NEW BRITISH GOAT SOCIETY MEMBER

The 'can't beat them then join them' photos of one of our cats, Megan has found a new sleep place. I thought it was a one off but she has been out and come straight back in to her new bed! I will write to the British Goat Society and put her forward for membership! I wonder whether they have had a cat member before?

Friday didn't end so well with Quo, one of our goats, getting colic/bloat. This is a very painful condition and can be fatal if not treated quickly. It means that she had eaten either too much of something in the field or something that didn't agree with her. Her stomach had swollen dramatically and she was in a lot of pain. The vet was called and we treated her with an anti-inflammatory injection and waited rather than piecing the gut which we might have had to do later if she got worse. The only problem with the latter course of action is that it can cause peritonitus which can also prove fatal. We were lucky, we had caught it early enough and slowly over the next 36 hours, and with a further injection, her very swollen stomach started to go down.

Well the weekend continued to be busy with Wiktor taking a well earned rest, Mike and I milked the goats in the morning and then went on to a Riverside Festival in Carmarthen Town which was being held on Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately Saturday was very quiet, I left Mike at 3.00 pm and wondered back to milk the goats (we are milking 166 at the moment so it takes a while) and check Quo. Mike was thoroughly bored in the afternoon and was chatting to our friends Brian and Marylou from Cowpots Icecream - this is ice cream to die for, all made from Jersey cows milk and cream and beautiful flavours, my favourite is blueberry and white chocolate - yummy yummy. When we arrived to set up Brian offered me a coca cola float. Wow I haven't had one of the those since my childhood and boy was it good. It was just as well I was milking otherwise they would have sold out to me and Mike would have had to get a truck to take me home!!! Sunday was a repeat of Saturday (including the coca cola float!) except Mike did the afternoon milking and I carried on at the festival but during the raft race in the afternoon it started to get a little busier - you win some you loose some - but heh I also had my blueberry and white chocolate ice cream about 6.00 pm so that was even better!!!

Today I have been organising the builders who are about to finish the side panels on the goat building and then hopefully doors and internal fixings. We are also re-vamping our brochure so I have been speaking to Chris who is our designer and am really pleased with the progress. I have also quite a few loose ends I am trying to tie up in the office (which looks like a bombs hit it) and I will have to do some filing Yucckkk! Oh and by the way WE BALED ON SATURDAY!!!!!! Hip Hip Hooray! Just the one field, now we pray for good weather so we can drop and work the other three fields - not tomorrow it is going to rain, its also Mikes birthday, Happy Birthday Mike! I won't mention how old he is but he's caught up with me again! bye for now...