Herd Updates

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Our herd is back down to 4. It's sort of crazy to think that at the start of this Summer we had 8. Today Parsley and Catastrophe went to their new home. (Pictured below are Catastrophe (white spots) and Mayhem (all black), twin doelings from Parsley.)
I knew our herd would have to downsize, so I managed to brace myself for Ruckus leaving, and I didn't exactly have a choice about Shen. It makes me sad to watch my carefully planned names split apart. "My Disasters": Shenanigan, Catastrophe, Mayhem, Chaos, and Ruckus. Next years theme will probably be the same, as I still have more names to use up. 

I didn't realize how hard splitting apart these twins would be though. Usually quiet and cuddly May screamed and ran around panicked while we dragged off Pars and Cass. She's still slightly inconsolable. I don't blame her and am trying to give her as much love as I can spare this week. It feels weird without Pars... she was the first birth our farm had. Weird to give away who you've been taking care of for 2 years, since her birth. 

The new home is okay, except I don't really like the kids at all. Sort of bratty and annoying and want to rename Pars "Betty". It makes me want to scream. She is not their daughter, not their toy to be named, not a cute easily trainable puppy. She is stubborn and smart and trouble and MINE. 

I guess not anymore though. 

Farm life is hard. I didn't cry. Time to carry on with life, school starts Tuesday. It's about to get stressful!

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