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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
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  • Subject: [Homestead] The Case of the Mystery Guests
  • Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:27:25 -0800

There was a tiny break in the weather this morning and DH was out adding some additional railings to the split rail fence he put up to encourage the dogs to slow down before they run the poor baby trees down in the "orchard" half of our 3 acre "frontyard." Our neighbor to the north drove up and wanted to know if we were missing some goats. We told him we weren't but that we thought there was a guy with some down the hill and across the two creeks. Later DH walked through the woods and over to the neighbors to see if he'd found an owner for the goats. About 15 minutes after he returned home, here come two Alpine/Nubian cross does. I guess the neighbor didn't find an owner. <g>

At anyrate, I find it most strange because these two "girls" are obviously someone's pets. They had collars on and their coats are short and shiny, so they've been living the good life. It was too late to go looking (dark and snowing), so we have two guests in the recently built A-frame chicken coop that is waiting for some hens to call it home this spring.

Tomorrow morning we set out on a hunt to try and find the owner. We are quite concerned because the guy we saw walking around over in the valley with a couple of goats was elderly and goats that are pets are generally not wanderers. They like their creature comforts and the middle of bad weather and a snow storm isn't something you find goats out wandering in.

So, everyone cross their fingers that the owner is o.k. and maybe out of town or something!

Lynda



  • [Homestead] The Case of the Mystery Guests, Lynda, 02/24/2007

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