I am so excited!  I have just been to my first kidding!  Seriously!

On Monday I went to Western Nebraska to get a hands on perspective of Michelle Wendall's Happy Goats Grazing operation.   Michelle winters her goats on her daughter's property and in the spring they have a couple of months of kidding.

There were mammas and babies of all shapes and colors scattered across the landscape.  Michelle and her daughter had them separated according to what stage of the process they were in.    Mammas and babies that were healthy and taking care of babies on their own were close to the house.  Other nannies were in the trees waiting to drop their packages.  A nursery was set up for orphans and a nursing school was created for mammas who had lost their babies and orphans who had lost their mammas.   Babies were paired with mammas and taught how to nurse, I love how this works!  Michelle's daughter Heather just has a knack for teaching.

I toured the operation, took down fence, put up fence, hitched up a water wagon, drove the old stick shift truck across the pasture to their home and even came home with a couple of kid orphans myself!!!  Oh what fun they are and what fun I had!  Thanks Michelle and Heather for all of the fun!

Check out tomorrows blog:  Insatiable appetites!