The Lord Keeps On Giving

Life with the goats has become routine now that their home is basically finished.  Unlike the garden where they were hanging out, their new enclosure has plenty of weeds for grazing (and I planted some Bermuda grass) so I no longer have to buy hay for them anymore.   I also have been counting the days tell Midnight, my little Black Spanish buck is weaned.
     

We still have a few tasks to do but since the main purpose of AOCCCI is people, not ranching, our focus has changed to other urgent tasks.  This week we have been clearing land of Cedar trees so an electric pole can be installed for the cabins that eventually will be built.   We spend our mornings out working in the heat and our afternoons inside working and resting where it is cool. 

   

We were in the middle of our lunch, looking forward to resting from the exhausting work, when the phone call came.  When I answered the phone my friend simply said, “Do you want another kid?”  I looked across the table and asked Rick, “He wants to know if we want another kid?”  Rick jokingly asked me “whose kid?”  Rick’s attitude was “If God is going to supply we should accept”.  So I told our friend yes, and an hour later he arrived with the newest addition to our little goat family.   One look and I knew we had a Boar goat.  Upon further investigation it appears we have another boy, a buck.  Rick wants to name him Spot because it appears he has some spots on him, and it will confuse people since Spot is usually a dog’s name. 

His first feeding.

He was born this morning.