Our girls (Bugger and Lucy) are both very pregnant. Bugger seems to be carrying twins while Lucy seems to be carrying just one. The sheepies are also looking pretty big but the goats seem to be the only ones who will let me milk them. The goats have figured out that when I come out with my bucket that it is time for them to get grain. This leads to an easy walk to our makeshift milking shed to get them used to going in there twice a day to get milked. Since they are pregnant we are just inspecting them and petting them while they eat their oats.
The makeshift shed is all right, but we're thinking about something a bit more permanent. Jed has started work on the goat hall and is done with all the cutting into the boards. We should be putting up the frame soon. That makes it a bit more exciting as we'll have a place for them to get out of the sun, to go get milked, and to protect them from the wind and the rain. We'll have to section off an area to put their food in so that they don't get in and eat it as well as a designated milking area. It's exciting to start the medieval village in the back and to set up the much needed milking shed/shelter that the animals need. We'll see how far along we get before the babies arrive.
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