Look what I got today! Muscovy ducklings- 1 week old for $1.50 each at the Mt. Hope Auction house. Had to take Buddy down there today in the truck. Dropped the 2 oldest off at Grams. Once I got there & brought Buddy to the back dropoff, I went to look at the produce & baked goods auction on grounds. I bought 2 loaves of wheat (which are superb!) for $1.25 & kept getting outbid by these old ladies with fly swatters ( who were very intent on outbidding everyone even though they had box's full already) on some yummy (local Amish made) hand size pies. It was like a competition to them on seeing who could go home with the most baked goods- its not like they could eat all of it anyway. I guess they may freeze them, but geez, leave some for us! I also tried for some of the honey (3 various recycled jar sizes) but again The Fly-swatter mob beat me again. I got up close & sidetracked their attention with lil miss Frog & she helped her momma by cooing, smiling, & all those adorable things babies do to attract attention. It gave me enough "inclusion" for the mob not to outbid me. Good girl!I kept going in the barn to check on Buddy- wanted to make sure he was not getting hurt by another goat and he seemed to have attracted another male goat! It behaved like a doe rubbing his head allover buddy's head and lightly nipping his ears. It even made lil noises to him! I swear it was trying to romance him! He of course let out his familiar momma cry when he saw me which broke my heart and brought tears to my eyes. I have to say though, he was the best and heartiest looking handsome goat there! 3 Amish men came up to me asking about Buddy. Wanted to know if he was tame, his breed type, his mom's dairy info, etc. After a nice heated bidding on Buddy between 4 men, he turned out to be the highest bid on Buck there. I knew he was going to a good Amish farm to be a stud and hope that they treat him good. I will at least look at it that way.
I also tried to bid on a 3some of jersey wooly white bunnies. All the rabbits were selling so cheap! .25 cents to $3. Of course this one man was determined as much as me to win the wooly's! It got up to 4.50 a rabbit before I backed down. He quickly came up and askerd if I wanted to buy one since he only needed 2. Of course! So I gave him $5 ( had no change) and hoped it would help soothe the loss of Ghandhi. Oh whats that? You would like to see a picture? ummm.. yeah. About that...It seams Lil' Man thought the bunny wanted to go
outside... He LET IT OUT after being here
2 hours. I cant find it anywhere and just hope it shows up real soon alive & well. But here are 2 more of the ducklings and hopefully I will have the bunny back to share here soon. I am running a temp, cold chills, hot flashes, and body aches that advil only helps a little. So I am going to try to get some restful sleep tonight- unlike the last 2....~Tammie
**P.S self note** Cleo had mucous discharge on tail 8/17/06.
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