The new mangers

After intense research and consulting many goat experts, I found what I thought would be the best solution to having an open manger for my girls. Goats are actually extremely picky eaters and often will not eat hay that is on the floor, even if said hay is there after falling out of their own mouths, hence very wasteful. The grand idea would be to cover the front of the manger with solid wood and cut out a "keyhole" shape for the goats head and a place for their necks down lower. To get their head out of the manger, requires the goats to lift their heads out of the lower part and then remove their head from the circle section....hoping that all the loose hay that would fall to the floor would fall back into the manger as they pull their head out. As you can see from this picture, Penny, my 6 month old nubian isn't shy about her eating habbits nor does she understand the whole "keyhole" principle
happy day to all!.

Starting my Blog

Okay, so have several crafty and smart sisters (and in laws) who blog and I really do enjoy seeing the pictures and reading the stories they post, so I have decided to enter into the word of blogging. This was not as easy as I thought. The "step by step" instructions didn't seem so easy for me. I ended up with 3 different blogs (all with different names)....and didn't know how to post anything of any of them.  *sigh. But I got it figured out and now I am on the yellow brick road of blogger heaven.
Today has been a beautiful day. I love these days, when it is a little cooler but still sunny. I spent my morning in the barn. which I think is my favorite way to start my day. I get to milk Sundae, our Nigerian doe, feed and water everybody and collect the eggs.I always have small little projects going on over there. I can lose have of my day before I remember the laundry piles waiting for me in the house.  I love feeling productive (it is not a feeling I get very often but it is so wonderful when I do). My goal is to be a homesteader. Which to me means that I am making the most of what I have. Bloom where one is planted. I hope to be able to do all that I can to help be productive for my little family. Right now, we are enjoying eggs and milk....what is next?