We SOLD All Our GOATS!

Good morning guys, welcome back to today's video. Recently a friend asked me, hey like, you're going to put your cats outside, can cats actually go outside? And the answer is yes. Not only can they go outside, oh I missed it. Not only can they go outside, but they love being outside. Oh, I'll show you. Today I just happened to hear a noise, looked over, oh shoot, and what did I see? I saw our little girl, Teddy, all the way up there, climbing up the tree, hunting, wow that thing's got some horns, some thorns, wow, I'm going to cut that off today, ow. Anyway, yep, they love being outside, that's for sure, haha babe, in fact, I was going into the house and I realized that the cats didn't come to me today. It's the first day they didn't just walk up to me and I was like, oh my gosh, then I heard a sound and I looked over and she was way up that tree. So it's true, cats can be outside and they love it and they thrive. The biggest problem with cats being outside, of course, is cars, but you guys can see she is loving life. We bought them in October, moved them out of the house in April, and to say that that little girl, Teddy, hated it is an understatement. She hated being outside. Now look at her, it's only been like a week, maybe two weeks, not even two weeks, it's only been like a week and she is living life out there prowling around. I'm so proud of her. That's always what I want for my animals and for my kids, I want them to explore their world and live their best life, but anyways, it is freezing right now, kind of cold right now, maybe like six degrees, which I don't know what that is, but it's going to be hot today. I just spent all morning sitting in the goat field, just sitting there. Why you ask? I can't get away from them. They just make me so happy. But now I'm going to have some breakfast and then head back out because today is actually going to be warm enough that I can get some work done around this property. Also if you saw yesterday's video, you'll know that I woke up with a huge infection in my cheek yesterday, so I wanted to give you guys an update, I don't know if you can see. When I do that you can see, it's still there, way smaller, way less, yesterday when I woke up and I opened my mouth there was so much tightness and stuff, today I can hardly even feel that it's there. So the antibiotics are definitely working, I just don't know how long it's going to take for this thing to go completely away, maybe to here, and yesterday it was like here, so it's gone down a lot. Thank goodness. The other thing that I did besides antibiotics was I put peppermint oil on it, because peppermint oil will clear up any kind of abscess, any kind of infection, and that stuff works really good. Anyway, I want to show you guys what I bought yesterday at a yard sale for one dollar! This is it, it might not look very exciting to you, and we've had these before, not this particular one, but what I want it for is every year, this is like the fourth or fifth annual party, maybe the fourth, fourth annual, so every year we have a big party in our barn, we have a big barn party, and this year I want to make a nice big drink and put it out there for whoever wants to have a drink. I like it, it's super cute, big, that's what I wanted, nice and big. I actually have so many updates about our party this year, like we got a band, we got a band. We're getting a port-a-potty, I have to order that, but the band is already ordered, we got a band, we're going to try and invite more people, it's going to be like, last year was a happening party, a bash, it was so much fun last year, and this year, last year we did karaoke, this year we're going to have a band, it's going to be in the barn, we're going to hang up way more lights, we're going to, um, we're going to just make it so much better. We're, we have like a party committee this year. Do you guys see it, she's, she's in the chicken coop, she was in the chicken coop, hi, I just came out, go waste time, hi baby, I didn't see you all day, you're so cute, yeah, hi, you guys don't know how much these kittens meant to us all winter, yeah, to see them thriving and doing so good outside makes my heart happy. There's honestly so much to do, I want to rake out all this, and then Sam put these water things here last year, which is fine, but it has a crack in it, so we can't even use it, or at least not for water, and he put it right on top of our garden, so all the flowers that are here are stuck underneath a skid there, so I want to kind of clean this all out, so our garden will be beautiful, I want to work on that garden, I want to clean the horse pasture, this afternoon I plan to clean the boys' stall, I mean there's just so much, but what am I going to do, I'm going to take some pictures of my goats, it's my favorite thing to do, listen to that, do you guys hear it, that's Toph, I don't know why she, she's always screaming, and it's not because she's sick, or she's hurt, or there's a birth issue, it's because she wants to go in and eat, she's hungry, she's hungry, but she doesn't want hay, she wants grain, and I already gave her some grain, because she doesn't eat in the morning before I let her out, who's between my legs, posy, anyways, you guys know that I bought this, these things yesterday, you want some, here, look how friendly she kind of is now, wow, so we bought these hay cubes, and nobody ate it, so then I ended up putting water on them, this morning, and I didn't make them like wet and soupy, I just put a little bit of water, so they're like, so they're like this, until he loves it, so Sam so kindly hung up some more feeders for us, thanks to my friend who gave us some for free, and Sophie wanted me to put this hay in it, this hay is alfalfa hay, still kind of hard and dry, and it's actually the kind of hay that goats need, but it's really hard to get in our area, spring happens, and everybody's cutting their fields, I might be able to find a source and get some, because in past years I've had some, hey, you want some, you want some little guy, yeah, I put a lot of water in here, and it's not even perfect, it could have been a little bit more wet, they actually eat it a little bit like this, like Tilly loves it, so the reason that alfalfa is so good for them, is because it's got way more calcium than grass hay, way more protein than grass hay, so important for them, especially like when they're nursing babies, or when they're growing, it might help her if she eats some of that to fill up, because she's hungry, remember how big she was, and now she's like, she still looks good, oh Posy likes it, but it's not for piggies, she's like I'll take it all, she's eating a lot of it, that's really good for her, I'm trying to take pictures of them, this little guy, I got a cute picture of him just laying against the wood, but look, this is what I noticed, I noticed her laying in a tire, but also, there's our little goat chicken, do you guys see her, yep, she just lays with the goats, she thinks she's a goat, acts like a goat, might as well just be a goat, look at how high this, how deep this hay is, can you guys see, how deep it is, how high up it is, I spy with my little eye, a little Gemma, oh, she is such a Gem, isn't she so cute, the newest babies, this is where they lay and hide out, if they, if their mom is not around, she'd just be walking around screaming for grain, and they hide under there, because the big goats, nobody else can get under there, just the babies, it's been a busy day, I'll tell you guys about it, before we end the video, when we put everybody to bed, I'll tell you guys what happened, but right now, Sam is brave, right now, I have one huge job, like I feel like I was running around going from one thing to the next all day, but now, I have to actually finish one huge job, the job that I want to get done, is I want to clean out this stall, I want to get some shavings in the morning, but I want to get almost all the hay out, let me show you, I've done it already before, look at this, it goes halfway up the wall, it's so full, and what happens is that he comes in, and he makes a bed, and then we can't even get in any door, so that's my job for today, I'm going to get it completely cleaned out, I really love this boy, he is just so gorgeous, it's not going to be warm here until through May, so it's not going to be warm here in April, it hasn't hardly been warm, it's not going to be warm in May, by the end of May, we should start to get summer weather, so to this week, we have two warm days, today and tomorrow, and then it should get cold again, so I really need to get this done, and it is annoying to get it done, like, take a look you guys, the pig laughed, he's like, I know what she's going to do, like, it's so deep, anyway I'm going to do it right now, I'm going to get that door all the way open, get this door all the way open, two hours later, two dump trucks full, like, I mean full, you guys, we took so much out, and it's still full, it's still completely full, yep, but we're done for today, we're done for today, so basically I took everything all the way down to the ground on this side, and then moved all the hay, the clean stuff, from here over to here, so tomorrow, when we come back to finish, it'll be so easy, this stuff is just all, like, the stuff on top, easy stuff to just brush out, broom out, sweep out, it was so hard, like, so hard, it was so hard, unless you've mucked a stall that's been like this for three months or more, a deep litter method, especially with goats who waste hay, like, all this bedding is stuff that they should have been eating, but they didn't eat, they just messed with it, how it works here though, is that when it's cold out, all this hay keeps them warm, like, it really keeps them warm, you can feel the heat, and then once it gets hot though, it's like an oven, so it's, they can't, they can't have it, so, poor boy, Sam says we need to put out his pool, he dumped his water bucket and then laid in the puddle, I'll get you some water, it's not even that hot yet, but I guess, because he can't be in the shade, like, usually he just goes in the shelter, because I was working in there, alright, let's see if I can get you guys out, there you go, out you go, welcome to your new home, make a bed, I'll give you guys some fresh water, come on, he's like, I'm going, nice and cool in here for him, get out, get over here, oh my gosh, how did you get in, you're the one that opened the door, alright, I'm just going to run up to the house, watch, have a drink, and then we'll be down to do chores, and I'll bring Sophie with me, and I will tell you guys what we've been up to this afternoon, which was insane actually, today Sophie and I had like a little open house, where people came and picked up their goats, and I think you guys will be shocked at who we have left, so that's what I wanted to show you guys, so we're going to put them in to bed for the night, but you guys come and meet next year's herd, I mean honestly, we sold everybody, just joking, but I bet you they're sad, so yesterday Tilly's babies left, and I wanted to sell her with a baby, it just didn't work out that way, come on Posy, get in there, Posy, in, it just didn't end up that way, and it sucked so much, today she was so upset that her babies were gone, so this stall is now completely empty, we are moving everyone around, literally it was so hot all day, and now it's freezing, and I don't know where those little babies are, oh they're both in there, you can tell it's cold when the babies disappear, come here babies, let's put your sweaters on, come here, oh you're warm, alright, so we're going to put, alright, there's one, and if I bend down here, this little white boy jumps on my back, come here sweetie, oh you're warm and cozy, Toffee is moving over here with her babies, and she's going to share a stall with Winnie and her babies, it literally got so cold, I can't even believe it, I'm out here with short sleeves, I'm allergic to cold, I'm frozen, I'm missing it, but that's it, that's all the goats we have left, wow, we sold all of our goats, I actually didn't even believe, I didn't know it would look like this, alright, so let me show you our going into winter hurt, so we've got these two girls, Winnie and Toffee, Winnie's two, boy and girl, Toffee's boy and girl, I'll get you guys some fresh water, but yep, this is their stall, they're going to live in here, we still have to find a home for this little guy, and this little guy is going to his new home next week, so he already has a home, and he's leaving, but he hasn't left yet, so there will be two less goats, eventually there will only be, whoa, Sylvie this may not work out, no, they have to settle themselves down, they're not just going to be happy together on first day, alright, so there will only be four goats, two mamas and two girls in this stall, so we still have two boys that are leaving, over in this stall we only have two girls, that's six goats so far, over here we used to have four goats, we sold our Millie, one of Blossom's babies, Millie went to a new home today, so we only have three girls over here instead of four, so that's nine, nine goats, and then over here, you guys probably noticed that Tilly is gone, and that one almost broke my heart, she, people came to pick her up, and she was looking at me like, she was looking, she, that goat can speak to you, and she was looking in my eyes and asking me like, why are they here, what's happening, she hated it so much, but she went willingly, and she, I cut her toes, like her nails before she left, and she was the best she's ever been, like, I just feel bad for her, she's gonna be in, she's gonna be in a little herd, and yeah, I don't know, oh, it killed me, and even Sam said, if she didn't have horns, I would have kept her, but she's, she, goats with horns know they have horns, and they use those horns, and because nobody else has horns, it's just not fair, it just, it's just been a nightmare with her, with all of them with the horns. Three boys are going to a friend of mine, they all are going to the same home, so those guys will be in the same home, and Lola will be over here, Lola will be over here, with the girl, with her daughter, and with these two, so there will be four over here, four over there, and three over there, so is that eleven? Four, eight, nine, ten, eleven, yeah, eleven, wait a minute, we're missing a goat, oh yeah, okay, so, alright, this is so confusing, so this boy, this boy, and this boy are all going to my friend, so she's taking three boys, they're gonna be weathers, this is not gonna work, Sophie, no, you can't kill, and she, this mom doesn't protect them, so it's not like, yeah, this is not gonna work, let's switch it up, Lola with them, but then, no, Sophie, chill sister, we can't, we can't leave this, alright, so we're gonna make some changes, I also wanted to say that we made choices for our goats that would be in the best interest of them, so the little, so Tilly's daughter, and one of the little baby black girls went to the same home, Zoe, our brown girl, and another one of her babies, one of her black babies, and Millie all went to the same home, so we tried to place people, we tried to place goats in homes where they had a friend with them, and or a baby, so we placed most of our babies from this year, the ones that we weren't keeping, in homes together, the only one who went separately was Tilly's boy, and then our bottle babies, two of our bottle babies went together, one bottle baby went alone, so yeah, we did our best to make sure, to make the best decisions for our herd, but selling Tilly killed me, like I was the only time I almost cried selling our goats, okay, they were like, are we going back to our old stall, nope, no you're not, you're gonna try and go in with, with Winnie, we wanna try and keep all of our goats on this side of the barn, if we can, come on Lola, her babies just go wherever she says Pippa, alright, we're gonna watch for a few minutes, just to make sure, she's like, yeah, I remember, I've been in every stall now, what, yeah, she, yeah, this used to be her stall, remember this used to be your stall when you had your babies last year, now the chicken is chasing them, alright, we're just gonna watch and make sure that these two are good together, Lola's the boss, so, Lola's chill with babies though, we should've actually put Lola with, with, with, with Toffee, because she'll keep her in line, yeah, but Toffee was beating up the babies, yeah, that's, Toffee's extra protective, and Millie, no, Winnie doesn't care about anything, uh-oh, she's already bossing her around, uh-oh, okay, they're not gonna be chill together the first day then, yeah, that's true, but I don't want anybody so stressed out, I do not know how many we had last year, I do not know how many we had before we sold all of our goats, or, or rehomed some of them, all I know is that we have a lot of, that we pared down a lot, we pared down a lot, I sold all of the babies from last year that we kept, except for Oakley, and except for Winnie, no, so we have 11, and then we have 12, 13, 14 with the boys, and we have another boy on the way, so we'll have 15 goats going into winter, unless, unless Oakley has a girl that we absolutely have to keep, but everybody's been having twins this year, boy, girl, twins, so, chances are at the most we'll keep one more baby, we had 24, like today, but for everybody that's left, before any of them left, before any of them left, we had 24 goats from all these babies, and now we're down to 11 goats, some of them are leaving next week, anyway, it feels good, other than Tilly, it feels great to not have any, not to have so many goats, it'll be easier, Lola, you can be the boss of the herd now, yep, Lola's gonna be the boss of the herd now, she doesn't know it yet, yeah, seems so, like, so low, what do you think, Lola, she's like, wow, she actually feeds her babies, they're gonna take over that, uh-oh, uh-oh, I feel safer with this pair, though, no matter what, like, at least Lola doesn't go after the babies, yeah, Lola doesn't go after the babies, and she doesn't really go after anybody, unless they go after her babies, alright, I'm gonna get everybody some water, confusing, I know, but we sold, like, half of our herd, we got rid of half of our herd, most of them were babies, I don't have, like, a heat lamp in here for these guys tonight, so hopefully they stay warm, and this is a much bigger stall, I'll get you some fresh water, too, selling babies and selling goats, and raising them up and trying to see which ones are fit, how you want your herd to be is a really hard thing, especially for me, and I'm proud of us, we did it, and everything feels so much more manageable now, and it's one of the reasons that I like to breed early in the season, because babies are ready to go earlier, and it just sets us up for a really easy summer, it seems like everybody's really melancholy, they're like, what's happening, I don't understand, like, she misses her sister, I don't know, this is depressing for me, but it has to happen. Lola's like, why do I always get stuck sharing a stall, alright, just kidding, we put Lola back over here, because she tried to kill Winnie, by kill you mean headbutt once, she like chased her in a rage, chased her to headbutt her once, it doesn't matter, I don't want any goats being damaged, they can't get away in a stall, outside is different, so these guys are here until next weekend, next weekend we'll change it all around again.