Thursday 18 December 2008

Nancy Goat

Nancy came to us, from a neighbouring crofter, as a tiny kid. She was the most endearing of pets
and would follow me like a ......sheep! Julie, our oldest child was the only one running around at that time and she played with her a lot.
Nancy just had to leap up on to any object that rose above ground level. When I was hanging out the washing she was invariably in the basket.
Eventually as she grew older, she grew little sharp horns and she would butt me, playfully, in the back of my legs. OK to start with, but it became rather painful as her weight and height increased until enough was enough and she was given back to the crofter to help feed his pet(orphan) lambs. Female goats can produce milk without having given birth.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You learn something new every day. Never knew that about goats and milk.