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The plants inside the portable garage were not the only living residents of the greenhouse this winter. Ian built a large pen for our two dozen peafowl chicks. They enjoy their pen and are thriving in it. |
Then starting on December 24, kid goats began coming. They came and they came, sometimes 4-5 a day, during a week-long stretch from Dec. 24-Jan. 1. Before we knew it, we had 21 newcomers! |
It was desperately cold during the holiday season of 2007. Some of the little ones were born in - 20 celsius temperatures. Ian quickly set up a pen for mothers and kids in the greenhouse. It turned out to be a lifesaver for the little goats, who were able to be with their mothers in a comfortably warm climate (though some had to be brought into the house to spend time around the woodstove before being reintroduced to their moms). |
A pair of angora bunnies as well as a llama mother and male cria (Stormy) and an alpaca mother and female cria (Honey) also found refuge in the greenhouse. |