An early Christmas lunch and a visit to the goats

@JudyEv (382658)
Rockingham, Australia
December 18, 2021 3:51am CST
The photo shows my sister’s goats. They should all kid (have babies) within the next month. Raising and milking goats is now my nephew’s full-time occupation. He has all the common breeds of goats including Saanens and Nigerian dwarfs. The latter are very popular as pets and as milking goats for households. My nephew is an accredited goat judge and has been asked to judge in Queensland in February. Whether he is able to go or not depends on COVID and whether borders are closed or not. He has booked his ticket and taken out insurance against the trip being cancelled. We had a Christmas lunch there today with four of my nephews and their partners/wives. It was a very enjoyable time but of course most of us ate far too much.
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
19 Dec 21
There is a house down the road from our elementary school. They have goats penned up in their yard. Little Miss often tells me that she wants to have a goat when we get our own home. Hubby said that he will get her a couple of them. Hopefully he will take care of them. LOL
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv I am going to put a stop to the idea before it actually happens.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
Just make sure you have really good fencing.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
@ElusiveButterfly That's probably a very good idea. Pets can make a lot of work but a cat or dog is probably easier.
RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (98158)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Dec 21
Glad you had a good lunch and a nice visit, How I love those goats, I would be asking them for goat cheese which I love but cannot get due to expense,
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
I don't think they've tried making goat cheese yet. Most of the milk goes to the kids.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51839)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Dec 21
Nice looking herd. Would they really eat that tree if it wasn't in jail?
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51839)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv What about the bark?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
Yes, they are browsers more than grazers and love most tree foliage.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
@BarBaraPrz Yes, they eat the bark as well and so the trees then die. I guess there are some trees where they leave the bark alone. I guess it depends how much there is around for them to eat.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502886)
• Italy
18 Dec 21
I remember you mentioned that your nephew is a goat judge, I hope he will not be obliged to cancel his trip. Those goats are too cute.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502886)
• Italy
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv I know, many European countries are deciding a new lockdown. Silly politicians, they open up everything and too early and then they have to decide lockdowns... never a middle way decision. They should try to use their brain.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
@LadyDuck If we open our borders and Omicron gets a hold, it will be pretty pointless closing them again. The damage will have been done.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
Air flights are so 'up in the air' now - so to speak. You never know when a flight will be cancelled or borders shut.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17038)
• United States
19 Dec 21
I am glad you were able to have a nice family lunch. Love the goats. We have friends who have some but not that many.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
There would be at least 50 or more on their property.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
@Dena91 The fainting goats are something else, aren't they? Very strange to see that.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17038)
• United States
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv One of our friends have 5 I believe. I like the fainting goats.
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Hana
@Babino (5756)
• Morocco
18 Dec 21
Wuaah they're all pregnant !! So cute !! You should show us the babies when they get born. It's going to be so cute !!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
@Babino If you search on myLot for 'goats' you will probably find other posts of mine about them. They are all very cute.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
They will all have two or three each. At least, that's pretty normal. Here are some of the babies from last year.
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Hana
@Babino (5756)
• Morocco
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv omggg these are the cuuutest !!! I bet they're still learning to walk here so cuuute !! Thank you so much for sharing this picture with me it made my day !!!
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
19 Dec 21
Looks like your newphew is quite busy with the goats! How exciting for all to be delivering babies soon!! I am glad you enjoyed your Christmas lunch with them!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
They will all have two or three kids so yes, he will be busy. The babies are all bottle-fed.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
24 Dec 21
@JudyEv I agree; he will be VERY busy!!
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snowy
@snowy22315 (209208)
• United States
19 Dec 21
Eating too much goes with the territory this time of year. Glad you were able to get your goat fix and hope you nephew gets to judge as well.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (209208)
• United States
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv Well, Good luck!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
We had a lunch here at the village yesterday and I bought home some leftover cream cake. I can see a diet coming up after Christmas - actually, make that after New Year!!!
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
18 Dec 21
A good idea that insurance alright. Lovely goats there now Judy. I am so glad you had a nice early Christmas lunch too and that everyone was there
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv Yes who knows Judy you are right about that
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
Air transport is so iffy at the moment. You don't know from one minute to the next if borders will be shut.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (136059)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Dec 21
They are all pretty. I have been looking at the small breeds of goats again.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (136059)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv That nubian alpine cross I had gave way too much for us. But was easy to contain. I know some of the small breeds have extremely springy legs Its fun watching them until they clear the fence
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
The well-bred Saanens give too much milk for most families. And they eat more.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Dec 21
The goats look like they're ready to kid soon. Overeating is what you do on holidays.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv Sounds like a good plan.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
We have a lunch to go to today. I might be having just a bowl of soup for dinner.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
18 Dec 21
I do like goats, but I doubt if Mr H would give up his garden to let some move in!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
My sister's kitty thinks they make great warmers! She sleeps in the dog kennels with them. I had a photo but can't find it at the moment. Here is the dog kennel and six or eight babies will crowd in and keep each other warm.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv My friend has a horse and goats and one of her cats spends lots of time with them
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Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
19 Dec 21
That obviously happens when you lunch together in a company.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
Yes, that is very true. It's hard not to, isn't it?
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Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
20 Dec 21
@JudyEv Yes, it is.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
18 Dec 21
that title could have gone horribly wrong. A early goat lunch and a visit to Christmas!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
It has already gone a bit wonky. It was a very happy day.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv i am glad you had a good day
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
18 Dec 21
I always wind up eating to much too. Then I feel guilty after. Lots of different looking goats in the photo. Must be a really fun place to visit especially when there are kids.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
The kids bottle-fed the kids - so to speak. We have a lunch to go to and I think I might just have soup for dinner.
DE
@DaddyEvil (174749)
• United States
18 Dec 21
Did the goats enjoy the Christmas lunch, too?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
They enjoyed all the attention and a couple of the babies got an extra bottle of milk as the kids - sorry, children - wanted to feed them.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174749)
• United States
19 Dec 21
@JudyEv Well, that's just as good, right?
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14807)
• Ireland
18 Dec 21
@judyev I take it goat was not on the menu. I’ve only had it once, curried in Malawi when we broke down in the middle of nowhere and catered for by people who seemed to have nothing but gave us everything.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
No, we didn't have goat although it is on menus here from time to time. Sometimes the poorest people can be incredibly generous.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222898)
• United States
18 Dec 21
What a nice looking bunch of goats! I'm glad you had a good time.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
It was good to catch up with that side of the family.
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Icydoll
@Icydoll (36713)
• India
18 Dec 21
Wow that's good to spend time with them. I hope you had great time .
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
We did thanks. It was very enjoyable.
Febry
@Caurfebri (292)
• Indonesia
19 Dec 21
The goats are all fat.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 21
Yes, they are well looked after and will have their kids very soon.
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