This week has kept me running. All of us, really. Between substitute teaching two days, the kids returning to school from winter break, the Crush build season in high gear, preparation for my semester of teaching and attending college to begin next week, and all of the many projects around here- I am tired! I sure had a good time with my Mom, too, she went home in the beginning of the week. It feels like it was longer ago, though. I have seen more of her since Aunt Leanna moved here, and we enjoy the visits.
By the way, for those of you wondering- I was a middle school substitute teacher for two days last week. I had the please if being with the same class, so I had a better handle on things the second day. For all of the times that I have joked that feeding for the kids when they are away for some reason is like being a substitute teacher in Junior High- it was. Only feeding doesn't last as long. It wasn't terrible, but it was tiring! And it reminded me why I drive so much, and why I like my community college students.
Anyhow. Saturday came with shooting sports day at the range. Wyatt is shooting pretty well, Charlie needs to fix Bailey's .22 when he comes home. Wyatt seems to have figured out what to do for his shooting sports poster for fair.
We came home and got to work with the animals and chores. Bailey worked on walking goats, scrubbing waters. Wyatt did waters and one of his pens. I was working on the cover for the garden ( my seemingly neverending project) when Bailey brought Prissy over for a discussion of her condition and whether she seemed pregnant. Prissy would still have two months to go, but short of taking her in for an ultrasound, there is no good way to know for sure.
Every once in a while, it comes up as a question, "Would a home pregnancy test for humans work?" Once I bought a few, but Bailey was unsuccessful in getting the samples to try it out. So out of curiosity, Bailey and Prissy headed off to the tack shed, rummaging for the tests in the health box. Wyatt took a break to pitch in. Before we knew it, we had one single pink line.
Well moms, we know that means one of a few things, she is either pregnant and the test doesn't work on goats, not pregnant and the test does work on them, or some other combination of the two. So to the internet Bailey went. According to the internet, they don't work on goats. So we will be watching and waiting, just as we were before. We did take some photos, though, and figure it will make an interesting poster for county fair.
Watch the blog, or the posters at fair, to find out. We need to move on to the next chore, and the next adventure. Have a blessed day!
You need to invent a home goat pregency test. I think you will have many buyers, as you can't be the only ones wondering. This could be a profitable science fair project.
ReplyDeleteRe Prissy, can't you tell when she comes into estrus? I'd check her every day, and if you don't see it over 35 days, don't you think that would be likely?
ReplyDeletelikely, yes, but for sure, no. Bailey thinks the goat pregnancy test for science fair sounds like a great idea!
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