Yumi has been FOUND!Can you believe it? She went missing nearly three weeks ago. I had honestly given up all hope of finding her, had spent hours searching, putting up posters, posting online. There are so many coyotes, stray dogs, wild pigs, and of course, the dangers of people themselves. I felt that surely Yumi had fallen victim to one thing or another and was terribly sad.
So imagine my surprise when I got a phone call this morning telling me they think they have my goat!
She apparently came up and tried to play with an older man's grandchildren over the weekend.
He caught her and penned her up with his chickens, unsure of where she came from. He saw my poster at the Post Office this morning and gave me a call.
She was found over *ten* miles away. Astonishing. Especially for a goat, since goats don't tend to wander far. I wish she could tell me all about it!
She appears to be in fairly good health and unhurt. I've put her with her sister and she settled right in, eating hay and snoozing in the sun. I wonder how her adventure will affect her pregnancy, but I suppose we will find out in the spring. She is due March/April. I hope, being so early on in her pregnancy, she will not abort, but it's always possible of course.
On another note, I have been featured on Fugly Horse of the Day. I submitted several posts, and currently two of my most offensive horse slaughter related posts are being discussed. I'm certain the more rabid followers of FHOTD will have themselves twisted into knots over it, so I'm sure the comments will be fun for all of you to read! I personally may not read the comments past what I have already peeked at, for I have no interest in reading ignorant insults.
Have a great week everyone!
Hey there! Cute goat. I just wanted to say that I followed over to your blog from FHOTD, and I really appreciated your perspective. I'd try and think of some appropriate quip for the morons that were rude about your opinions and your writing style (both of which I enjoyed!), but can't be bothered to waste my time on them. I like your 'defriend' comment. Having seen a pile of 'Obama legislates the murder of horses' posts pop up on my feed I finally lost it and gave everyone that cared to listen a quick rundown on my sentiments. In the end, I had many *likes*, many 'thanks for saying that' (publicly and privately), and at least 1 defriend! Good riddance!
ReplyDeleteHello vlprince! Thank you for visiting and having a look. Glad you enjoyed my blogs and feel free to stick around! I'm not always ranting or offensive about things, but they appear often enough! I have a lot of strong opinions about things, but I do try to keep them contained here, where people can choose to read it or not!
ReplyDeleteMMmmmm halter horse... so yummy!!
ReplyDeleteI own chickens, and horses plus companion animals.
I am very pro slaughter.
Loved your posts on FHOTD!!!
And yes I have bookmarked your blog
I too liked your post on FHOTD and very much agree with what you said. I love my horse and mule and naturally don't want to eat them in particular. People make "pets" out of every sort of animal imaginable. So, where do you draw the line there. I'd just like to see transport and slaughter done as humanely possible for ALL animals.
ReplyDeleteThank you Carol in WI! I'm glad you enjoyed, and welcome to my blog! You'll find all kinds of posts here.
ReplyDeleteMulepartner, welcome as well, and thank you. Indeed, pets come in almost all animal species. You can't really draw a line between pets and nonpets anymore, because anything can be a pet to someone. Transport and slaughter MUST be humane.
I personally no longer buy meat from the grocery store. All of our meat is either raised by ourself or neighbors and friends. Does it cost more? Yes. Do we eat less meat? Yes. But it also TASTES better and we are assured that the animal lived a happy healthy life and was dispatched and handled humanely.
I'm also over from FHOTD... and I'm a big fan already :) Your halter horse comment had me rollin!
ReplyDeleteThank you RHF, and welcome! You'll find I often have a strange way of looking at things, and I live to find the amusing parts of the world. ;)
ReplyDeleteI've added you to my google reader... Just saw you processed rabbits- very cool. I've processed my own chickens (excess roosters and some broilers I raised for that purpose), and my family also raises grass-fed beef. I want to know how the things I eat lived and died- makes me feel better about eating the meat and it allows me to know that the meat I'm eating is more nutritious than that from factory farmed animals.
ReplyDeleteAlways good to know that there are more sane people out there! (well- sanity is relative...)
Hey, looks like you are developing a fan base now, 'Pona! I'm not even going over to Fugly to see what they have to say.
ReplyDeleteHey, Tsu got another deer last night. HUGE doe this time. Now I don't feel so bad about selling the "long earred kenny" wether (now known as "Carl Wethers", lol) instead of butchering him. We are having venison tenderloin tonight, it is marinating in the Violet Family Secret Sauce right now. *drool*
I found you on fhotd & enjoyed your post.....looks like you're picking up some fans over there despite the "haters". Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteThank you vlprince! I feel it's very important to know where your food comes from and how it lives.
ReplyDeleteWarPony - ten comments, a new record! LOL! It's always fun to have new readers for my inane postings. Congrats on the deer! I'm so jealous. We have not gotten any venison this year, but we have gotten goat, rabbit, and turkey, so I am grateful!
hillbillygaitedgirl - Welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Do you ride gaited as well? I have two Missouri Fox Trotters, the loves of my life.
Enjoyed your perspective on FHOTD... I got quite the chuckle out of it. We raise grass-fed beef and free-range chickens on a very (very, very) small scale, but we've heard all sorts of outcries from non-farmy (but still meat-eaty) friends and acquaintances. Kudos to you for having your opinion heard and doing it with a touch of humor.
ReplyDeleteThank you heartbeats and hoofbeats and welcome!
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