A neighbor horse paid an unexpected visit today… it was kind of exciting! While Pepper and Erik were rearing and biting at each other through the fence, it was a bit much. Pepper was here a couple of hours before his owner came to take him home. In retrospect, it was pretty fun (and very distracting since I should have been doing homework.)

Vaiva has goats. Misty is the herd leader and the one who “didn’t get pregnant this year”. Or so Vaiva thought! I went up there early this morning to learn how to milk (which I am very bad at, by the way.) Misty wasn’t with the others so when we were finished, Vaiva went in search. Then … “Oh, Misty’s uddered up!” “Oh, Misty’s got milk!” V and I went for a walk, then checked on Misty again. Contractions had started. Within a half an hour, I had witnessed my first goat birth.

What a way to start a day!