Spring time is here at last!  The grass is growing.  The mama goat's bellies are growing.  Kidding is just around the corner.  That's when it gets really exciting on the farm.  We're hoping that the warmer weather will keep down the number of bottle babies we have this year.

A few weeks ago, we started getting ready by vaccinating everyone for the year.  The goal is to vaccinate mama's  4 weeks before they kid so that the babies will be protected by the mom's immunity until they are 4 weeks old which is when they can get their first vaccination.

This year we had cousins visit and them help round-up the goats. 
( Here they are supervising the vaccine administration process.) Photo courtesy Annabelle.

As for the other farm life...  Charlie eventually discovered the hen house.  Just as we were contemplating on how to get rid of him as he was causing a bit of a ruckus, he disappeared.  He was last seen headed toward some of the woods.  Interestingly, we've been missing a black hen since then.  The kids are convinced they ran off together and are living 'in the wild' raising chicks.  Who knows, right?

Today is Easter Sunday.  Last year, our kidding started Christmas day... we think that number #6 may be getting.  Nothing like a holiday to start of the kidding season... here we goooo!