Rounding up the Goats

I was the first one at the farm this morning and Pam was still resting after working late last night. I was surprised to see one of the adult goats wandering around the farm by herself eating spilled chicken feed. I slowly approached her but she took off running toward the back of the farm where there is no way out so at the time I was not worried. I put my snack bag down and got out my gloves and as I turned around there were now four goats wandering around the farm exploring and eating whatever they could find. Since I was on my own at the time I had to take a few minutes to come up with a plan to get the goats back in their stall. I decided to get a bucket which I filled with goat food and offered it to each of the goats letting them have just a few bites. I then started to lead each goat back to their stall with the food in the bucket by keeping it just out of their reach. It took me about fifteen minutes to get all the goats back into their stall where it turns out that the lock on their gate had been accidentally left unlocked. It was a very exciting start to the morning today and I cannot believe that I was Rounding up the Goats all by myself. Well it is almost time for the weekend again so please check back soon with the City Boy on the Farm for more stories and pictures.