Come out and play!

You's chickens come out and play! I know you're in there!

Minnie is our big goat. We have two, the other is Sadie. We got Minnie several years ago at Dinky's Auction up in Amish country. She cost $35 and was a little bitty kid then. We were worried that she would get trampled as she cowered around in the stall with several other big goats - many of which were billy goats that were fighting.

She used to think she was a dog. After the tornado blew down the barn and the fence in 2001, she ran free for several months over the winter. She went mousing with Casey and Skeet down in the bottoms, giving them a hand whenever they were digging. We were finally forced to get the new fence built in the spring of 2002 because of the little presents she liked to leave on the sidewalks for us. They resembled M&Ms...

Kelley ran over her leg during the time she ran free. We took her to the vet and he looked it over and said there wasn't much he could do for her. She miraculously healed and you can't tell there was anything ever wrong with her.