My Goats Escaped Today

[Jillis]

Pays to check your fences...<grin>

I was 2 hours away in Burlington.

When I gave my husband a call to let him know I was alright and had arrived, he told me that when he came home from work, all the goats in the lower pen were grazing all over the yard, except for four that were eating from the hay bales in the hoop cover.

"We have three brown babies, right?"

Frantic mental figuring, "NO! That's not right! We have FOUR brown babies!!!"

"I meant except for Essie's..."

Phew! Take some deep breaths, slow the heart rate...

That was 8 does and 8 babies on the loose.

Good thing we live up on a hill in the woods... :baby04:

[Idahoe]

Reminds me of my mother telling me "Never let a man count your kids". They miss one or two every time. DH is not allowed to count any animals, he always counts low and scares me to death.

Glad your goats didn't go far . . . it's obvious they know where they got it good .

[Jillis]

This morning I saw all the little hoof prints in the mud...they must have had a blast!

[fishhead]

Mine got out last summer before I bought a hot fence charger and when I got there after work it looked like they were having a beach party in one of my dry ponds. Some were lying near the dike and the others were lying on the dock. Good thing they didn't have a boom box.

[moosemaniac]

I remember one morning, not long ago...still snow on the ground. I opened the kitchen door to let the dogs out and there were a dozen or more goats looking at me from the driveway. They'd opened the barn door. Someone forgot to latch it the evening before. There were hoofprints all over the place. They'd had a wonderful time overnight. And so did the horse!

Ruth