I've Gone Country A blog about a city girl learning a whole new world

Little Lucy is finding her place…..

I introduced her to the back yard the other day.  She shook like a little leaf when I first went through the fence with her and set her down, by my feet.

Violet is the oldest goat, the mother and grandmother of everyone in the pen….except Freddy.  Violet gave her a head butt…letting her know that SHE was boss.   I scolded Violet and she looked at me as if to say….that’s the way we do it here in the animal world.   So, I stood corrected.  However I did tell her to “BE NICE”.  Violet and all the others walked a short distance away and just watched Lucy.

I stayed in the fence for a while…once I saw that they weren’t going to hurt her…I eased out and let her check out her new space.

Jethro…..which was our first baby goat born on the farm just a year and a half ago…..welcomed her.

He was soooo sweet, I was very proud of him.  Hard to think I was holding him not so long ago….and now I couldn’t if I tried.  He does still like for me to pet him and hold his little face in my hands.  But only for a little while….then he is done.  I think he remembers those days….but he’s a big boy now….and off he goes.  Which is the way it should be.

It wasn’t long before they were all fine with her being among them.  She did however, watch herself around Violet…..she didn’t want to get another head butt.

She looked so little.  I felt like a mother sending her child to kindergarten….dropping her off to be with all those BIG kids.

Freddy was intrigued by her. Violet had given him a hard time when he first came to live with them, this past May.   Now, they all live together nicely.   Maybe he was reflecting on those days as he looked at her.  He chose to be kind, and seemed to accept her without any hesitation.

Before long she was playing “king of the hill” with Jethro.

She is really enjoying smelling everything and even taking little nibbles of the moss on the rocks.

She looked like a little kid saying “watch this” as she showed off her new trick of jumping off the rock to Jethro.

And like a good friend…

Jethro watched….over and over again.

Hoot-n-Nanny on the other hand….

Says SHE is “king of the hill”!!!

Lucy played and played for a long time.  Each day since….I have placed her in the fence to hang out with the others…and bring her in at night, until it warms up and she matures a little more.

Each day when the bigger goats decide to wander on….she stays behind.  In one way that makes me glad…because I like to check on her and make sure she is alright.  But on the other hand…I want her to go on…..and be a goat.   Join in with the group.

She gets bored when the others aren’t around…..and well….you know what that means.

YEP….she squeezes through the fence….and scratches at the door…..just like a puppy.

That is one trick…you do not have to teach.  I will be glad when she gains a little more weight and can’t fit through the fence.

But meanwhile……isn’t she CUTE?!?!?!?!?!?!