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| Actual picture of a geep folks…feel free to laugh! |
I have some sad new for you guys. The geep went to go live on a farm. In heaven.
I know, I know. It’s totally sad, right? Just in case you have no flippin’ clue what I’m talking about, you can read about the crazy romances on our farm and what accidentally happened.
How it went down
Since I had suspicions that Lacey our goat had indeed become pregnant by Peeta our sheep. I decided to go ahead and have her ultrasounded just to be sure. We have a good friend, Arlana, who is a retired ultrasound tech and now owns a mobile ultrasounding business.
For all your goaty ultrasounding needs.
She was skeptical of Lacey being pregnant, but (ha!) I was right! It looked about 3 months along (Fun fact: Goat gestation is 5 months). But as we kept looking we realized it didn’t have a heartbeat and there was some calcification in the uterine lining which means it’s decomposing. We spent the next 30 minutes trying all sorts of angles to see if maybe we were wrong. We weren’t. Poor little geep.
The plot thickens
Now, we’re in a bit of a spot because since Lacey didn’t abort on her own, she will probably get an infection and die. ACK! Apparently goats have major problems with aborting on their own.
My most expensive goat ($400) might die? She was my best milker! Holy bad news, Batman!
Luckily, I found a goat herbalist( I have a lot of goaty connections) who creates all sorts of herbal blends for this very problem. I immediately ordered some herbs to induce labor (only for goats — don’t even think about it pregnant mamas). Everybody I talk to has pretty pessimistic advice. Mundo even told me to eat Lacey! Mundo!
I just started Lacey on the herbs tonight and I will keep you all updated as I’m sure you are all very concerned about my goat that got pregnant by a sheep and almost had a geep. Oh man, I’m really bummed.
Oh well, I guess the world just wasn’t ready for a Geep.
**In other happy news**
– We ultrasounded Paula (Peeta’s mom) and she’s pregnant with 3 babies! (I guess the inbred stuff is okay with sheep so we are good there, whew!)
– Polly, our goat is having 2, possibly 3 AND Merci, our other goat is having 2, possibly 3!
So, lots of babies this spring. It’s so fun to live on a farm!
I read your story about your geep a week or so ago. And then I saw THIS today!
https://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/04/geep-or-shoat-new-goat-sheep-hybrid-needs-a-name.html?cmp=fbtl
Who knew?
Oh my gosh, hilarious!
Love to read you blog, since I found it a week ago I have had a lot of good laughs & learned a lot about goats so Thank you.
This mad me soo sad, poor little geep, I would have liked to see what it looked like. I bet those herbs work, there are herbs that pregnant mommas can take to help with labor too, so it doesn’t surprise me that there are goat herbs.
aww too sad. He looks like a special little guy 🙂
Sad times! Hope the herbs work.
Wow! Busy there! Best of luck with the herbs; I hope they do the trick! Sorry you lost the geep, too.
Well I’m sorry you lost your little geep 🙁 I’m looking forward to lots of baby sheep pictures in the spring. Love your stories!