Old Dallas Mountain Farms - Nigerian Dwarf Goats

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the farm!

LilBit volunteered to help celebrate this year…
although she was not informed there would be a hat involved.

She tolerated it long enough for a picture, then made it very clear this was not in her job description.

Hope everyone has a safe and lucky day today.
We’ll be here doing chores, watching goats, and keeping an eye out for any leprechauns that might be hiding in the barn.

GOAT GOLD & WEIRDNESS WEDNESDAY

This is the face of someone who just heard the feed bucket open from three counties away. Goats may look sweet and innocent, but their hearing is excellent. They can swivel those radar-dish ears independently and pick up sounds you didn’t even realize you made.

Which means when you quietly open the feed can thinking no one noticed…they noticed. They always notice.

WEIRDNESS:

Your brain automatically assigns personalities to animal faces. It’s called pareidolia and is the reason we see faces in clouds, toast or the front of a pickup truck.

So when you look at this photo and think, “This goat looks like it’s politely asking for cookies…”, that’s actually your brain inventing a story. The goat isn’t really politely asking; this goat is absolutely demanding cookies.

Happy Wednesday from the farm where the goats hear everything,
the feed bucket never opens quietly, and somehow the goats always arrive three seconds before you do. 🐐

Bella and Hermie claimed the sun deck early this morning and haven’t moved much since.

It’s supposed to be in the 80’s this week, so we imagine this is just the beginning of their summer routine. Find the warm spot, stretch out, and supervise the farm from a comfortable distance.

Sisters tend to stick close around here. These two especially. Same sun, same deck, same “we’re not getting up unless cookies are involved” attitude.

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday.

GOAT GOLD & WEIRDNESS WEDNESDAY

This is Lulu.

Lulu saw the feed can.
Lulu evaluated the feed can.
Lulu became the feed can.

There was no committee meeting.
No hesitation.
Just full commitment to the mission.

If there is grain at the bottom, she will reach it.
Even if it means temporarily losing her dignity.

GOAT GOLD:

Goats have exceptional spatial memory.

They remember where food was stored, where gates used to be, and exactly which latch we forgot to secure three months ago. We might forget. They do not.

Lulu absolutely remembers where this coffee can lives. She has a schedule.

WEDNESDAY WEIRDNESS:

There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

Estimated trees on Earth: about 3 trillion.
Estimated stars in our galaxy: about 100–400 billion.

So when you look up at the night sky and feel small…

Just remember:There are more silent wooden witnesses rooted in the ground than stars above you.

And statistically,a goat has probably tried to climb at least one of them.

This is Gus. Gus is the farm's "chicken security advisor" and between him and his goose-girlfriend Ginny, they take their safety responsibilities *very* seriously.

This picture? That is not "good morning". That is "Identify yourself and explain why you are near my chickens."

Gus and Ginny provide hawk deterrence, owl discouragement, dog intimidation and an overall "don't even think about it" presence. Gus and Ginny are awesome.

Happy Sunday from the farm where the goats run the drama, the chickens run in circles, and Gus runs the skies.