Saturday marked the arrival of two new additions to our little farm. Meet Tinky and Cocoa. Tinky is a Toggenburg and Cocoa is an Alpine goat.
We are new in the wonderful world of goats. We have had sheep but never goats. I wish we had had them sooner. They are so sweet and have so much personality.
This is Tinky formally known as Jody. She is very sweet and is very interested in Chloe, our yellow lab.
Chloe in turn is very much interested in her. She spent a good part of yesterday sniffing them and trying to figure out just what they were.
Sadie is steering clear of the animals as usual. She thinks all the animals are evil and shoot lightning bolts from their eyes.
This is Cocoa, formerly known as Marney. She has a very curious personality and has spent the better part of her time here with us watching us from over the fence.
She spent all afternoon in this position watching my Hubby mow.
I love her coloring. She had three babies this year and lost them all, and has had mastitis a couple of times. We have a bond, I know just how she feels. She is my favorite of the two, don't mention that to Tinky.
Their job ultimately is to look cute and keep our Arial company. They are doing a fabulous job so far.
I had a great time taking pictures of them yesterday with my new Nikon D60. I must have taken 500 photos yesterday alone. I love it, it has changed my life. I have not yet explored all the settings yet but I have lots of time to experiment.
I have enough pictures for posts for a week or two!
I saw a picture on Twitter last night. They are so cute!! I love farm animals.
Posted by: chocolate and whine | October 19, 2009 at 03:01 PM
They are adorable! Now I want goats...
Posted by: Firefly Hill | October 19, 2009 at 07:34 PM
Oh, don't you love their eyes? So different than any other animal on earth. Goats were supposed to come to our farm to keep a mule company a long time ago...until we heard they were **** on fences! Mule is gone now, guess I'll have to be satisfied with miniature horses and a donkey, hmmm?
Posted by: drivingrein | October 20, 2009 at 01:33 PM
I want goats too! Congrats on the goats... and the new camera!
I just love the pictures of the dog and the goat. Too cute.
Posted by: Dandy | October 20, 2009 at 04:39 PM
Sweet beasts...I love farm animals. So intrigued by the pupil shape on the goat. What type of camera do you have? How old is your lab? I just purchased a retriever puppy and her coloring is very similar.
SmiLes
DarLie
Posted by: Darlie | October 28, 2009 at 09:50 AM