To read Blossom's story, scroll down under her picture.................
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Here is a picture of Blossom. She was our first little kid. We brought her home when she was only 3 weeks old and bottle-fed her. She was a character! What a personality, very curious and "helpful" when ever we had chores around the barn. When she was about 9 months old, we noticed something odd about her mouth. Her teeth seemed to be sticking out some. When I took her in for her first breeding, the buck owner said that she had parrot mouth and it would be fine to breed her, but she wasn't in standing heat. I had taken Blossom to be bred in the back of my 12 passinger van, and we broke down on the way home! Well, I spend a good 3 hours on the side of the road in the dark! Blossom was good company.
Shortly after this we bought a bred doe, Daisy, and brought her home. Boy did Blossom freak out. Apparently, she had no idea she was a goat. I knew she had not enjoyed the bucks attention, but figured she was just shy and not in heat. Well, when I put Daisy in the field with Blossom.....Blossom RAN and SCREAMED around the pen. Then she would stop in front of the fence and look at me wild eyed as if to say "Help! there is a GOAT in my pen!" It took her a week or so before she would go near Daisy. It was hilarious to watch her antics.
Well, along about now Blossom was about 18 months old, and we had a vet out to do a herd check. He informed me that Blossom definately had parrot mouth and should not be bred as it was a genetic defect. We were very sad and didn't know what to do. We couldn't afford the space or money to keep Blossom as a pet, but certainly did not want to sell her to someone who would just eat her! Well, that summer she became quite thin. The vet came out and told us she was having trouble eating and would probably starve to death eventually. We prepared outselves to having her put to sleep if it looked like she was suffering.
By September she was fat as a pig. Apparently she figured out how to eat just fine with that funny mouth. The kids wanted to get her braces! But I kept looking for a home for her. Finally, I met a man who would take Blossom and breed her for meat kids. Now, we didn't want to have babies for meat, but it was fine with us if he wanted to as long as he did not eat Blossom! So, she went to her new home. We all miss Blossom, her smile added a lot to our farm. I hope to keep in touch with the new owner and take my 2 legged kids to visit her occassionally.