Day #2- SuNdAy

GOATS:
After the AM chores I sat out in the goat pin and just spent some time with the babies and Oreo (because Meg and her babies aren't very social towards me). As I sat on my favorite brick, York (the white-tipped tail baby & the most energetic/playful/curious of the babies), Hershey (the 3rd black baby), and Ginger started to try and climb on me :) Ginger kept trying to jump into my lap, York kept trying to climb up onto my back (they will do this to Meg mostly) and Hershey was trying to scoot Ginger outta my lap so he could lay there.

They also are starting to chew on my clothes (mostly the folds and the edges because they are the easiest to get at :) :)) They don't chew holes in them, they mostly just suck. So Ginger, Hershey, York and Oreo are starting to follow me around the pin or welcoming me at the gate (not so much Oreo but she is a lot more friendly than Meg). They are so cute and I love them!!! They let me pet them now and York likes to play sometimes with me.

It's so fun to watch the babies play and jump :) It's so entertaining and funny!!! Oreo still teaching mostly the two brown babies how to head-butt. The babies have even started to challenge each other (mostly all the males, though York just likes to run, jump and fly :) :)). When Oreo is teaching the males her tail wags so that helps me feel better that she isn't being aggressive or mean to them. She is a good mom and so is Meg though she doesn't seem to teach her babies how to socialize with me (which is OK with me because I have Oreo's babies to play with :) :))

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GINGER:
Ginger is doing very good. She comes up to me even when I don't have the bottles (though I think she expects them) but when she finds there aren't any she still hangs around me. I tried to not hold her during feeding and just let her drink on the ground like she would being fed from her mommy or grammy. It's hard because the other babies try to climb on her and distract her so I hold her. It's cute to see her tail wagging because she's so happy being fed :) York likes to wag his tail a lot too!!!

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BUNNIES:
I laughed a lot when I first saw the baby goats pawing, climbing and walking on them cuz the bunnies just laid there. I guess they've just gotten so use to being stepped on and being played with they just take it!!! It even looks like they enjoy it sometimes :D :) There are two female large bunnies (one white and one tan). The daddy bunny is in a separate area by the house where the hot tub use to be so there aren't anymore baby bunnies running around.

Todd told me a story about Daddy bunny:
One night apparently a raccoon had managed to get into the pin and tried to get at Daddy bunny. Todd heard him screaming, crying and squeeking outside and he jumped outta bed and ran outside. He said that the raccoon at first just looked at him and hissed. Then Todd got out his pellet gun and started pelting him!!! :) He didn't hurt it, he just surprised it so it climbed up the fence and into the tree. I don't remember if he pelted him out of his bedroom window or somewhere else (talk to Todd for any questions :D :)).

He waited till the raccoon went away altogether cuz he saw the raccoon try to climb back down the fence but he pelt him again and he didn't come back :) :) :) I think I might have heard a raccoon or some other animal scratching outside my window which was kinda freaky cuz I was half asleep and just laid there frozen trying to figure out the noise.

After the raccoon left, Todd went outside to see how Daddy bunny was doing. He was shaking, sensitive to touch, heart racing and scared!!! And I don't blame him because if I was a bunny and a raccoon tried to get at me I'd be freaked out too!!! Todd was able to get a hold of him but then had to let him go because he was being scratched to death. Ever since that night, Daddy bunny has been very scared of being touched, held or even sometimes approached.

On a better note :D there are some babies bunnies that are black and they sometimes come up to me but then run away when I try to pet them :) During the day when it's hot they'll chill under their hut and fall asleep.

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CHICKENS:
I decided to name the male colored bird Feather-do because of his feathers on his head :) :) :) They are kinda boring because they don't do much but at night I like to go to their hut and take a peek inside. Feather-do is always by the window near the entrance of the hut door then the rest of the chickens are perched on the wooden beams off the ground. They seem to always sleep with their bums towards the door. I even discovered a lil hiding place they had under the nesting area which was funny cuz I couldn't find Goldy (the golden chicken) and I walked through the pin, looked into the hut and found her chillin' under the nesting bed :) :) :) I've never seen chickens sleep but I have heard turkeys try and roost which is interesting and creepy the first time.

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As for me, all I really did was hang out with the goats (my only friends in the neighborhood :) :)), sing and dance some more in the kitchen, watch "Seinfeld", go to "Smith's" again, eat sugar, take pics, shoot videos, blog, read "The Green Zone" and Facebook :) :D :)

I actually met one of the neighbors across the street (I think he name was Lauren???) anyways, she didn't expect to see ME as I got out of the white loud car. I guess she wasn't aware that Todd and Tiff were outta town. She was a nice lady!!! She wasn't sure if they left for a few days because of Max but I told her they went to Cali. After our visit, which was short, I went inside and settled in again.

Well that's pretty much it for Day #2 :) :) :)