Have you been feeling down lately?
Been overwhelmed at all the wars and fighting and corruption in the world? A little bluesy? Well, then have I got some good news for you! It’ll cheer you right up!
Lacey, my favorite milking goat didn’t die at all!
Never thought I’d say that in my lifetime.
If you’re wonderin’ why Lacey, my goat, was on death’s doorstep see HERE.
If you’re wonderin’ how the heck a sheep could get a goat pregnant, see HERE.
If you’re wonderin’ why I even have goats, see HERE.
If you’re wonderin’ —-haha, lolololzzz, jkjkjk.
Enough, let’s get right to the dramatic action-filled story.
So, you remember how I was faced with the awful problem of my fav goat being pregnant with a dead geep??
BEST introduction to a story ever btw. Anyway, some people told me it wasn’t possible for a sheep to get a goat pregnant. Some people told me she will most likely die. One person even told me to eat her before she gets too sick. But I decided she wasn’t gonna die on my watch! (drama slowly rising…) I ordered some special magic herbs to induce labor naturally…I waited…they came in the mail…I gave them to her…nothing happened…I kept giving them to her…nothing happened…I kept giving her the magic herbs…this was taking forever…until finally…
She had the geep!!!!
And then she ate it.
And then I was really, really mad at Lacey. Because I really wanted to see it, to see it it was really true. Okay, I’ll admit it. I also wanted to take a picture of it. I was going to send it to my fellow goat friend and hopefully she’d be eating breakfast, and she’d get a text, and she’d open her phone, and — hahaha, lolololz, –goat humor.
I have to admit, I never actually SAW Lacey eat her geep. But, I mean, she was the only one in the pen. And I watch Law & Order reruns almost every night, soooo I’m pretty sure the factual evidence of the crime is pertaining to the —- whatever. She ate it! And yes, it’s really disgusting.
Just to be sure, we ultrasounded her and yep, no geep inside anymore.
So, the geep-saga comes to a close. And I’ve learned my lesson. No more geeps on the farm. I mean, we’re already weird goat people. I just don’t know what would happen to my reputation if we became geep farmers.
P.S. I bought my geep-extracting herbs from Fir Meadows. She has a great supply of herbal remedies for animals.
Danelle! I have 2 Nigerian dwarfs that my Icelandic ram impregnated (rookie homesteader move, I put them together thinking the goats were too young to be messed with, wrong!). They’re due next month and I know the odds of a healthy geep birth are slim to none. Wondering if I should go ahead and buy the herbal product from Fir Meadows and have it on hand? What’s name of product? Didn’t want to guess wrong….
Hi Alex-
This will give you all the things you need to get ready: https://www.weedemandreap.com/goat-pregnancy-delivery-checklist/
Thank you -Bobbi (DaNelle’s Assistant)
Hi Bobbi, Danelle mentioned a Fir Meadow product she used to help Lacey naturally expel the “no longer alive” geep fetus still inside her. I found one called D Worm A that “supports body in foreign matter removal”. Sounds right, but wanted to confirm this is the right product for this particular issue. Thank you! ?
Hi Alex-
This may be more inline with what you need:
https://www.firmeadowllc.com/blog/make-your-own-natural-nutrient-drench
https://www.firmeadowllc.com/store/p418/Herb_Mix_BetterDaze%E2%84%A2__Daily_Wellness_%26_Layer_Support__8_oz.html
But please consult with Fir Meadows first because they often have suggestions that will be a best fit for your animal and situation. They are the experts on this and can give you the best information.
Thank you -Bobbi (DaNelle’s Assistant)
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And this is why humans are not animals. We do not eat our own geep. Yeesh!
Too funny. I don’t have first hand experience with goats, but my cousin had a couple for a while. Somehow those animals just have a crazy knack for finding trouble. Glad to hear Lacey is ok.
um, there is a very shady game advertisement in the middle of this post. like computerized game porn. yikes! not sure thats what you want in the middle of your blog.
Sorry about that! I installed new ads and I’m trying to block some of the bad ones, thanks for telling me:)
what hapend to lacey
Hi Ryleigh-
Lacey passed a away several years ago.
Thank you -Bobbi (DaNelle’s Assistant)
Thank you for the enlightenment… oh and the laughs! Freaking hilarious by moments!
I’d love to have a farm someday, I still am preparing myself mentally to butcher my own meat… eep! (no no, not geep, eep!)
But I’ll surely do the same thing you did and summon an experienced butcher to teach me all about cultures and technics pertaining to meat, that’d help me a great deal.
Loving your blog, discovered it by reading your omnivores VS vegans blog posts, they were amazingly informative and as a former vegan, they were much appreciated and quite reassuring.
Ok, just read allll of the geep entries. Oh. My. Gosh. I had no idea that was possible!!! Thank you for enlightening me! Now I need to go Google cattle/goats. They’re related, too, right?! I’m glad your fave nanny is ok. Thanks for the chuckles. I love your blog. 😀
Poor dead, DECOMPOSING baby geep. Not much grosses me out, but you got an “erp” out of me on that one. I’m ok with afterbirth. No worries. But…but…but…ick. Oh, and I’m sad you didn’t get to text the photo to your friend. That would have been funny, Also a great party trick for those people who said goats can’t reproduce with sheep. Who knew? 😉
Hmmm, perhaps that is some kind of instinctual thing…
Well if sheep are like cows, they eat their afterbirth, so perhaps that’s what she thought she was doing?
Yeah, goats do the same thing, I just was hoping she wouldn’t!
I LOVE Dog-Shaming! Hilarious. Could a coyote or a hawk snatched it up? Maybe an owl? I just don’t want to think of the possibility of child cannibalism …
Oh, that’s just gross and funny. Poor baby geep.
That’s hilarious! Goats will eat anything, amiright? Is “geep” an actual term or a family word?
Goat definitely have an “acquired” taste. Once we found out she was pregnant, we looked up the definition of a goat/sheep and came across the word geep. I’m pretty sure my husband and I spent 10 full minutes laughing!