<![CDATA[It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation.]]>It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. 2 degrees and rain-snowing feels WAY colder than -20C.

Only the llama is brave enough to go out into the nice green grassy area and eat, all the goats are hiding in the barn (which is pretty much my plan for the day as well, so, fair). The llama is protected by a huge fluffy layer of wool, so I don't know if he's even noticed it's raining (speaking of, I need to shear him soon... not today though)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ce6e8d85-4b02-4bad-99f8-b9677d0616dd/it-s-currently-snow-raining-which-is-definitely-my-least-favourite-form-of-precipitation.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 07:19:07 GMTSun, 17 May 2026 16:02:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 19:36:38 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
To cheer you:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwrSq39r7Eg

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116561546645482920/statuses/116591597872474388https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116561546645482920/statuses/116591597872474388Sun, 17 May 2026 19:36:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 19:05:36 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @tlemmink "do you need a hair cut?"

"for shear"

Sorry for horrible pun...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115758366037627508/statuses/116591475880291915https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115758366037627508/statuses/116591475880291915Sun, 17 May 2026 19:05:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 18:50:32 GMT]]>@davep I also have a goat named Goatzilla!! She is actually not a super huge goat, pretty average. But she is definitely the loudest goat I've ever owned, so there's that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116591416631776522https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116591416631776522Sun, 17 May 2026 18:50:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 18:48:10 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Goatzilla grew up with the chickens and geese. She ate copious amounts of chicken feed and ended up absolutely massive and weighed 100lb. The geese and the livestock guardian dog knew not to mess with her (real name Shammy).

She had huge horns and destroyed two goat homes for fun. She was also jealous of my wife 🤣

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116591407329202219https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116591407329202219Sun, 17 May 2026 18:48:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 18:39:31 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Sounds like Boreas and Persephone are having a squabble in your driveway. Hopefully, the mallard can distract them and calm things down.

(Pretty confident that he/she would prefer rain over ice, so maybe this intervention will push things the right way.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116591373319679964https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116591373319679964Sun, 17 May 2026 18:39:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 18:32:43 GMT]]>Snow is starting to stick, but there's a lot of water on the ground already. So much, that there is actually a wild mallard currently taking a bath in the driveway by the house. Not in the pond. In the driveway. Which, to be fair, does look like a pond at the moment.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116591346570627107https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116591346570627107Sun, 17 May 2026 18:32:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:58:19 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Snow! Massachusetts is having its first 85 degree day of the year!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/EllenJS/statuses/116591211310478789https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/EllenJS/statuses/116591211310478789Sun, 17 May 2026 17:58:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:47:50 GMT]]>@sundogplanets time to bolster yourself with hot cocoa!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/116591170031600072https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/116591170031600072Sun, 17 May 2026 17:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:39:44 GMT]]>The snow is currently winning in the rain-snow. SIGH.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116591138215377734https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116591138215377734Sun, 17 May 2026 17:39:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:27:11 GMT]]>@tlemmink The same person who gave me the llama also gave me a pair of shears. This is the chillest llama in the world, so I just clip him for a couple of minutes, then he gets annoyed and walks away, then I clip him for a couple more minutes... repeat. He looks like a chopped up foam sofa when I'm done, but he's much happier for the summer months than if I don't do it!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116591088880696048https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116591088880696048Sun, 17 May 2026 17:27:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:08:01 GMT]]>@sundogplanets One dose of hypothermia to go please! How did you learn to shear a llama?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tlemmink/statuses/116591013474438837https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/tlemmink/statuses/116591013474438837Sun, 17 May 2026 17:08:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:52:37 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Wintery mix is indeed the worst. I think your goats have the right idea.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116590952952742929https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116590952952742929Sun, 17 May 2026 16:52:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:51:37 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Well at least you had extra herders ...LOL

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeroes.ca/ap/users/116283885292070115/statuses/116590948999289719https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeroes.ca/ap/users/116283885292070115/statuses/116590948999289719Sun, 17 May 2026 16:51:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:46:35 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @MelkyWay

Similar to colic in horses, I guess? I hadn't heard of baking soda treatment, but it suggests something about a mechanism of the malady. Thanks for sharing!

To learn more, I searched for 'colic in goats' and found a wonderful online veterinary resource, which might be of interest to others who don't have firsthand knowledge of goat diseases. The link below is a specific page on goat colic, but from there one can access many more topics:

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Veterinary handbook for cattle, sheep and goats > Diseases

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(www.veterinaryhandbook.com.au)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116590929199149614https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116590929199149614Sun, 17 May 2026 16:46:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:38:00 GMT]]>@paul_ipv6 @sundogplanets it's fun for biking too. Throw in some wind, mmm

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/msokolov/statuses/116590895446727205https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/msokolov/statuses/116590895446727205Sun, 17 May 2026 16:38:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:36:51 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

i have never felt more cold and miserable than during a hike at 2C, wind and rain pounding me.

have dealt with -20C/-40C windchiils and felt less miserable.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paul_ipv6/statuses/116590890946891654https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paul_ipv6/statuses/116590890946891654Sun, 17 May 2026 16:36:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:20:23 GMT]]>@MelkyWay I do feed my goats grain while I'm milking them. But only the milking and pregnant goats get it, and then they immediately get access to grass and hay afterwards. Haven't had a problem with that, so far. Some grain is ok!

I did lose a buck a couple years ago when he busted in to the chicken coop and ate way more chicken food than I realized. I've also force-fed goats baking soda and saved them after doing that. And now I have better fences!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116590826173492655https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116590826173492655Sun, 17 May 2026 16:20:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:13:00 GMT]]>@sundogplanets relatable. I am 100% convinced my goats are trying to death by wheat seed sometimes. Keeping goats away from grains on a grain farm was a challenge i was not prepared for

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fouroclockfarms.club/users/MelkyWay/statuses/116590797156827531https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fouroclockfarms.club/users/MelkyWay/statuses/116590797156827531Sun, 17 May 2026 16:13:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:12:28 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Those were my childhood winters in Hamburg. +2°C and rain...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knud/statuses/116590795040015730https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knud/statuses/116590795040015730Sun, 17 May 2026 16:12:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's currently snow-raining, which is definitely my least favourite form of precipitation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:11:44 GMT]]>When I moved the goats from the barn to the daytime pen today, one of the older goats (Unicorn) decided to take a little detour into the chicken pen. I know eating chicken food is not good, but she's old and a bit thin, so I decided to first try to get all the other goats into the right place.

I closed the gate and turned to go extract Unicorn, to see that she was sprinting towards me, chased by the geese. Hopefully she learned a lesson about the forbidden chicken food? Yay guard geese!

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