Hey Ya'all!

@bluerthangreen is back, once again, after quite a long absence. I'm not go to rehash the woes of my busy schedule again, so I'll just get right to it:

In the midst of my crazy work schedule I was blessed to be able to take two separate trips out of the state of Arkansas with my lovely family.

• The first trip was to visit some dear friends in the Farmerville, Louisiana area.

• The second trip was back to the land of my birth (Wisconsin) to visit all kinds of family and friends. (I'll make a separate post about this trip shortly)

One of the reasons for visiting our friends in Louisiana was to procure a freshly weened gift:

An adorable Nubian/Nigerian Dwarf cross kid named Azura.

@allforthegood and I brought Azura back and introduced her to our older homestead veterans, the 4 Kinko/Boar cross goats that we’ve been providing room and board for over the past year plus.

Much to our surprise we discovered that our veterans weren’t very warm and welcoming to our newest addition to the herd.

Instead of being Billy Goats Gruff they were...

!!!Bully Goats Rough!!!

These no-good-for-nothing free loaders immediately began battering the poor little girl with their heads!

To add insult to injury, they also kept her from eating!

These beasties could all be laying down, far away from the feed trough, practically sleeping

and when this gentle little soul would timidly try to steal a quick bite the big bullies would storm over and head butt her away.

Even our female Kinko/Boar goat that we affectionately named “Little Girl”, who used to be the “butt” of the other three castrated males oppression, joined in on ramming Azura away from her food! I thought for sure she would have been more chummy with the new gal since "girls gotta stick together" and all. But, NOPE!

We had to bring her out of the pen area and feed her separately for the good part of the that first week she was with them.

If there is one thing I can't stand, that's injustice and bullying.

@allforthegood and I decided it was time to quickly convert our year long investment of feed into homegrown meat.

Fortunately for her (and for the fur wrapped meat bags) this torment only lasted for about a week. Before we left for our next trip all the herd seemed to be getting along much better. I guess the pecking order had to be firmly established first.

We hope to raise Azura up to breeding age and purchase a Nubian Buck to sire her. After that the Bluer than Green Homestead with be flowing with milk and honey…well, at least milk for now, honey bees are to be a future addition.

Thanks for Reading!

As Always,