Chuck and Side Kick

We got a new animal this week. His name is Side Kick.

Chuck needed a friend because cows, goats, and sheep do better when they are in a herd. A herd is a group of animals that live together. You have probably 'heard' of a 'herd' of deer, or buffalo, or horses.



This is a herd of buffalo on Antelope Island in Utah.

Side Kick, our new animal, is a lamb. He's 5 months old.

Chuck and Side Kick like to hang out together.
They keep each other company.
Side Kick is never far away from Chuck.
They are both about the same age.

Side Kick was scared of us at first.
He stayed close to Chuck, but ran away from us.

Yesterday Side Kick decided to have a treat from my hand.
He decided that since Chuck would come over for a treat,
I must be safe.

It's fun to have a lamb again!

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It's fun to have baby goats, too!
I let them run around and play in the barn when I'm working.

They love to lick out the rest of the grain in the feed buckets.
They are 20 days old today.

I love watching them run and play!

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Echo is out on the back pasture during the day.
There is more grass for her to eat in the back.
She loves to come visit me when I'm feeding the chickens.

It's been a fun week with a new sheep and baby goats running around. It's been nice to have good weather to work outside, too.

Do you have questions? I really like it when you ask questions. I like to know what you're interested in on the farm.

I hope you enjoy the weather this week. I hope you do something kind for someone else every day, too!

New Kids 2018

We had an exciting Spring Break!

River kidded with two goat kids on April 7th. One is a buckling named Brayden. The second kid is a doeling named Kayla.

We named them Brayden and Kayla after the neighbor children who love the goats. We love them, too! Kayla had a special day on Saturday because she got baptized. We came home from the meeting and found River having a baby! What a fun day for us!

This is what Brayden looked like right after he was born.


Babies are always wet and sticky after they are born. It doesn't take very long before their mom cleans them off, and they try to stand up.

River is cleaning Kayla off.
The photo is looks red because we have a heat lamp on to keep the kids warm
until they are dried off.

Kayla is near the wall, Brayden is in the shavings.

We're not sure why Brayden doesn't like to eat from his mom like Kayla does. I don't mind, I just feed him a bottle.

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We're also really happy that Chuck is getting more friendly. He'll eat a treat out of my hand. He used to run away from everyone. It's taken a lot of time in the stall with him so he will get used to me. I hope he's really friendly by the time summer comes and we have a lot of visitors. Children and families always love to pet a calf!