up in the tree there or up in the, uh, bird house. Chirping away. Sun's out. Two more, Marlene. This is what we've been waiting for. Hi, Charlie. Hello, Mr. Charles. No, I don't have anything. Sorry. He's like sitting nicely. How about a Timbit? Would you like a Timbit? You have to wait, Charlie. Oh, right. Yes. Yeah. We had a little mishap there. Yeah. Well, she had a mishap. We're not quite sure how she did it. She must've been, I don't know, could be playing, could be heading, head-butting something. Yeah. So you can see she's got a bandage. Well, she looked, it looked, it looked a lot worse. What? What the? Because, uh, of course, blood's bright, bright red. What, what are you doing? Rub my belly. If you're going to be out here, rub my belly. Charlie. It won't turn over, so there you go. Oh, boy. It's not even like he wants food. He wants belly rubs. The maintenance. That sun is out. The maintenance these animals require. Eye cleaning. Your eye is in there. Oh, get that. Oh, get your ear rubbed. Oh, the leg. Oh, scratch your bum. Oh, okay. She's actually looking pretty good. Yeah. Okay. It's just kind of congealed and she looked like Tiana came out to feed the one night and it was all down her neck and it. Oh, you're shaking the whole thing. He's dragging the whole thing. Um, but I want to point out on Chimmer here, if you look at her horns, how weak they are at that point. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Well, she does have their thin horns. Yeah. Well, and you can see how it goes in at that point, whether that was in her teen years or whatnot, but she does have very weak horns as it is. Yeah. Right where the weak spot is. Yes. Right where the weak spot is. And that can happen, uh, you know, malnutrition or just not getting the minerals and, and food or supplements. It could be genetic. It could be genetic. Yeah. Yes. And we noticed that when she first came in and we kind of commented how it, because you can tell history by horns, right? Oh, look at Charlie. Sorry. That was, I wanted to share that. Yeah. We're squirreling back and forth. Can you not put it in the water bowl though? Pick a ditch. Oh, Charlie. Yeah. You can take the whole thing. Yeah. Yeah. What is he like? Look at him. Going to bring my food over here. No, I'm playing with my ball. What are you just putting in piles? Are you making a bed? Yeah. Like what are you doing, Charlie? I mean, if he was a female. Yeah. Nesting is nest in Nestor. Uh, Charlie, are you nesting? Yeah. Hi. Oh, he's being very needy. Yes. Aren't you? You're being very needy. He's attention. Yeah. He's attention. Attention seeking. I'll rub your belly. I'll rub your belly. Oh, belly tickles. Pig down. I love you, Charles. We love you. Oh, he's going to be crashed out here all day. Yeah. Okay. Go play with your food. Oh, good morning, everyone. Good morning. Here's your poop bucket. Need to get that in there. I'm going to get you guys your food, get you set up. So the kids here, the four kids, so they're going to go out into the special pen or Sheldon's pen. And I think, well, I'm, I'm going to let Tara, I'm going to let Tara do the thinking, but, um, I'm guessing we're not going to feed you quite yet. And we're going to get you guys outside so that we can get, uh, the two that are in the house, Chip and Dale, uh, will go in. Actually it's here. We did talk about letting these guys out too, but we'll let Tara make the final decision there. It's tricky. Well, the weather's nice out. I want to walk the yard. Oh, calm down. I know she wants so needy. Um, I want to walk the yard because I have to make sure there's, I have to make sure there's no ice. Yeah. One's down. Yeah. We're concerned with the ice. Shorty has kind of got a, uh, a hip issue. We don't want them to slip on any ice. So we're just going to go out. He's getting more mobile, but I don't need to put that back. Yeah. Oh, exactly. All right. Assume the position. Okay, here you go. Here you go, Shorty. So like he's walking better, but he's still, I just don't need him slipping. Yeah. He's just been slow. And we noticed that last fall as well, uh, how he was, uh, you know, he would hang out in bed and he would get up late. And I know. Yeah. As soon as he gets out there, the excitement, they're going to want to run. Yeah. And I need to watch that. Like if it's grout, fine, but ice, you know, well, we know older humans, we know. Okay. Barry, you need your stuff. You keep on flipping your bowl. Why do you flip your bowl? Okay. Oh, Marlene's getting some. Are you getting anything for Barry? I haven't yet. No. Okay. Well let's throw him some carrots here to start. Rabbits like carrots, right? Oh, what is this? You want that? You get a take or no? He says no. We'll leave them there for you. Okay. So Barry, Barry up here. Look, you want that? Oh, that's what you want. Okay. We'll throw his apple over there. So we were just discussing, uh, Barry. We want to get him out as well. We want to get all the animals out, but his normal area has a lot of water in it. So I think we're going to hang off a little bit on Wednesday. I think it's supposed to be 18 degrees. So the temperature is going to be coming up. Everything's going to be drying. Uh, so we don't need his pen right away. So, uh, I think we're just going to let him simmer here for the week. We had some lights that are out. Yeah. It looks like those ones are out. I'm noticing that one and the far one are, uh, are out. Oh boy. Look at that tail. Can't see it really good because the, I think the light bulb is, uh, maybe burnt out. Yeah. Okay. Well, these led lights are supposed to last 20, 2,500 hours. I don't know. Okay. We'll get you some, a better light in here. And then these guys, we want to get these guys out too. So they've got their doors down here, the two doors. Uh, but of course it's, it's wet and snowy and, and I think we're going to see a lot of melting and we'll get all of you guys outside. Oh, that is much better. Now we can actually see what's going on. Yeah. I think they're rated for 2,500 hours or 25 years or something. Who knows? Uh, but they, uh, they go from time to time. So that is much better. All right, JD, I think you're probably, yeah, you're done. You're done. Okay. Come on. Yep. Nope. I think you got everything. Go on in. Okay. So we're going to close this off here. She's in. Yes. You kids are going out like right away. So we just have to wait for mom to open up the gate and give us the signal. Is it good? Okay. All right. Here we go. Here you go. Welcome to the outside world. Yep. Here I'll give you, I'll get behind them. They they're unsure. Okay. Go out. Yep. Go see your mom, your moms. Yeah. They're like, what is this strange new world out there? Come on. No, keep going. You're outside now. This is an exciting time. Come on. Keep going. You'll thank me later. Come on kids. Go. Go on. Go see your moms. Okay. Oh, oh, oh yeah. Oh, that's high. Isn't it? Okay. Come on now. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Okay. Now jump. Oh, come on. Really? Okay. There look at her. Just what is, what is this place? Oh boy. This strange new wet world. Oh yeah. No, mom's not giving you any milk. Look at that. They know. Is that your mama? Yeah. But unfortunately moms don't have any milk anymore. Yep. That time is long past. See, it was confusing and they didn't know where they were going, but now they realize it's all for the good. So we've got some oranges and such. Looks like I missed that when the kids were going outside because this is pretty much cleaned up now. Um, so yeah, I think what we're going to do is we're going to leave these guys in here probably until mid week. I'm guessing when it's a nice and warm out. So the pond, so it is starting to, we're starting to see water on the top of the pond over there. Some dark spots. It's not going to take long now by the time that that melts and we see liquid water. To get inside, it'll have to be a long ways. Let's see. Let's see. Hi. A new place. Lisa! Oh, come on. Let's go guys. Come on. The babies will come too. You call them. Here, there's a cookie. No, she's good. You were going to sit here all day. You're very worried now. Okay. So this one is, this is Moo. Okay, I got it. Yeah. Cause it looks like a cow. And then you've got two that look the same, except one has a white sock. Yeah. See it. And so this one is kind of penguin, but it doesn't matter. There's nothing here. Panda and penguin. You guys are adorable. Okay. Follow mama. Hey, you need some help little one. Oh, you got it. Come on. There you go. Yep. Keep going mama. Yep. Keep going. He's leaving a trail. Tara just cleaned this up. They're going to have to clean that again. All right. There we go. All right. We're back at the barn and it's Tiana's feeding time and JD's at it again. And here is the new family. Look at those little kids up top. Hey. Hi mama. So it's nanny. Nana. Nana Lisa. Nana Lisa. Okay. All right. JD. Yes. Dinner is coming yet. Tiana's got it here. So this one on the left with the little foot is penguin. And then we have Mu who's got his bum towards us. That's a boy. And then we have Panda on the right. Well, hello. Hi. So we have to find out if Panda or penguin is a boy. One's a girl. One's a boy, but they weren't sure which one. I forgot to bring you some treats. Hi. Hi. Okay. Let's see. Hi. Okay. That's Panda. We know that you are a boy. There we go. No, no, no, no, no. This is penguin. Let's see. Okay. So penguin is a girl, which is what I thought looked a little like a little smaller. Usually the girls are a little bit smaller. Hi. How are you? Okay. There you go. And then where's the other ones? Okay. So this one is Panda. Let's just make sure here. Yeah. Panda is a boy. Okay. So Panda is a boy. And they said that Mu, we'll double check just to make sure. Hi. Yeah. So this is the time where we want to make sure that we have a lot of contact with them so that they are very friendly and they realize that we are friends and not foes. And I think mom needs a little bit of work. So we'll have to... Hi. Yes. Hi. Okay. You go up. It's cute because it's Mona Lisa, like Mona Lisa. So Nona Lisa. Yeah. Okay. So. Nana Lisa. So penguin is the girl. So with the little foot. And I was just going to double check on little Mu here. So little Mu is a boy. So two boys. There we go. Yes. Yeah. Oh. Okay. So there we go. There's the new family. Do you want to grab some of those treats? We'll set mama up here. So they are very active. We've had some videos sent to us by the provincial vet office that they took while they were in their care. And they had, they had them in a barn and they were jumping around. There we go. Oh, here mama. What's this? Apparently these are your favorites. Oh, I'm going to try to win her heart over. Oh. So the, one of the officers that brought, that brought her, brought them in, of course had some treats and you saw in the video, she tried to give her the treats. There we go. So this is the mixture of molasses and oats. Yeah. 60, 30, 10 with molasses, which is a very sweet feed. So we'll add the oats and the barley just to get them off the, get her off the, uh, the molasses. Yeah. What was that? I don't know. Somebody half crowed back there. Yeah. So we call it 60, 30, 10. It's called different things, but it's essentially, uh, I think there's, isn't there corn in it too? Yeah. There's corn, there's, um, oats and there's a molasses coating on it, which, uh, they really love. And so, oh, look at this. Oh, we got some penguins. Well, not anymore. So starting off two weeks and they're already sampling. So that's good. They still need their mama's milk though. The, uh, the, the, uh, the officer did a lot of work with them when they were younger for health Yeah. Well, and, and she said that they, she was concerned that they wouldn't make it. Yeah. Well, three on three on a goat, like you gotta be a pretty good mom. Oh, it is. Yeah. To handle three, but they all look, they got the flat backs, which is a good sign of nutrition, right? She'll be my friend. Yeah. All right. It's time to change the kid's pen. So Tara's got a blanket or a towel, sorry, uh, over here. And this has been, uh, she's really fine tuned this process. It's like they know exactly where they're going and they go in the little triangle. So your towels are overlapping so that they roll. And that goes out of the deck to get shaken out. And these are, uh, there's two, yeah, there's two mats in here. So they're just overlapped. They're a rubber back mat. So we don't get any going through. What did you guys do to your little towel? It's so you can stand on Oh, boys, just wait until you're out of containment. Uh, the ends, because they're not double get the extra towel. I gotcha. So it's double towels, right? That's good. They have free brains at this time, but okay, there you go. You're back in all fresh. So we've got these two here, which may not be in the next video because they are going to another home. They are being rehomed, but we're unsure as to when they're going to be moving over. So we'll see how the week goes and give you an update. And then of course, uh, the three new babies, the new kids and mama, uh, yep. So they're settling in nicely. We gave them a bunch of treats before we left some vegetables. So that is it for this video. Hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please give it that thumbs up and we hope to see you next Sunday. Take care. Bye.