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New day, new experiences

Last night, after I had put the goslings to bed, I righted the upturned bath and filled it with water

First one went in to swim and bathe and then it’s sibling joined it. Click below
The second gosling struggled to find the exit but managed eventually
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I made a decision this morning

The four goslings dwarf their surrogate mother hen.

This morning I took mother hen back to her flock. She didn’t make a murmur or offer any resistance. It was time to leave her offspring

On the Wednesday walk one of our number has been absent since February. She is doing childcare for her first grandchild

This entails a two hour drive each way and three nights away from home. More and more the next generation relies on grandparents for childcare. Many of us are happy to do this but we have also had full working lives and hadn’t expected to bring up a second lot of babies. I’m grateful that mine come to visit me but rarely expect me to stand in overnight.

At least three of our ewes show definite signs of pregnancy. This will be a second pregnancy in the space of just a few months. I hope they give birth easily else it will be rubber gloves on again and call the midwife – us!
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Brush up your coats, put on a smile and get ready for Royalty

King Charles will visit Guernsey today and, according to the BBC news, will grant the Golden Guernsey Goat breed a special title. Read below

“The Golden Guernsey Goat breed will be renamed the Royal Golden Guernsey Goat on 16 July.

It is the first time in recent history the protected title has been granted to a livestock breed.

The title will apply to all Golden Guernseys in the Island and across the world.

Royal titles are granted very infrequently, on the advice of the Cabinet Office with strict standards applied.

‘Tremendous honour’

The States said it was keen to recognise the “significance of the visit” being the King’s first to Guernsey in his role.

During the ceremony, an engraved brass goat bell on a collar will be placed around the neck of Summerville Tamsin, an eight-year-old female Golden Guernsey Goat.

The Golden Guernsey Goat is a dairy breed which is distinguished by its golden skin and hair, which range in hue from pale blond to deep bronze.”

Here at The Gables we are very excited! Maybe I should rename the book,”Jews Milk Royal Goats!”