Yesterday evening Teresa was planting pansies into the old bourbon barrel in the yard. Little Lola was outside hanging out with her. Lola approached the flowers and bent down to sniff the largest of the white flowers. CHOMP! Gone! Teresa came into the house laughing hysterically, holding little Lola as she continued to chew and swallow the flower. I guess we should just be happy they're starting to eat things other than milk. Lesson learned, never plant flowers with your goats around.
Winslow is doing really well eating dandelion leaves from the yard as well. This is a skill we hope he continues to perfect!
The baby chicks went outside with the big girls yesterday as well. We soon discovered the baby chicks were scooting right through the electric fencing....not very protective if they're on the outside! When we shut all the birds in the coop together, some of the chickens were picking on the chicks. The big girls were done laying for the day, so we put them outside and locked the baby chicks in the coop. At dusk we opened the door to the coop and wouldn't you know, the big chickens climbed onto their perch to roost and went to bed! This AM things seemed a little more harmonious, but the chickens were blocking the chicks from getting to their food. Teresa put the big girls outside with a block of wood in front of the door. Hopefully this will keep the chicks inside, but allow the chickens to hop over it (to come and go as they need to lay their eggs). We will see if we've outsmarted our feathered friends.
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