Greetings,
Dear friends I hope you are all very well, I come here to tell you part of what was my weekend a little out of level.
As my wife @hexagono6 says, there are more animals than people living in my house 馃ぃ and we are quite a few馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ.
Although it may seem like a joke, it has some reason because I am dedicated to the breeding of dairy goats and I have seven at home, apart from them in a house can not miss a dog and a parakeet 馃榿 but there are still more because I have a piggy since about ten days ago and I also have a hen with her rooster and chicks. Now the list is complete 馃ぃ馃ぃ.
But well that's just to give you an idea and the most important thing is that they are all cared for with love and are considered part of the family.
The first goat I had will be about 5 years since she shares with us, in one opportunity I took her to a friend's place and we got her calf and the herd started to grow, at this point I have my breeding male at home and I always try to control the pregnancies of them to be able to distribute the production of milk and its derivatives during the year.
This last pregnancy I was very busy although I was attentive to their care and vitamins before going out to my chores, but I did not notice the date of the male's service to count the months to be attentive to the birth.
My goats go out to graze in some fields near the house and it is there where they spend the day eating, at the end of the afternoon they themselves or the boy who helps me returns them home, Campanita was already showing ample development in her pregnancy but she still had to show some symptoms so I let her continue going out to eat.
On Saturday I decided not to go to the store and stay at home to advance some pending activities, as every morning after milking I take the animals to pasture and there the boy receives them, about 11 am the boy comes to the house and tells me that the goat was not seen in the whole field.
Well, no way I had to go for a walk with the help of my dog through the whole expanse of the land to see where we could see traces of the goat to see if we could find where she decided to give birth, it was about 3 to 4 hours walking and we did not find the little goat anywhere, I returned home because of the irregular terrain and an old injury in my knee and I could not stand the pain.
The boy gave a few more laps on horseback to cover more distance but nothing was effective in the search, we suspended the search although I was still worried about my goat to know if it was that she was giving birth, that one of the offspring could get through, if she had been stolen, among other things really many things clouded my mind but because of the pain I had no choice.
On Sunday morning I woke up very early and started my search again, although with a little pain, I continued searching without effect until the pain in my leg increased and I gave up again; around mid-morning the boy arrived with a hunting dog and started to search with the advantage that this time he had an effect and got the goat that had given birth and without the calves.
He grouped her with the rest and after about two hours the little bell went to where the kids were to suckle them and he went chasing his route, well I tell you that the goat acted with premeditation and malice aforethought because when arriving at the place of birth the goat had gone where they never frequent and also do not frequent people, in the place the goat thanks to her maternal instinct dug a hole where she had her kids while she was away to graze.
Thank God the goat returned after a long journey for both of us, when we were at home the boy and I thought that both kids were females so I tell him to choose one as a token of gratitude and he decides, After a while we are talking and resting and we go back to check the kids and one of them turned out to be a male and it was the one he chose at his free will 馃ぃ馃ぃ we still do not stop laughing with that event, well that's how we Venezuelans are, after an anguish everything becomes a joke.
Well friends I say goodbye for now I hope I don't have to tell another similar adventure.
Thank you for reading my blog, God bless you greatly.
The photos are my property taken with the Infinix Hot 10 i cell phone.
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SPANISH
Saludos,
Queridos amigos espero est茅n todos muy bien, vengo por ac谩 a contarles parte de lo que fue mi fin de semana un poco fuera de nivel.
Para que entren un poco en contexto les cuento como dice mi esposa @hexagono6 en mi casa hay m谩s animales que gente viviendo 馃ぃ y eso que nosotros somos bastantes馃ぃ馃ぃ.
Aunque parezca un chiste tiene algo de raz贸n ya que me dedico a la cr铆a de cabras lecheras y tengo siete en casa, aparte de ellas en una casa no puede faltar un perro y un perico 馃榿 pero todav铆a hay m谩s porque tengo una cerdita desde hace unos diez d铆as y tambi茅n tengo una gallina con su gallo y pollitos. Ahora s铆 la lista ya est谩 completa 馃ぃ馃ぃ.
Pero bueno eso es solo para que tengan una idea y lo m谩s importante es que todos son atendidos con cari帽o y son considerados parte de la familia.
La primera cabra que tuve van a ser unos 5 a帽os ya que comparte con nosotros, en una oportunidad la lleve a d贸nde un amigo y le sacamos cr铆a y empez贸 a crecer la manada, ya a este punto tengo mi macho reproductor en casa y siempre trato de controlar los embarazos de ellas para poder distribuir la producci贸n de leche y sus derivados durante el a帽o.
Este 煤ltimo embarazo estuve muy ocupado aunque si atento de sus cuidados y vitaminas antes de salir a mis quehaceres, pero no me di cuenta la fecha del servicio del macho para contar los meses para estar atento al parto.
Mis cabras salen a pastar a unos terrenos cerca de la casa y es ah铆 donde pasan el d铆a comiendo al final de la tarde ellas mismas o el muchacho que me ayuda las regresa a casa, Campanita ya se le notaba amplio desarrollo en su embarazo pero a煤n le faltaba mostrar algunos s铆ntomas por lo que yo la dejaba seguir saliendo a comer.
El d铆a s谩bado decid铆 no ir al negocio y quedarme en casa para adelantar algunas actividades pendientes, como todas las ma帽anas luego del orde帽o saco a los animales a pastar y all谩 los recibe el muchacho, como a eso de las 11 de la ma帽ana llega el chico a la casa y me dice que la cabra no se ve铆a en todo el terreno.
Pues ni modo me toc贸 salir a caminar con la ayuda de mi perro por toda la expansi贸n del terreno a ver d贸nde ve铆amos los rastros de la cabra a ver si consegu铆amos d贸nde decidi贸 parir, pasaron unas 3 a 4 horas caminando y no conseguimos a campanita por ning煤n lado, yo regrese a casa porque por lo irregular del terreno y una lesi贸n vieja en mi rodilla me hicieron una jugada y no soportaba el dolor.
El muchacho di贸 unas vueltas m谩s a caballo para recorrer m谩s distancia pero nada que fue efectiva la b煤squeda, suspendemos la b煤squeda aunque no dejaba de estar preocupado por mi cabra de saber si era que estaba pariendo, que se pod铆a atravesar una de las cr铆as, si era que se la hab铆an robado, entre otras cosas de verdad que muchas cosas nublaban mi mente pero por el dolor no ten铆a opci贸n.
En la ma帽ana del domingo me levanto bien temprano y emprendo de nuevo mi b煤squeda aunque con un poco de dolor, segu铆 buscando sin efecto hasta que el dolor en la pierna se increment贸 y volv铆 a desistir; ya como a eso de media ma帽ana llega el muchacho con un perro cazador y se pone a buscar con la ventaja de que est谩 vez si tuvo efecto y consigui贸 la cabra parida y sin las cr铆as.
La agrupa con el resto y al pasar unas dos horas campanita de dirige a d贸nde estaban las cr铆as para amamantarlos y el se va persiguiendo su ruta, pues les cuento que la cabra actu贸 con premeditaci贸n y alevos铆a pues al llegar al lugar del parto la cabra se hab铆a metido por d贸nde nunca ellos frecuentan y adem谩s no frecuentan personas, en el lugar la cabra gracias a su instinto materno cavo un hueco donde tener a sus cabritos mientras ella se ausentaba a pastar.
A Dios gracias la cabra regreso luego de una larga traves铆a para ambos, al estar en casa el muchacho y yo pens谩bamos que ambas cr铆as eran hembras por lo que le digo que escoge una en muestra de agradecimiento y el se decide, pasa un rato estamos conversando y descansando y volvemos a revisar las cabritas y result贸 una ser macho y fue la que 茅l escogi贸 a su libre albedr铆o 馃ぃ馃ぃ todav铆a no paramos de re铆r con ese evento, bueno es que as铆 somos los venezolanos despu茅s de una angustia todo se vuelve un chiste.
Bueno amigos me despido por ahora espero no tener que contar otra aventura similar.
Gracias por leer mi blog que Dios les bendiga grandemente.
Las fotos son de mi propiedad tomadas con el celular Infinix Hot 10 i.