Thursday, April 30, 2026

Cinderella and Prada

I am not sure Cinderella and Prada may or may not have an issue. Cinderella is turning into a bully. She is trying to get Prada off the hay and the feed. She is not trying to mess with Tinkerbelle, so that is good. I thought Prada was going to be the problem, but it is Cinderella. I am not sure when she went from being scared of everything to bully. I am not really sure what to do about that. I may end up moving Prada if she is pregnant and moving Bill back over to where he was, but we will see what happens. I am separating feed and hay so there are multiple places for them to eat so Cinderella cannot be in multiple places at once. 


Smart Mattie

Well, the gate between the goat pens did not get locked. It is not a huge deal as long as the gate to the backyard is locked. Mattie was in the walkway eating whatever hay was in that walkway. He was able to open the gate. He is smart. I was starting to wonder if he knew how to get out of there. Willow was in his way when he tried to get out the first time, so he just hit her with the gate. The second time, he swung that gate opened and got out of there fast. He has probably done that before. He looked like he had been caught, which he had. I had to look at him with a little bit of respect because that animals is so smart. Mattie is sure a fantastic donkey and maybe the smartest one here. 


Onyx

One of my nightmares almost came true this morning. I was going out to my car to go to work and I saw a car passing quickly on the road. That car almost hit Onyx. She stepped back quickly and looked shocked, but she did not listen to me on not going across the street anymore. Oh that makes me so crazy with worry. I know we are not suppose to worry, but she is making me worry with being across the street and this morning made it worse. She was home when I got home this evening. 


Oh My Goodness

So, I did something that I am so shocked at myself about. I guess I was feeling overwhelmed, I was tired and still has so much to do. It was getting late, etc. Anyway. I was unloading groceries and Ursula ran out. She does that, no big deal. However, I finished with the groceries and ran inside to change clothes to get the farm animals fed since Ronnie was home late, too. He had just gotten home while I was unloading stuff. I ran outside to help with the animals. I went back inside to cook dinner, which I do not normally do, but I was going to do it on this night, I needed to take the trash out and when I went outside, I saw Ursula on the trailer. I could not believe I had left her outside. Once she saw me, she ran up the sidewalk and ran in the house.  I just could not believe I did that to her. It was not on purpose, but I still felt terrible about it. 



Interesting

I found an interesting thing. These turkens are something else. I noticed when it is hot outside, their skin color changes. It made me a little nervous. I did not want one of them to be sick or something. I mentioned it to Ronnie. He said that happened because they were hot. I mean, it makes sense, but I was sure nervous when I saw it the first time. I went back when it was not as hot out and the color was back to normal. 


Tinkerbelle

Tinkerbelle is sure starting to look old. Her joints look like they are hurting and she is limping around. I know she is eating and she has been wormed, but she is looking skinny. I know she is another one of our old girls. I want them all to live forever and I know that is not possible. Tinkerbelle sure is a sweet heart. She loves people. She even gave me a kiss like Hercules does. I sure do love her. She is a beautiful little goat.  



Is She or Isn’t She

Well, I got to looking at Prada. I am starting to wonder if she is pregnant. She is really starting to look like it and she is hungry all the time. I wonder what I have gotten myself into. Prada is getting pretty big around the middle. I asked Ronnie. He said she did look pregnant. I sent some photos to some people, they said she is looking pregnant, too. This should be fun. I guess time will tell. I have been known to be wrong a time or two. If she is, we will just take care of her and her baby or babies. That is what we do.