Introducing… Valentino!
January5
We have a new member in our little goat family, Valentino. He came to the Art Farm from Ed and Cindy in Oregon City and is a real sweetheart. His first and most important responsibility is to knock-up my girls! Yes, he is an entact buckling and a love machine.
From day one Valentino – Tino, for short – has been taking this task very seriously. Morning, afternoon and evening he woos those lady goats. Mind you, he is about 1/3 their size but that doesn’t seem to occur to him. So far I believe we have a pregnant Lola and a pregnant Carmen. As I look out my window right now, I see that he has broken out of his stall and fence (again) and is frolicking with the others in the green, grassy run. What a life for a little boy goat.
In preparation for his arrival, I fixed up the previously un-used other stall. It is quite the little love nest in there… New windows, fresh water, soft bedding and a big heavy door.
He loves it here and we love him. Once I’m more sure the girls are “in a family way” Tino will be wethered (fixed) so he can live the stress-free life of an art farm pet goatie. And hopefully there will be a few brown and black babies with his sweet temperment this spring!
