<![CDATA[It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday.]]>It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. They mostly followed their mamas, but needed some extra encouragement** to get over the snowy part.

*for Saskatchewan. Just slightly below freezing.

**I had to pick them all up and carry them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f4c4e646-ca0f-4eb3-a321-26791770c016/it-s-pretty-warm-so-i-brought-the-baby-goats-out-earlier-than-yesterday.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 01:04:32 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 13:20:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:12:28 GMT]]>@gryzor Yeah, the population would increase, and get increasingly inbred. I sell a large fraction of the goats each year. My primary goal for the herd is home dairy, with secondary goals of excellent grassland management/fertilizer, and snuggling baby goats. I think my perfect herd size would be 12-15 adult goats.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116439328262257110https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116439328262257110Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:12:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:50:59 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Good job, mama goat and human helper! So great to see these pics.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/QueenOfTheCroneAge/statuses/116439243782195971https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/QueenOfTheCroneAge/statuses/116439243782195971Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:50:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:37:26 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
Move to rebrand as

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Red_Shirt_no2/statuses/116439190486435013https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Red_Shirt_no2/statuses/116439190486435013Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:37:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:34:18 GMT]]>2 giant healthy babies! She had one real big one, who I moved to the barn (along with mama) and I assumed she was done. I toweled off the baby, cleaned up, checked on the other babies, enjoyed the sun, peeked back in to see how Mr. Big was doing, and the mama (named Glory) laid down and pushed out a second baby! Also quite big and healthy. Good job, mama!!

is up to 7 babies for the season so far.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116439178206004536https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116439178206004536Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:34:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:33:15 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I wouldn’t want to know the pee-value of that many baby goats! 🐐

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/photovince/statuses/116438938140490268https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/photovince/statuses/116438938140490268Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:33:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:31:51 GMT]]>My partner just called from the barn. MOAR BABIES!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116438932648613230https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116438932648613230Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:31:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:29:15 GMT]]>@sundogplanets that's how we (accountants) do forecasts, we love averages... at least I do 😄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ranx/statuses/116438922415779260https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ranx/statuses/116438922415779260Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:29:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:29:12 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I have no idea how good baby goats are at math but I hear rabbits can multiply very well.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/azonenberg/statuses/116438922186717834https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/azonenberg/statuses/116438922186717834Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:29:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:22:14 GMT]]>@sundogplanets lazy bums, they gotta get helping you on your astrophysics calculations 😁

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gamepad.club/users/ZombieGopher/statuses/116438894795281051https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gamepad.club/users/ZombieGopher/statuses/116438894795281051Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:22:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:02:16 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
Dibs on the all black kid. 🖤

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/USelaine/statuses/116438816262022392https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/USelaine/statuses/116438816262022392Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:02:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:55:20 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Beautiful!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116438789015377606https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116438789015377606Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:55:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:53:01 GMT]]>It occurred to me that I could calculate a sort of "expectation value" for how many goat babies this year. Last year I had an average of 1.5 babies per goat, so using my pregnancy probabilities above (very scientific haha) I'd expect 9 more babies this year (for a total of 14 babies). Let's see how that prediction turns out.

The 5 babies so far are happily napping in the sun, not doing any math at all.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116438779902959652https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116438779902959652Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:53:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:05:07 GMT]]>@sundogplanets lovely photos

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Robo105/statuses/116438355661062057https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Robo105/statuses/116438355661062057Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:05:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:01:29 GMT]]>@sundogplanets are they still giving milk? If so has it cut right back? If they are not in milk are they bagging up? Its a loooong time since I've had goats. Yours are really beautiful

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/ap/users/116262686504612768/statuses/116437633546671522https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/ap/users/116262686504612768/statuses/116437633546671522Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:01:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:47:01 GMT]]>@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Your goat threads remind me of...

https://youtu.be/dzkEQ5YDUF0?si=sYKxjr2W6ap01moC

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/alavhma1wvl20339https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/alavhma1wvl20339Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:47:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:46:13 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Here speaks a true scientist. Love you!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/saarmuller/statuses/116437573536117355https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/saarmuller/statuses/116437573536117355Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:46:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:39:30 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
Long ago when I was a kid, we knew the exact date the billy mated each nanny, but they were left to deliver when they felt they were ready (usually we could see behaviour change).
I don't remember any time human intervention was necessary for birth, they is one of the good things about goats :-).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IncHulk/statuses/116437547116303838https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IncHulk/statuses/116437547116303838Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:39:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:23:19 GMT]]>@ChrisCorrigan it might be more fun to guess how many kids @sundogplanets will have by May!

12? (Ever the optimist)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116437483496179810https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116437483496179810Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:23:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:17:34 GMT]]>@sundogplanets These reads like an "if...then..." grade six math problem, which I never could solve. My guess is "Three goats"

But I haven't got a clue what I'm talking about.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116281336227624129/statuses/116437460859096269https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116281336227624129/statuses/116437460859096269Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:17:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:14:04 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
When my grandparents had sheep, they had a large piece of green chalk tied to the chest of the ram. Then they could easily see which sheep had green marks on their backs.

That's no guarantee, of course, and you probably know of the trick already, but in case you didn't...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116216635389955538/statuses/116437447134720480https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116216635389955538/statuses/116437447134720480Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:14:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:09:41 GMT]]>@sundogplanets honest question here: how many goats do you have or plan on having? Do you raise them? Sell them? (I'm genuinely curious). I think of this like a video game, if you let them alone their population would gradually increase on its own, right?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://androiddev.social/users/gryzor/statuses/116437429883839277https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://androiddev.social/users/gryzor/statuses/116437429883839277Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:09:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:58:07 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
In no time they will be jumping around on the llama's back! 🤭

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.science/users/sim/statuses/116437384407496231https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.science/users/sim/statuses/116437384407496231Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:58:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:53:43 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

I'm sure you can handle it. If you can take on Elon Musk, you can definitely handle the goats.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/echopapa/statuses/116437367123094714https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/echopapa/statuses/116437367123094714Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:53:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty warm* so I brought the baby goats out earlier than yesterday. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:49:25 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Baby tail wags are good. Mum's there. Feeling safe.

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