Our delicious and nutritious $20 Farmer Pick box this week.

Alright alright alright, we had a terrific week as far as harvests and deliveries go, yay! No either/or's, replacements or problems, woo hoo!

However, it did end up being a very hectic week here at Moore Farms so in a way the usual Holiday dip in orders was a relief. (See the "Goat Mama Drama" article below for the story.) We know a lot of folks go out of town and we expect fewer deliveries BUT we do have some Pickup Locations that have been skating by for a while with only a few Members supporting them. Pretty much we need at least 10 orders per week to cover delivery costs to each site. We have a big new location starting soon and will simply have to make a decision about cutting some sites. These Locations are in danger of being dropped. If you want to keep them we need to know it in the next few weeks so place your orders and tell your friends!

• Smyrna Grateful Bread Company
• Atlanta Community Food Bank
• Tucker Mother Nature's
• East Cobb Cooks Warehouse
• Emory University
• Clifton Schools (both locations)
• Garrison Afterschool - Church of Our Savior

Kaboodle had her two kids last week!

Those of you who follow us on Facebook or Twitter had a hint about the Goat goings-on this weekend but we necessarily had to wait a few days before we could tell the whole story. First, Kaboodle had her two kids just fine, a boy-girl combo. We were on kid-watch for our last Mama, Niblet and Friday evening she had her two girls. Since it was getting dark and Laurie would be at Market all day Saturday we put her and the babies in a pen so they could be safe and warm and dry. By Saturday morning it was clear that she was rejecting one of the kids, the smaller black one. She pushed it around and kept it from nursing, even got rough enough that one of her legs was sore and she wasn't putting weight on it. The other kid she nuzzled, talked to and nursed with no problems. This was her first

Niblet's two beautiful two-day-old baby girls!

pregnancy and this is not terribly uncommon but darn, it! It makes a lot more work for us humans. We pulled the little girl out of the pen and kept her warm in a box with straw bedding, carrying her down to the pen every four hours so she could nurse. Thankfully when we were in the pen holding Niblet she would allow the kid to get her milk. The baby did

Milk mustache! She took to the baby bottle pretty quickly.

have a few problems with some diarrhea and she seemed to have a little respiratory illness along with general weakness and the injured leg but otherwise totally normal. We gave her Pepto Bismol which took care of the runny poo (the standard goat treatment!) and started Penicillin injections and that has quickly cleared up her runny nose, eyes and rough breathing. Niblet also allowed us to milk her so we had backup in the refrigerator if necessary, but we really hoped she would accept the little girl after a day or two (lots of internet advice!). All weekend she allowed us to hold her while the baby nursed but if we tried

After nursing she falls right asleep.

to leave them together alone  she would push her away and even kick her. Fortunately the baby quickly got stronger with our assistance and by Tuesday morning we went ahead and let Niblet out of the pen with the kid she had accepted. We started bottle feeding only when Niblet wouldn't let us get close enough to catch her.

Now we are Mama and Papa to the little baby and she is doing great, yay! Her digestion is very good, coat is shiny and soft and she sure can bleat when she wants attention! Every once in awhile Niblet will let her nurse if I get a hold of her collar but she won't fully take her back on her own. Our dog Sweet Pea just loves her, licks her clean and watches over her. The two kittens are just about the same size as the goat, they nuzzle her and they all take naps together. We put the baby in the Farmyard a few times a day to be with the rest of the Goat herd and she plays with the other kids. The plan is when she is big enough she can join her Goat family full-time. So there it is, a successful rejected baby goat  story from the Farm!