A suprise for me yesterday.

FarmerChick · #1 03-09-2008, 10:37 AM

I went into my barn yesterday around noon, and found this!

New Hershey

I knew my goats were preggers, but I didn't expect any so soon. I named her Hershey. Here she is a few hours later.

Hershey Playing

Fretful Porpentine · #2 03-09-2008, 10:47 AM

Eee, cute goatlet!

Tenar · #3 03-09-2008, 10:55 AM

Squee. Definitely squee. Also "woobie woobie woobie, who's my little cute fluffy baby?"

GusNSpot · #4 03-09-2008, 11:40 AM

Cute

NinetyWt · #5 03-09-2008, 11:46 AM

Awww! So cute.

I hear the turkeys talking in the background. Do they think Hershey is cute too?

Savannah · #6 03-09-2008, 12:41 PM

Love those wobbly legs!

SmartAleq · #7 03-09-2008, 01:11 PM

Oh, das, who da cutesy widdoe fwoppy-wiggley bebeh goat! How darling is that? I love goats, even when they're all grown up and not as cute but the baby ones have a really unfair amount of cuteness packaged in a teeny body. I love the way they leap around, they're so fearless.

Nice job there FarmerChick, good work--what breed is little Hershey?

Tikki · #8 03-09-2008, 06:35 PM

If I ever get a few acres to call my own, I'm gonna get goats. They're so cuuuuute! And they make good weed whackers too.

eleanorigby · #9 03-09-2008, 07:05 PM

Cute kid! I mean kidlet. I mean goatlet. I mean cute!

Celyn · #10 03-09-2008, 07:51 PM

Ooh, a cuteness of goat! ) Legs all bendy everywhere!

I want one, but I suppose there just might be rules against goats in city high-rise apartments block. Boo. Envy is me.

SnakesCatLady · #11 03-09-2008, 10:09 PM

That is just too much adorableness. I want a goatlet!

Euryphaessa · #12 03-09-2008, 10:20 PM

Eee, I love baby goats! I visited a horse rescue centre today and they had all sorts of animals, including baby goats. Love is a cuddly wee goat making that little "Bleh-eh-eh!" noise!

Duck Duck Goose · #13 03-09-2008, 10:30 PM

ohmigod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b2qrviF88Q

ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod. [laughing hysterically] They look just like a crowd of people! Idiotically following you around. You can SEE them mumbling to each other, Well, I dunno, do you think we should...? I dunno, what d'you think...?

How can you stand it? I'd die, the first day.

Sunspace · #14 03-09-2008, 10:51 PM

Awww.

Who would have dreamed that goats could be so cute?

Kythereia · #15 03-09-2008, 11:38 PM

Hershey is adorable!

(I wonder if he'll get his own account on the SDMB?

)

missred · #16 03-10-2008, 12:37 AM

Awwww! What a cute little chubby fluffy goatlet! You'll have pics when the others are born?

Rick · #17 03-10-2008, 01:00 AM

Is this a new rule? Pictures in all goat threads?

SQUEE!

FarmerChick · #18 03-10-2008, 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmartAleq

Oh, das, who da cutesy widdoe fwoppy-wiggley bebeh goat! How darling is that? I love goats, even when they're all grown up and not as cute but the baby ones have a really unfair amount of cuteness packaged in a teeny body. I love the way they leap around, they're so fearless.

Nice job there FarmerChick, good work--what breed is little Hershey?

I have one pure Toggenburg, her daughter is 1/2 Alpine, the other 2, including Hershey's Mom and Aunt, are 3/4 Nubian and 1/4 Boer. They are milking goats.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duck Duck Goose

ohmigod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b2qrviF88Q

ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod. [laughing hysterically] They look just like a crowd of people! Idiotically following you around. You can SEE them mumbling to each other, Well, I dunno, do you think we should...? I dunno, what d'you think...?

How can you stand it? I'd die, the first day.

Haha! I do have fun with my critters! My mother calls me the Pied Piper of the Farm. All my animals are socialized, I hate it when people are afraid of critters. Lots of people seem to have bad memories of turkeys and chickens, and I do understand that. Kids love coming out here to see the animals, yesterday 3 neighbours brought their kids over to check out the newest, and these guys are all cattle farmers! LOL!

I am glad you guys enjoy my videos, I make them so my friends and family can see what I've been up to. And of course I will be posting more as other babies come!

auRa · #19 03-10-2008, 07:44 AM

Oh, god, the turkeys. When you whistle and they gobble in response... Aahahhhahhaa.

Hah. Turkeys.

Ellen Cherry · #20 03-10-2008, 08:55 AM

CUTE!!! Cutiecutiecutiecutiecutiecutie!! And love the turkeys. And dog. Love.

As a daily visitor to cuteoverload.com, I approve of this thread.

Least Original User Name Ever · #21 03-10-2008, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ellen Cherry

CUTE!!! Cutiecutiecutiecutiecutiecutie!! And love the turkeys. And dog. Love.

As a daily visitor to cuteoverload.com, I approve of this thread.

Also, as a certified cuteologist, I think you should submit these to Cuteoverload.com.

FarmerChick · #22 03-10-2008, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Least Original User Name Ever

Also, as a certified cuteologist, I think you should submit these to Cuteoverload.com.

Well I'm glad you guys all think they are cute, I happen to agree with you! I have never heard of cute overload, I shall go check them out tho...

SpazCat · #23 03-10-2008, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Duck Duck Goose

ohmigod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b2qrviF88Q

This cracked me up. You have smart turkeys and stupid turkeys?

And that baby goat is so adorable! I want to play with it and watch it's little tail wag!

FarmerChick · #24 03-11-2008, 03:08 PM

Busy barn again yesterday!

Belle had a boy and a girl.

Here they are newly born. Belle's Babies

And here they are this morning playing. I haven't named them yet, the black one is a girl, she was born first, tan one is the boy.

Belle's Babies Playing

ShermanAter · #25 03-11-2008, 05:49 PM

FarmerChick,

Your goats are so cute.

I had a nubian goat once (a gift) and quickly realized that you need at least 2 goats.

They are very social creatures and if left alone will holler up a blue streak.

My buddies used to kid me by saying that "Ricky" was not really saying "Baaaaaaaaaaaaah."
He was actually saying "Daaaaaaaaaaaad."

I just love the gobblers too. Very cool
Great videos. Thanks for sharing

bbs2k · #26 03-11-2008, 06:26 PM

:: thump ::

gardentraveler · #27 03-11-2008, 06:43 PM

I love the baby goats. They really are tremendously cute! And the turkeys made me giggle. Thanks for sharing!

GT

FarmerChick · #28 03-11-2008, 08:03 PM

You guys are quite welcome! I still have 2 more goats to give birth any day now. I will just post them here if you like.

My critters have been great therapy for me. I love how they make me laugh and force me to get up and out of the house at least twice a day!

missbunny · #29 03-11-2008, 08:11 PM

They're all gorgeous. Nice and clean. Please do post more videos!

whiterabbit · #30 03-11-2008, 09:57 PM

The cute is killing me! Congrats to you. Tell your mama goats that they have the cutest little goatlets ever!

coffinjumper · #31 03-11-2008, 11:30 PM

These are adorable! Yay baby animals!

Ruby · #32 03-11-2008, 11:50 PM

Another "awwwww" checking in. I'm not a big fan of farm animals (and I live in the middle of farms) but those little guys are very cute. The turkeys "conversing" with you cracked me up, though.

Encinitas · #33 03-12-2008, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by FarmerChick

I haven't named them yet, the black one is a girl, she was born first, tan one is the boy.

The tan baby's left ear is always up and the black baby's ears are the opposite configuration. May I suggest you name them Lefty and Righty?

Lynn Bodoni · #34 03-12-2008, 04:58 AM

It's funny to watch the little tail stumps waggling. They might not know where the milk is just yet, and they haven't figured out all their legs, but they know how to wag those little tails. They are just adorable.

Ferret Herder · #35 03-12-2008, 05:30 AM

The turkeys were so funny! My husband and I were laughing our rears off at the "*whistle whistle* *gobblegobblegobble!*" call-and-response. He noted that it sounded like they waited for you to stop whistling before responding to you. He was wondering if they were "for eating" (probably salivating at the thought since some of those looked big!) and I couldn't think of anything else they'd be for.

FarmerChick · #36 03-12-2008, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Encinitas

The tan baby's left ear is always up and the black baby's ears are the opposite configuration. May I suggest you name them Lefty and Righty?

Haha! Lefty and Righty! While that is funny and quite appropriate, my Mom came up with Licorice and Taffy. Kind of goes with the Hershey name too. 2008 may be the "candy" year!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

The turkeys were so funny! My husband and I were laughing our rears off at the "*whistle whistle* *gobblegobblegobble!*" call-and-response. He noted that it sounded like they waited for you to stop whistling before responding to you. He was wondering if they were "for eating" (probably salivating at the thought since some of those looked big!) and I couldn't think of anything else they'd be for.

I do have fun with the turkeys. They tend to follow me everywhere if I let them. As you can tell, they are very talkative, they really like music too! I do raise them for eating. Bronze Breasted turkeys are slow growers, so most of that batch was for Christmas. I have kept 11 females and 2 males over the winter. I hope to get them laying eggs, so we shall see.

Tupug Anachi · #37 03-12-2008, 08:36 AM

Adorable kids! The turkeys are hysterical.

I have a question. Since the goats are milk goats, how does that work? Do the kids get weaned early? Or do you just milk the goats right along with the kids nursing?

FarmerChick · #38 03-12-2008, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tupug Anachi

Adorable kids! The turkeys are hysterical.

I have a question. Since the goats are milk goats, how does that work? Do the kids get weaned early? Or do you just milk the goats right along with the kids nursing?

I am just a small time farmerette, I assume the commercial producers do it differently. I will let the babies nurse as long as they like, I will probably start milking the moms in a couple of weeks. I want to make sure the babies are well fed and doing fine.

SmartAleq · #39 03-12-2008, 11:18 AM

OMG, they're so adorable! I love the way Taffy climbs all over Licorice's butt--they play like dogs! Definitely CuteOverload stuff, you should post the turkey one over there if nothing else...

Sophistry and Illusion · #40 03-12-2008, 01:08 PM

When will they be ready to help out with the initiation ceremonies?

FarmerChick · #41 03-13-2008, 12:32 PM

Two more born yesterday, I just have one more goat to give birth.

Here is a video of all five I took this morning

5 Kids

And another of the two girls playing.

2 Girls

Enjoy, I know they make me laugh

Ceejaytee · #42 03-13-2008, 12:41 PM

Wow. You're a tough mommy!

Licorice has really come a long way from that first video where she just sort of stands there, dazed, while Taffy jumps all over her. I love these videos. I wonder if they'd let me have goats in my suburban NJ house. My kids would love those kids.

SpazCat · #43 03-13-2008, 01:13 PM

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Prancing baby goats!

I am going to die from the cuteness and it is all their fault.

Least Original User Name Ever · #44 03-13-2008, 03:39 PM

So...about Cute Overload....?

Celyn · #45 03-13-2008, 05:42 PM

I want goats! Those are so absolutely lovely, playful, and horribly cute. Thank you for posting the videos.

Sigmagirl · #46 03-14-2008, 09:04 AM

Does this mean . . . that it will be spring soon?

Ever?

FarmerChick · #47 03-31-2008, 11:09 AM

I now have 9 kids, 7 natural, 2 adopted

Mike and Ike

Toby and Ricky

Sailboat · #48 03-31-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by FarmerChick

Here she is a few hours later.

Hershey Playing

"Help! I've fallen, and I can't goat up!"

Sailboat

whiterabbit · #49 03-31-2008, 12:51 PM

I had no idea just how freaking cute baby goats are before this thread. I mean, sure, baby critters are always cute. But your little goats? Insanely cute!

Shayna · #50 03-31-2008, 01:54 PM

OMG, that little Hershey looks like the Flying Nun with those giant, floppy, white ears! LMAO -- they are all so adorable! Love those tails!

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