Monthly Archives July 2007

Ambush

I was ambushed by a pair of   hijackers while delivering water to the flock in the high pasture yesterday afternoon.  Meet Butch and Sundance, our Angora goats.  They  currrently share pasture in the uppermost reach of the farm with our ewes who were recently parted from their lambs.  Ordinarily, I do not like running the sheep with the goats.  The goats tend to bully the sheep, barring them access to the barn and the feeders.    I’ve spoken to many people who keep sheep and goats and almost everyone sees this goat-sheep aggression.  So I don’t think Butch and Sunny
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