Yes, but I let them in. They LONG to come in the garden all summer. They have a good-sized bit for themselves, but of course they want to be in the part with fruit trees and berry bushes, even if there are only leaves left to be eaten.
Here is Misty tackling a Victoria plum tree, earlier today:
Unlike the other goats Misty adores plums. I gave her some few weeks ago:
And here you can see what goats have instead of front lower teeth:
A Bad Guide 
Oh no! The goats are in the garden…
While they were supposed to be in the kitchen?
This is a war of nerves, Sig. It’s like the cold war in Berlin.
We wouldn’t call that a garden at all; it looks to me like a “yard”. Sort of rewrites all those English nursery rhymes tales for me–was it “A Child’s Garden of Verses”? All this time I was picturing vegetables in a row. And we would say “have gotten into”.
### Urgent ###
Alert!
Epidémie hautement contagieuse: 312 chèvres succombent à la caprine pleuropneumonie.
http://lexpress.mu/story/6993-epidemie-hautement-contagieuse-312-chevres-succombent-a-la-caprine-pleuropneumonie.html
No goat is to be sent on holiday to Mars until further notice.
Those are very thin goats. I don’t think there are many goats from Kenya here. I’ve never heard of la caprine pleuropneumonie, let’s hope it’s not related to pig flu. There’s a lot of pig flu at the local Steiner school here.
I was at the GP’s yesterday. The magazines had all been cleared from the waiting rom. “Infection risk?” I asked. “Yes!”
I didn’t ask why they had carried no infection risk for the last quarter century.
Funny you should mention that, I was there yesterday too, with my daughter.
I proposed that everyone should wear garbage bags, down to their legs, for the duration, but the doctor didn’t seem very interested. They get paid extra for every diseased patient here; it’s not in the best interests of public health.
They look a lot like Jordanian goats, except no markings. Poor things, I wonder if in some of these countries they can’t afford the vaccine. I have seen blue plastic Eye of Fatima charms in various sizes for protecting animals, I suppose it’s better than nothing.
enviably even teeth, my lower teeth are very uneven, only consolation they are never visible, b/c the bite is abnormal with the upper teeth dominating i was told and in my old ages the jaw will drop on one side i forgot which side, they said that too
this reminds me i have to go to the dentist on Monday
What lovely caprine dinnerware.
AJP: I’ve never heard of la caprine pleuropneumonie
There is a veterinary website that talks of “caprine pleuropneumonia caused by Mycoplasma capricolum spp.”, adding that “severe respiratory symptoms were often noticed in goats in post cyclonic season and in winters.” Are you in post cyclonic season at the moment in Norway?
Thanks, Sig. That’s a useful website to know about, I’ll pass it on to my wife, she’s practically a doctor (or so she says). I’m not sure if we’re post-cyclonic, pre-cyclonic or just cyclonic.
Food always tastes better if it’s well-presented, Sili. The goats have monogrammed silverware, but they only use it at Christmas.
I have crooked lower teeth too, read. No need for dental insurance is one of the big advantages of being a bird. That and being able to fly, of course.
what goats have instead of front lower teeth
I thought it was front upper teeth that they lacked. Has Misty lost her lowers?
Hmm. Of course, you’re right. I’m so glad you’re keeping track of this dental pad, Ø. The trouble is it’s very hard to get them to open their mouth and take a good look. More research is obviously needed. I’ll start at Sig’s veterinary website …
Well all the goats on google images have a completely different kind of lower jaw with proper human-like teeth. It’s a bit worrying really.
I’ll have to consult my wife about this and take another look tomorrow, in daylight, at all the goats.
You must have installed your goats upside down. It’s one of the dangers of having a black market of unskilled farmers.
Thank you; I knew there was a simple explanation.
My wife says it’s something characteristic of mohair goats, but I think she’s bluffing.
There’s no hair like mohair like no hair I know.
I don’t know anything of Kenyan goats but I hear the Tanzanian variety is called angorangora.
And no, this is not the start of a punic war.