Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Oy!

Sarah is a young purebred full sized goat, an Alpine. She is beautiful and extremely people oriented because she was bottle fed from birth. I got Sarah as a trade for some wool and was so pleased with the little girl, but in no time at all, I also became frustrated with her. She is quite an escape artist and climbs fences, climbs in the feeders and basically gets herself in a great deal of trouble. The goats at the Fat Ewe Farm are not generally fed grain because ruminants do better on grass and forage and would not naturally eat grain. As a matter of fact, if they ate a lot of grain and were not used to it, the bloating from the ration could and does kill them. Sheep are worse with that issue. Ask me how I learned. 

Sarah was not only bottle fed, but grain fed. She learned that humans who carry buckets have good things inside and they, of course, are all for her. Being larger than the other goats, she pushes them aside, but she is not top goat. The other goats, though half her size, butt her out of the way to get what they want. Sarah does not seem to mind. She just gets something else. At first, Sarah was so frustrating, going through chicken wire to get the duck's feed, breaking through tarps and always getting out, that she was going to be sold or given away. But since she was a gift, Sarah stayed and although she is a pain in the butt, she is loved and has earned her place at the farm. Silly goatie.

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Sarah thinks the hay tastes better on the other side of the fence.