It's time!

Everyone is resting up. Tinder and Luna have a very important job of cleaning up the droplets of milk that inevitably spill when feeding the newborn kids.

Luna is shadowing Kaelyn, she's new here and has a lot to learn from her elders. Today she learned that baby goat ears are tasty! 

The plastic was lifted, the stands were installed. 

The new milk room was deemed complete! And just in the nick of time. 

The sink will be functional in the spring, it will be great to have cabinets that aren't caked with barn dust and dirt. The cats and goats are shocked by the *whiteness* and bright light hiding within. They've been peering through the windows  as construction moved along, now they creep in with awe and maybe a little apprehension before bounding forth, beckoned by the familiar shake of the grain scoop. 

The paper towel rack went up, the white board was hung and the coat hooks shined und the weight of our now unnecessary coveralls. As the clock ticked from its new spot on the wall. . . A fly tumbled down from the new light fixture. What???? A @$&/@@ fly? In zero degree weather. It was taunting us, surely a sign of things to come. 

After completing such an outstanding and perfectly executed milk room with the help of his dad, Rog earned a trip to Meyer hatchery to purchase a new incubator. Too bad I really don't want another dog. Usually dogs joining the family coincide with poultry joining the family. 

Yes, we can now proudly hatch our own little peepers to replace some of our aging laying hens. ' it's for a classroom project' he says. We'll see. . . 

The new kidding panels were erected into pens, the camera was placed and 'goat tv- 2014' commenced. It's exactly like our own sad, sick little version of the Super Bowl!

After keeping us waiting well past her expected delivery time, Luna gave us a 9 lb single doe kid who we named Isadora, which means 'gift from the moon' in Greek. She is doing great, Luna is acting like nothing even happened, she had a few vanilla valentine peeps to regain her energy today. Isadora is eating like a hog, I'm already dipping into my frozen milk stores. She will be in the basement pen for a while, Luci is next in line for Sunday of next week and she certainly can't goo outside by herself! Next project, make the walls of the pen higher- the way she's eating, I may come home tomorrow to find her lounging on the couch upstairs!