While the baby seems to be fine, aside from a new tooth coming in, E and I are down for the count with a nasty cold/cough/sore throat combo. We've been trading off morning milkings....Luca is still tied up, and none too happy about it, and Gibby is upset about the whole situation so is harder to catch now too.... Gibby was also in heat least week which might have been one reason she was so friendly at first, I'm not sure. Either way, the lead rope isn't a very workable solution, so I'm VERY ready to build a holding pen. E said we should use some t-posts and wire, whihc would be a bit faster and cheaper, but I don't know...I was thinking something a bit more permanent and sturdy.... Another option is to use some t-posts and wire to subdivide the pasture, keeping the Toggs in the much smaller portion until they get more used to us. I'm going to dig around behind the barn and see what we have back there today after work, then hopefully go out and get the materials ASAP. If we go with t-posts and wire to subdivide the pasture, I can get them in the ground myself, though we'll have to build or buy a gate, which will be the tricky part. If E is still as sick as he was this am, we're not going to be doing that tonight though.   

Thier milk production is up after their heat cycle, which is nice. We've made molded goat cheese and yogurt so far, and we'll probably make some cheese again tonight. We don't like to drink milk that's more then two or three days old - it can aquire off flavors by then, so we try to process it beofre it gets to that point. I'm keeping an eye on cream separators on e-bay - if we can find an old one in WORKING condition, it'll be much cheaper then buying one new. Once we have that I'll try my hand at butter too, maybe some ice cream. Ciao for now.

-S